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Islamists push secular Tuaregs into Mali desert
Islamists in northern Mali say they have pushed the secular Tuareg rebels out of a northwestern town and into the desert and now control the main Mali ...
France's Hollande meets steel firm chief amid spat
President Francois Hollande has met with the chief of ArcelorMittal after a minister in his government suggested that the steel giant should be ousted ...
Sarkozy's party fractures amid leadership dispute
France's main opposition party could split in two after one of the men vying to lead it pledged to break away unless a new vote is held for the ...
New chief of Sarkozy's dispute-racked party named
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party, now the main opposition force to France's governing Socialists, moved deeper into disarray on ...
French minister wants steel firm ArcelorMittal out
Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist minister says he wants to kick the ...
Carla Bruni backs gay marriage, but not feminism
France's former first lady Carla Bruni says she disagrees with her conservative husband Nicolas Sarkozy and supports a plan to allow gay marriage and ...
France: Sarkozy's party battles to save itself
Parents struggle to explain it to their kids. Ambassadors struggle to explain it to their governments. The only thing that's clear is that French ...
EU summit ends without budget deal
A summit of the European Union's 27 national leaders, charged with agreeing on a long-term budget for the bloc, broke up Friday afternoon without ...
EU leaders approve Mersch, another male, for ECB
The appointment of Luxembourg's top banker to a top post at the European Central Bank left it looking a lot like an Old Boys' Club on Friday.
Sarkozy joins ex-French leaders under legal fire
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy follows in a long line of French leaders in the legal crosshairs. Voted out office in May, the 57-year-old ...
French conservatives pick leader with 98-vote edge
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservatives chose a right-leaning new leader on Monday in a razor-thin victory — 98 votes — and with so ...