France hit by new wave of nationwide protests

More than 1 million people marched in France on Thursday to demand the government do more to overcome the economic crisis, but planned strikes failed to fulfill a key goal — to paralyze the country.

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Gabon helicopter crash: 5 more bodies found

The French President's office says the bodies of five more soldiers missing after a helicopter crash off Gabon have been found. A sixth soldier is still missing, and the search will continue.

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Obama: "We must never stop until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the earth." Sarkozy: "We live in the real world, not the virtual world.

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France's health minister says French President Nicolas Sarkozy fainted while jogging Sunday at a presidential residence outside the capital and was hospitalized for medical tests.

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William Dabney, a member of the only all-black unit in the D-Day landings on Omaha and Utah beaches, is in France this weekend to receive that nation's highest award: the Legion of Honor.

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A Paris police official says a computer containing photos of French first lady and former model Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has been stolen.

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A French student who gave a kiss to Barack Obama when he greeted an enraptured crowd Friday said the initially reluctant U.S. president had to be encouraged to accept the gesture by his host Nicolas Sarkozy.

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A French student who gave a kiss to Barack Obama when he greeted an enraptured crowd Friday said the initially reluctant U.S. president had to be encouraged to accept the gesture by his host Nicolas Sarkozy.

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The Obamas on Friday came face-to-face with their glamorous equals, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy - and the press was riveted by a fashion summit of the world's two chicest first ladies.

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The Obamas on Friday came face-to-face with their glamorous equals, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy - and the press was riveted by a fashion summit of the world's two chicest first ladies.

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A group of French teenagers on a school trip was hit hard by a bombing at a landmark Cairo bazaar, which killed a 17-year-old girl and wounded other students, the mayor of the teens' hometown said Monday.

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A Hamas delegation will meet Egyptian mediators Tuesday for talks aimed at reaching a long-term cease-fire with Israel, a spokesman for the militant group said.

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According to Ha'aretz, the Israeli government has information that Nicolas Sarkozy has derided Barack Obama as an empty suit on foreign policy.

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Russian troops have lowered the flag at a checkpoint in Georgian territory and Georgian officials say another post has been dismantled.

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Europe's four major powers vowed Saturday to do all they could to prevent Wall Street's turmoil from destabilizing their banking systems - even as a $48 billion plan to save a German lender fell apart.

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In her first interview since the sudden death of her husband, "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert, Maureen Orth said she and her family were "astounded" by the outpouring of condolences. "It's made a huge difference," she said.

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In her first interview since the sudden death of her husband, "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert, Maureen Orth said she and her family were "astounded" by the outpouring of condolences. "It's made a huge difference," she said.

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The French president has irritated female members of parliament by sending them what they say is an ill-judged gift to mark France's EU presidency.

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The BBC reports: French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he probably made mistakes in his first year in office by failing to explain his policies sufficiently.

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A month after French President, Nicolas Sarkozy married model and singer Carla Bruni, his ex-wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz, 50, is to marry Morocco-born events organizer Richard Attias, 48, according to a report posted on a US website.

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President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party got a rebuke from French voters in recent local elections, with leftist parties narrowly beating Mr. Sarkozy's party and its allies.

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The Paris press corps used to be able to keep a secret, especially if it was about the tumultuous, even torrid, private lives of France's political elite. But no more. A revolution has swept away press propriety, if France's recent election season is any evidence.

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