France

Kouchner "not optimistic" about Betancourt release

Paris  -  French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Friday that he was not optimistic that kidnapped Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt would be released soon.

Hundreds demonstrate outside Carrefour stores in China

ChinaBeijing - Hundreds of people demonstrated Thursday outside Carrefour stores in China, chanting slogans

Mediterranean Union will change the world, Sarkozy tells Tunisians

Paris/Tunis  - His proposed Union for the Mediterranean will create prosperity and peace for everyone involved in it, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Tunisian students on Wednesday.

After one year in office, Sarkozy has his back to the wall

France Président Nicolas SarkozyParis  - On May 6, 2007, Nicolas Sar

Nicolas Sarkozy, Abidine Ben Ali sign accords on immigration, nuclear energy

Tunis/Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Tunisian counterpart Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have concluded agreements on immigration and the development of nuclear energy, French media repo

Report: Germany, France decide to cancel 2009 nuclear waste transport

Berlin - German and French government officials have decided to cancel next year's annual transport by rail of highly radioactive nuclear waste, a German newspaper reported Tuesday on the basis of

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