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Syria a top focus for Biden 3-country trip
The ongoing civil war in Syria will be a primary focus when Vice President Joe Biden embarks on a three-country swing through Europe. Biden leaves ...
French gay marriage plans stir parenthood debate
The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a ...
Pro-gay marriage protesters hit Paris streets
Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris Sunday in support of a government-sponsored bill that would legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex ...
Mexico's legal soul search after Frenchwoman freed
Mexicans are engaged in national soul searching over their country's flawed justice system as newly freed Florence Cassez, earlier convicted of and ...
Mexico, France divided on release of Frenchwoman
She left Mexico to jeers of "killer!" but touched down Thursday in Paris to the fanfare of a state welcome. Seven years in prison in Mexico on ...
Mali's Ansar Dine splits into 2
One wing of Mali's Ansar Dine rebel group has split off to create its own movement, saying that they want to negotiate a solution to the crisis in ...
Mexican court frees Frenchwoman in kidnapping case
A Frenchwoman who became a cause celebre in her homeland after she was sentenced to 60 years in a Mexican prison for kidnapping left on a late-night ...
Mexican court orders release of French woman
A Mexican Supreme Court panel voted Wednesday to release Florence Cassez, a Frenchwoman who says she was unjustly sentenced to 60 years in prison for ...
Lagerfeld supports gay marriage in lesbian couture
Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk ...
Germany, France seek unity on Europe
Germany and France will produce joint proposals on improving economic coordination in the European Union this spring, the countries' leaders said ...
Dutchman elected new chief of eurogroup
The Dutch finance minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, was elected Monday as the new president of the group of euro area finance ministers.
Mali crisis tests Franco-German friendship
Germany and France are issuing stamps, coins and literary awards to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a historic accord that cemented peaceful ...
Timeline of French-led Mali military intervention
A timeline of the French-led military intervention in Mali, which is now in its second week: Jan. 10 — Islamists push south and seize the central ...
Algeria: 32 militants killed, with 23 hostages
In a bloody finale, Algerian special forces stormed a natural gas complex in the Sahara desert on Saturday to end a standoff with Islamist extremists ...
French journalist killed in Syria
French President Francois Hollande offered condolences Friday for a French journalist slain in the Syrian city of Aleppo while reporting on the civil ...
Hostages from at least 10 nations in Algeria
Islamic militants said they captured 41 foreign hostages at a natural gas complex in the Algerian desert. Some were killed in an Algerian military ...
Its allies reluctant, France goes it alone in Mali
France's allies have offered vocal support for the country's military operation in Mali, but when it comes to sending troops or weapons, they are ...
ICC opens war crimes investigation in Mali
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court launched an investigation Wednesday into war crimes committed in Mali since an armed uprising ...
Somali militants say they will kill French hostage
Somalia's al-Qaida-linked rebels said Wednesday that they will kill the French intelligence agent they hold hostage. The Islamist extremists said that ...
Germany commits 2 transport planes to Mali effort
Germany's defense minister said Wednesday the country will send two military aircraft to help transport African troops to aid in the international ...
French triple troops in Mali, prepare for assault
After a punishing bombing campaign failed to halt the advance of al-Qaida-linked fighters, France pledged Tuesday to triple the size of its force in ...
France girds for new threats amid Mali operation
France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that ...