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President Idriss Deby said attempts by a group of French citizens to fly more than 100 African children out of Chad were "shocking," and promised that all those found involved would be punished. Complete Story...
Seven crew members of a plane contracted to fly more than 100 children out of Chad were detained, authorities said Saturday, and Chad's president promised punishment for anyone involved in a plan to spirit the children to Europe.
American and European rights groups filed a legal complaint in France accusing former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of responsibility for torture in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay.
An Algerian man was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Friday for helping fund and organize a string of terror attacks that killed eight people in Paris more than a decade ago.
A look at the measures announced Thursday by President Nicolas Sarkozy to improve France's environmental reputation:
No more incandescent light bulbs in chandelier-filled chateaux or French cafes. No more energy-wasting cars and televisions, and no more drafty windows.
France will eliminate all energy waste by households and ban incandescent light bulbs and polluting cars, under proposals announced Thursday by President Nicolas Sarkozy, who also met with former Vice President Al Gore.
French lawmakers adopted a hotly contested bill on Tuesday that would institute language exams and potential DNA testing for prospective immigrants, making it more difficult for families to join loved ones in France.
A number of French museums will temporarily stop charging entrance fees as an experiment: If museums are free, will they draw a wider, more varied audience?
Stamping camembert with a "carbon footprint" rating. Charging Parisians for the empty Bordeaux bottles they discard. Banning high speeds through the pasture-lined highways of the Loire Valley.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Morocco's king Monday and signed a string of deals aimed at fostering closer cooperation between the two countries and economic development projects.
Text of the farewell letter written by 17-year-old Resistance hero Guy Moquet and read in schools across France on Monday:
A Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis was honored Monday in schools across France, although some teachers defied an order by President Nicolas Sarkozy to have his final letter read aloud, saying the government was trying to twist history into propaganda.
Cecilia Sarkozy, newly divorced from France's president, said she and her ex-husband tried to work things out until the end and did not lie about their relationship to help his election campaign, according to a report Saturday.
Support for striking transport workers faltered Friday, with some unions returning to work on the second day of a protest against government plans to scrap some retirement benefits and commuters grumbling about delays and crowded platforms.
Newly divorced President Nicolas Sarkozy curtly told reporters Friday that his private life was not a public matter, while his ex-wife was quoted as saying she felt out of place in the limelight.
Commuters roller-skated, drove and biked to work, or simply stayed home. The biggest strike in 12 years crippled France's public transport system Thursday and handed President Nicolas Sarkozy the biggest political test of his young presidency.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office has announced that he and his wife, Cecilia, plan to divorce. Some other government leaders and heads of state who separated or divorced while in power.
Thierry Henry broke Michel Platini's French national team scoring record, getting a pair of goals Wednesday night in a 2-0 victory over Lithuania in a European Championship qualifier.
Persistent rumors that Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have taken steps toward separation set off a debate Wednesday over whether the constitution even allows a French president to divorce.
Strikers defying President Nicolas Sarkozy's push to reform France crippled the country's public transport system Thursday, forcing commuters to drive, pedal or walk to work — or stay home. Some workers vowed to continue the walkout Friday.
Nearly two years late, Airbus finally delivered its first A380 superjumbo on Monday, a revolutionary behemoth that includes luxury suites equipped with comfy double beds.
Nearly half the 310 people detained recently in France on suspicion of spreading child pornography over the Internet have admitted to downloading images of naked children, police said Friday.
America under Hillary Clinton would suffer high taxes and lavish public spending that would make it more Left-wing than France, Rudy Giuliani, the Republican presidential hopeful, has claimed.
PARIS: A group of U.S. and European human rights organizations is pursuing a legal complaint against Donald Rumsfeld in a Paris court that accuses the former defense secretary of being responsible for torture.
The complaint was filed with the Paris prosecutor's office as Rumsfeld arrived in France for a visit. This is the fifth time Rumsfeld has been charged with direct involvement in torture since 9/11.
When the mayor of Rouen, in Normandy, arranged recently to return the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori warrior to New Zealand, France's Ministry of Culture stepped in to block him.
Since 1875, the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori warrior has been part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Natural History at Rouen in Normandy.
Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld got an unpleasant surprise during his visit to France today when human rights groups filed a complaint with the Paris Prosecutor before the "Court of First Instance" (Tribunal de Grande Instance) charging the chief architect of P …
When a small museum in the city of Rouen arranged to hand back a mummified Maori head to New Zealand, the local mayor called it a "symbolic act" of atonement for European colonialists' grotesque trade in human remains.
On October 24th the prestigious plastic artist Mercedes Lasarte visited the Contemporary Art Center Puigmarti in Bourg-Madame, town of the Pyrenees in the frontier between Spain and France.
A new immigration bill introducing possible DNA tests for foreigners who want to join relatives in France has been adopted by parliament. The controversial bill was passed in both the country's National Assembly and in the Senate.
Both houses of Parliament approved an immigration bill that has brought angry debate for introducing possible DNA testing of foreigners who want to join relatives in France.
French lawmakers adopted a hotly contested bill on Tuesday that would institute language exams and potential DNA testing for prospective immigrants, making it more difficult for families to join loved ones in France.
Some teachers in France have been angered by what they say is presidential interference in the classroom in reaction to a plan to commemorate an anti-Nazi hero.
Aerowatt is in talks with Mauritius to invest 70 million euros ($99 million) in a wind farm that could produce 5 percent of the Indian Ocean island's electricity needs, a company official said on Monday. Some 40 windmills generating one megawatt each could be up and running as e …
It has been difficult to start a debate in France on the conglomeration of publishing, newspapers and television. But the recent election of Nicholas Sarkozy has finally focused the attention of part of the French press on the political control of the media.
THE bodies of five newborn babies have been discovered in a plastic bag in a cellar in northern France, a judicial source said. A 35-year-old woman, who admitted giving birth to the babies between 1999 and 2006, and her boyfriend were held for questioning.
South Africa ended England's reign as world champions in Paris as they claimed their second World Cup victory. Three Percy Montgomery penalties to one from Jonny Wilkinson saw South Africa, who won the group match between the two 36-0, lead 9-3 at the break.
England's rugby heroes are hoping to put their dismal 36-0 defeat by South Africa behind them and make World Cup history by retaining the trophy.
Outstanding Oz-UK journalist John Pilger recounts his last conversation a decade ago in Rangoon with Burmese and World heroine in the fight for democracy and human rights, Burma's captive Aung San Suu Kyi.
British football's annual "action week" against discrimination starts on Thursday, and this year it should consider taking a new tack. All the conferences I have attended on racism in football have focused on abuse of black players or Jews, and quite right too.
More dicsussion about a world war: "Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday a sudden trip to Moscow Thursday morning, where he will meet with Putin about Iran."
Apple is releasing an unlocked version of the iPhone that will allow users to run it on various cellular networks. But you have to live in France to get it.
Your opponents criticize the SVP's posters as xenophobic. One poster shows three white sheep standing on a Swiss cross and kicking a fourth, black sheep away -- "for more security," as the caption states.
The populist Christoph Blocher has dominated the Swiss government for four years while also managing the odd trick of seeming to lead the opposition.
Paris slowed to a snail's pace today as a transport strike across the French capital forced commuters to take to the streets. Workers made their way to work by bicycles, car or on foot, while many opted out altogether and stayed at home.
The movie: "Total denial" describes how French TOTAL and US UNOCAL went into business with the Burmese Military to build a gas pipeline - slave labor, burned villages, hundreds of thousands hiding in the jungle.
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