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France prepares 10-year investment plan
French President Francois Hollande is defending the record of his first year in office and promising to unveil a 10-year plan to invest 20 billion ...
HK director Wong Kar-wai gets top French honor
Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai has been given France's highest cultural honor. Wong was named a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by ...
PSG title hopes on hold after Valenciennes draw
Paris Saint-Germain's celebrations were put on hold as it failed to get the win it needed to all but seal the French title on Sunday, scraping a 1-1 ...
French ballistic missile test launch fails
A French ballistic missile test has ended in failure after the missile destroyed itself just minutes after its launch from a nuclear submarine off the ...
Keira Knightley says 'oui' to rocker James Righton
A French mayor says Oscar-nominated actress Keira Knightley has said "oui" to rocker James Righton in a small wedding ceremony in southern France.
Marseille beats Bastia to delay PSG's title party
Marseille beat Bastia 2-1 in the French league on Saturday to postpone Paris Saint-Germain's title celebrations for at least another week. With three ...
Notre Dame's new pipe organ bears history's weight
From the moment the teenage musician caught sight of the organ in France's most famous cathedral, he knew where he wanted to play. In the five decades ...
Saint-Etienne's Champions League hopes take a blow
Saint-Etienne's hopes of securing a Champions League place were dealt a blow when it drew 0-0 at home to Bordeaux on Friday. League Cup winner ...
EU predicts eurozone recession to continue in 2013
Europe will take longer to recover from its economic crisis as it tackles a worse-than-expected recession in the eurozone and unemployment at record ...
France want 9 or 11 stadiums for Euro 2016
France plans on using nine to 11 stadiums for the 2016 European Championship but only the Stade de France and Lille's new 50,000-capacity stadium are ...
Correction: Italy's Race Problem story
In a May 1 story about racism in Italy, datelined Rome, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that a current French minister is from the French ...
Platini: All-German final not proof of dominance
UEFA president Michel Platini is distinctly underwhelmed by Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund reaching the Champions League final and does not see ...
Air France-KLM losses mount in Q1
Air France-KLM said Friday its losses mounted sharply in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, when earnings were boosted by a gain in the ...
BNP Paribas sees Q1 earnings tumble
French bank BNP Paribas said Friday its earnings slumped 45 percent in the first quarter amid a steep drop in corporate and investment banking as ...
Sirigu, Verratti and Beckham receive bans for PSG
Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu and midfielder Marco Verratti have been suspended for two games and veteran midfielder David Beckham ...
AP Interview: New job for son of toppled shah
The son of Iran's toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement that is challenging the clerical regime to hold free and fair ...
PSG close to title; Ancelotti's future a concern
Although Paris Saint-Germain can clinch its first league title since 1994 on Sunday, this is being largely overshadowed by speculation surrounding ...
France defends interest in blocking Yahoo deal
The French government has defended its veto over Yahoo Inc.'s attempted takeover of video sharing website Dailymotion, even as the move draws jeers ...
Early Hollywood teen star Deanna Durbin dies at 91
Deanna Durbin, the teen sensation whose sparkling soprano voice and girl-next-door looks made her a star during Hollywood's Golden Age, has died, a ...
Sanofi earnings slashed in first quarter
French drug maker Sanofi said Thursday its net profit was slashed in the first quarter from a year earlier as falling sales and patent losses on key ...
Italy race problems seen with black gov't minister
It was hailed as a giant step forward for racial integration in a country that has long been ill at ease with its growing immigrant classes.
France: jihadist convert arrested in Mali
French troops in Mali have arrested a French citizen who converted to Islam, took on the jihadist cause and threatened his native country in a video ...
NYSE Euronext Q1 profit up on lower costs
NYSE Euronext says its net profit jumped 45 percent in the first quarter thanks to lower merger expenses compared to a year earlier. The owner of the ...