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By Lisa Bryant Paris 31 January 2007 In April, France holds presidential elections that may usher in the country's first female leader. Socialist politician Segolene Royal, 53, has been dominating the news for months. However, she is hardly the only
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By Sonja Pace London 26 March 2008 French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a two-day state visit to Britain and addressed a rare joint session of parliament. Mr. Sarkozy hailed bilateral relations, speaking of a new era of Franco-British brotherhood
A former member of Colombia's FARC rebel group is the first person to take advantage of a special French asylum offer. The rebel arrived in Paris with former French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Wilson Bueno (R), and former hostage French-Col
Women's Rights Activists Encouraged by New French President The easy part of Olivia Cattan's day ends at lunchtime, when she leaves her work as a pre-school assistant and starts her other job as a journalist and founder of the feminist organization P
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, delivers a speech next to French Justice Minister Michele Alliot Marie, left, and French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux, right, in Grenoble, French Alps, 30 Jul 2010 (file photo) French President Nicolas S
More than 1,700 Ugandan Army troops scheduled to take part in peacekeeping operations in Somalia recently completed a training course taught by French Foreign Legion instructors. In Singo County, Uganda, the instructors are finding that turning the U
Speaking on French radio, the Secretary of State responsible for European affairs, Pierre Lellouche, described the EU Commissioner's comments as a gaffe. He said France is a great state and as a founding member of the European Union should be address
One of two French military advisors kidnapped last month in the Somali capital Mogadishu is free and in the hands of the Somali government. But there are conflicting reports about how he gained his freedom. In initial reports, senior Somali military
Mali Residents Wary As French Troops Withdraw French military patrols roll through Gao's neighborhoods like clockwork. It is textbook counterinsurgency. Residents say it is reassuring. But they are leaving. The French have done most of the heavy lift
By Lisa Bryant Paris 09 October 2007 French Interior Minister Michele Alliot Marie has called for closer European cooperation to fight security threats. Lisa Bryant reports from Paris that the minister says France will make this a priority when it ta
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This weekend, France holds the first round of its presidential election. DAVID GREENE, HOST: The future of Europe is set to be on the line. One candidate, Marine Le Pen, opposes immigration and more broadly opposes the European U
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now to France, where the polls show a tight race in the upcoming presidential election. Among the subjects dividing the population is membership in the European Union. The EU is still very popular in France, but righ
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: We now get a rare look inside a French prison. Officials in France say prisons have become incubators of extremism. Many of the homegrown terrorists who've launched attacks in places like Paris and Brussels recently were ra
By Al Pessin Washington 04 December 2007 The commander of NATO forces says U.S. and French units have been moved to a key outpost in Kosovo to help prevent violence in what he calls the most volatile region the alliance is dealing with. But the offic
Beijing's top French restaurants are putting on a special menu this month. It's all part of 'Got de France' - or 'Good France' - and our lucky reporter Shen Li got to taste it herself at the third edition of the French gastronomy event. Bon Apetit! T
French Presidential candidate Francois Fillion is facing intense backlash over a scandal involving his wife. She's accused of accepting hundreds of thousand of euros in state money for work she may have never done. The incident has helped independent
By Lisa Bryant Paris 11 November 2009 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd r) and French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy (3rd r) lay a wreath of flowers at the Tomb of Unknown soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, 11 Nov 2009 Two days after 20th anniversar
By Lisa Bryant Paris 08 February 2008 More than two years after violent suburban riots tore through France, the country's president Nicolas Sarkozy will unveil an ambitious plan Friday to turn around some of the poorest and grittiest towns that are h
court has convicted former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega for laundering drug money in France in the 1980s and ordered him to spend seven years in prison, (File). A French court on Wednesday convicted Panama's former military ruler Manuel Noriega