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2 dead in seaside cliff fall fleeing Spain fire
As a wildfire closed in on them, five members of a vacationing French family abandoned their car and stumbled through thick smoke down a steep ...
Global economy in worst shape since 2009
Mounting fears about Spain's financial health help illustrate why the global economy is in its worst shape since 2009. Six of the 17 countries that ...
Surfer killed by shark off France's Reunion Island
Authorities say a shark killed a 22-year-old surfer in the Indian Ocean waters off France's Reunion Island. Island government spokesman Serge Bideau ...
Tour champ Wiggins turns focus to Olympics
After making history in Paris, Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is heading home to London in the hopes he can cap off his tremendous run of ...
Wiggins 1st British cyclist to win Tour de France
Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has ...
Wiggins makes British history at Tour de France
Twenty-three years ago, Bradley Wiggins marveled as Greg LeMond blazed a trail as America's first Tour de France winner. Now, he has blazed his own.
Wiggins wins Tour de France
It was a rare sight at the Tour de France: The yellow jersey holder charging down the streets of Paris at the head of the peloton, trying to set up ...
Hollande compares Toulouse attacks to Holocaust
President Francois Hollande led ceremonies Sunday marking the 70th anniversary of the largest roundup of Jews in World War II France, and promised to ...
Bradley Wiggins all but clinches Tour de France
For Bradley Wiggins, the champagne on the Champs-Elysees is about to flow. He all but locked up the Tour de France title with a tour-de-force ...
Wiggins all but clinches Tour de France victory
Bradley Wiggins won the final time trial of the Tour de France on Saturday, all but locking up the title of the three-week race. The Team Sky leader ...
Cavendish sprint win a warning to Olympic rivals
Britain's Mark Cavendish has given warning: he will not be denied Olympic gold. With just seven days to go until the Olympic road race, the "Manx ...
Shooting cancels Paris premiere of Batman movie
The Paris premiere of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" was canceled Friday after a gunman killed several people at a Colorado opening of ...
Bank bailout fails to ease fears for Spain
Concerns about Spain's crippling financial problems flared again Friday as even news that the country had been given the final go-ahead for a bank ...
Wiggins nears Tour title; Cavendish wins stage
Bradley Wiggins moved closer to becoming the first British champion of the Tour de France while teammate and countryman Mark Cavendish won the 18th ...
French parliament OKs new budget to fill coffers
France's lower house of parliament passed a revised 2012 budget on Friday to raise €7.2 billion ($8.8 billion) in new revenue by targeting ...
Russian envoy to France: Assad ready to step down
Russia's ambassador to France says Moscow believes Syria's president is ready to step down "in a civilized way." But the Syrian government immediately ...
Wiggins holds yellow jersey, 3 days left in Tour
Britain's Bradley Wiggins overcame the mountains and challengers to retain the yellow jersey, while Spain's Alejandro Valverde won the 17th stage of ...
Valverde wins 17th stage of Tour de France
Bradley Wiggins of Britain mastered a last big test in the mountains to retain the yellow jersey on Thursday, while Alejandro Valverde of Spain won ...
McDonald's: Digital specs prompt privacy fears
McDonald's workers in Paris who stopped a Canadian professor from wearing computerized eyeglasses feared he could be recording or photographing people ...
Wiggins facing final test in Pyrenees
Yellow jersey holder Bradley Wiggins faced a final test in the Pyrenees on Thursday as the peloton started the 17th stage of the Tour de France, the ...
Voeckler wins tough 16th Tour stage in Pyrenees
Thomas Voeckler won the 16th stage of the Tour de France over four huge climbs in the Pyrenees, while defending champion Cadel Evans dropped out of ...
Schleck denies doping after positive test at Tour
Luxembourg rider Frank Schleck denied taking any banned substance despite testing positive for a forbidden diuretic at the Tour de France, suggesting ...