(Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- South Korea and France will hold talks on Wednesday to seek cooperation in defense industry, South Korea Defense Ministry said Monday. According to South Korea's...

MOSCOW, (AFP) - France holds the rotating presidency of the European Union Moscow argues that its remaining presence in Georgia -- thought to be a few thousand troops -- is in line with an agreement...

The two French fire-fighting airplanes "Canadair", which arrived to Bulgaria Sunday night, are already taking part in the efforts to put out the forest fire in the Rila Mountain National...

Further information has emerged about the August 18 ambush that killed 10 French soldiers in Afghanistan and wounded 23 more in the valley of Uzbeen. According to the August 25 edition of the...

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - French healthcare diagnostics group BioMerieux posted higher first-half profits on Monday and maintained its full year outlook. Net profit rose 5.8 percent to 56.5 million...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads to Moscow on Monday in an attempt to persuade the Kremlin to fully implement a month-old cease-fire agreement between Russia and Georgia. Although fighting on...

> BNP Paribas cut its target price for BYD (01211) to HK$8 from HK$11, and retained its 'reduce' call. It said BYD's car business has been expanding faster than expected, but BNP is concerned...

A French court's postponement of a Muslim man's trial on armed robbery charges until after Ramadan violates the separation of church and state, critics say. The Rennes trial of seven men for armed...

Amadeus, technology and distribution solutions provider for the travel and tourism industry, last week announced the successful implementation of the Amadeus Ticket Changer (ATC) Shopper with Air...

jwarren@herald-leader.com PARIS — Today's cars are so complicated that changing spark plugs almost requires six engineers, two MIT computer-science professors and maybe fourNAS CAR pit...

In France, Carrefour has launched a new long-term pricing operation, "les prix pouvoir d'achat" (prices to give spending power), whereby prices will be lowered on 300 national brands, including...

THE EU will be holding its collective breath today as French president Nicholas Sarkozy and other top officials meet the Russian president to persuade him to remove troops from Georgia. Foreign...

n of girl power for a sociology study earned UBC student Katherine Lyon newfound confidence as a scholar and a spot in a leading graduate program. Lyon credits her undergraduate honours thesis on the...

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has told employees at Aker Yards France that the French state is ready to acquire Alstoms 25% stake in the yard in the event that the group decides to sell it, writes...

Ben Verwaayen's first morning in the job as the new chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) on Sept. 2 provides a hint of how rapidly things are set to change at the troubled Paris-based maker of...

Axa Real Estate Investment Managers (Axa REIM) has set up its Asian headquarters in Singapore. About 18 months after making its strategic move into Asia, Axa REIM has already invested nearly 25% of...

Election Commission's (EC) efforts towards a consensus on registration of political parties before the parliamentary polls seem unlikely to succeed as the BNP-led four-party alliance remains opposed...

O TTAWA, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) - Canada's conservative prime minister launched snap general elections Sunday to try to firm up his minority government, in what is expected be a heated ideological...

PARIS: France, the 1998 world champion, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a nightmare start to its 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.On a night when...

Italian flag carrier Alitalia has managed to find a way to tackle its bankruptcy by gathering private suitors to recapitalise in the airline. The Italian government, which owns 49.9 percent of...

France is likely to become the first country off the block to sign a deal with India to provide nuclear reactors, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a high profile visit to the United...

As Peugeot UK looks to maximise the fleet potential of its expanding range of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, Phil Robson has been appointed director of fleet and used vehicle...

St Kilda coach Ross Lyon says his side will be desperate to earn back some respect when it meets Collingwood in an AFL semi-final at the MCG on Saturday. Geelong demolished the Saints by 58 points in...

FRENCH energy giant EDF is set to resume meetings with key British Energy investors today amid increasing speculation that the firm could strike a deal to take over Britain's largest nuclear company...

PARIS - New Zealand halfback Byron Kelleher scored three tries for Toulouse in their 20-6 victory over Biarritz in the French Top 14 championship on Sunday. Reigning champions Toulouse played well...

By Nabi Abdullaev, Anatoly Medetsky / Staff WritersFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is visiting Moscow on Monday to urge President Dmitry Medvedev to pull Russian troops out of Georgian territory...

JERUSALEM, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Syria are reportedly planning to hold their new round of indirect peace talks in Turkey in mid-September, but Washington has indicated that it will not get...

Three Jewish teens were attacked by a group of Muslim African immigrants in Paris on Saturday evening, a French police spokeswoman said Sunday. The Jewish teens, ages 17 and 18, who have been...

Three counselors from the Bnei Akiva youth movement were attacked not far from the organization's central branch in Paris on Saturday afternoon. The boys, aged between 17 and 18, had just finished...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and top executives of the European Union are headed to Russia and Georgia to ensure a ceasefire agreement reached a month ago is met - and to seek a more long-lasting...

Last month's ceasefire agreement centred around the creation of 'buffer zones' between Russia and the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia which are now effectively controlled by...

PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Sunday she expected 2009 to end better than it would start and said France would keep its budget deficit below the...

PARIS : A decision by a French court to postpone a robbery trial involving a Muslim defendant until the end of the holy month of Ramadan has set off a new fracas here about whether France's...

Austria and France want to wipe out some bad memories from the European Championship when they open their World Cup qualifying campaigns on Saturday. Co-host Austria and France underachieved at Euro...

MOSCOW (AFP)--One month to the day after the start of their conflict, Russia and Georgia were Sunday awaiting a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy aimed at shoring up an uneasy truce in the...

N EW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said. Mr. Jacquet, who lived in New York and Paris, died of cancer...

PARIS -- He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia. Paris, unlike...

The Francophones still want to stretch out into the Flemish side, said Joris Van Hauthem, from the far-right Vlaams Belang party, at a rally with about 400 supporters in Wezembeek-Oppem, on the...

The commission urged the Sunday Times to come forward with any tape recordings and other relevant information it might have on the allegations, published after a six-month investigation by the...

The leader of the opposition reminds me of a professor who crosses out all the work of a student, but then gives him a passing grade, a sarcastic Harper said, while one well-known columnist wrote of...

-(Dow Jones)- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon Sunday ruled out the possibility of a stimulus package to boost the country's flagging economy and vowed to press on with structural...

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to set a date and place for the launch of international talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia when he travels to Moscow on Monday, an...

CLAIREFONTAINE, France (Reuters) - Defender Philippe Mexes said on Sunday he was to blame for France's humiliating 3-1 defeat by Austria in a World Cup qualifier. Mexes added that the players stood...

NEW DELHI: Armed with the India-specific waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now ready to face the world. Later this month, he will go on a 10-day visit...

Three Jewish councilors from the Bnei Akiva youth movement were attacked not far from the organization's central branch in Paris on Saturday afternoon. The boys, aged between 17 and 18, had just...

--With Muslims dedicating their time during the fasting month to become closer to Allah, the Noble Quran is becoming a best-seller in France during Ramadan. 'We sell between 10 to 15 copies of the...

France, the 1998 world champions, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a nightmare start to their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.On a night when reputations...

LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A New York judge has ruled that an investor class action can go forward against Alstom SA and two former executives, with claims that the French power and transport...

Datamonitor's industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the fruit & vegetables industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus...

High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today met with senior French officials in Paris to inform them of BiHâ??s progress in meeting the five objectives and two...