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Lara Gut wins WCup downhill; Vonn crashes out
Lara Gut and Lindsey Vonn had mixed fortunes on one of their favorite courses on Friday. Gut won her first World Cup downhill and Vonn had a rare ...
European court condemns CIA in landmark ruling
A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" programs and bolstered those who say they were ...
German real estate booms as people seek security
Buying a home in Berlin is widely viewed as one of the safest investments a German, or any European, can make. That is why some real-estate experts ...
Discovery Channel close to deal on Eurosport
The parent company of the Discovery Channel is close to buying a stake in Europe's leading sports network, Eurosport. TF1, the Paris-based media group ...
AirAsia orders 100 more A320s from Airbus
Airbus says AirAsia, southeast Asia's top budget carrier, is ordering 100 additional A320 single-aisle jets in a deal that greatly increases the ...
Pennies over patriotism? Stars move to tax havens
France's Socialist government is introducing a 75-percent income tax on those earning over €1 million ($1.3 million), leading some of the country's ...
French mobile operators hit with antitrust fines
France's competition watchdog has slapped €183 million ($239 million) in fines on the country's two top mobile operators for anti-competitive pricing ...
Mali gets new prime minister after forced ouster
Mali's interim president has named a replacement prime minister after soldiers behind a coup earlier this year forced out his predecessor and placed ...
Hands off our heritage: Some wary of China's reach
Life in this French village revolves around wine. The backyards of its tidy houses nurture the grapes that have made Burgundy famous the world over.
Notre Dame Cathedral kicks off 850th birthday
Dignitaries, tourists and Parisians gathered in the thousands Wednesday for a ceremony and Mass marking the beginning of year-long commemoration of ...
Maserati confident in Italy output despite turmoil
The CEO of Italian luxury carmaker Maserati is confident that parent company Fiat's €1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) investment to boost production in ...
Taliban to attend Paris meeting on Afghanistan
The Taliban will attend a meeting in France to talk about Afghanistan's future but will not discuss peace and reconciliation, the militant group's ...
French star Depardieu moves to lower-tax Belgium
A Belgian mayor says famed French actor Gerard Depardieu has bought a home and set up legal residence in his small town, lured by the food, the ...
Messi sets goal record for a year; Falcao scores 5
Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Atletico Madrid's Radamel Falcao were unstoppable Sunday on a night when both stars again demonstrated why their teams ...
French official: 'Kind of racism' in Corsica bombs
France's interior minister said Sunday that there was a "kind of racism" behind the bombings of dozens of vacation homes on the French island of ...
French island of Corsica hit by attacks
A man was shot dead and several houses were bombed on the French island of Corsica, a vacation destination that has seen a wave of gang killings this ...
Rituals, dances and carnivals win UN protection
The frenetic music and vibrant colors of the Frevo, a Brazilian carnival dance, have been immortalized by UNESCO as a world heritage treasure.
EADS downgraded after shareholder overhaul
Moody's Investor Service lowered its main credit rating for EADS, the make of Airbus plans, citing the European aerospace giant's overhaul of its ...
The 'royal molecatcher' outlives Versailles king
The king is dead, but the molecatcher lives on. He even signs SMS messages: "Molecatcher to the king." It's been over two centuries since Louis XVI ...
French luxury group PPR to sell US retail brand
French retailer PPR is selling its American plus-size clothing business to two private equity firms. The company behind Gucci has been jettisoning its ...
French unemployment edges up to 10.3 percent in Q3
Unemployment in France has edged up again, reaching 10.3 percent in the third quarter. The national statistics agency Insee also said Thursday that ...
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, dies at 104
Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in reinforced concrete and built the capital of Brasilia on the empty central plains ...
Germany to take stake as EADS shakes up ownership
European aerospace and defense company EADS announced Wednesday a new ownership structure in which Germany is set to join France and Spain as state ...
African leader aims for Mali mission in early 2013
U.N.-mandated African forces could intervene early next year to dislodge al-Qaida-affiliates from their new stronghold in northern Mali, Ivory Coast's ...
Possible Wintour appointment gets London talking
Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams ... and now Anna Wintour? A report suggesting that the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue is one ...