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The Amberieu archive in Southern France contains a collection of 2,500 unpublished - and mostly unpublishable - autobiographies, diaries, scrapbooks, bundles of letters and collections of emails dat...

The French pastry chef Gaston Lenôtre, whose successful catering business made him a household name, died aged 88 yesterday after a long illness, his company said. Lenôtre is ...

Sarah Palin took three days' maternity leave after the birth of her son Trig Paxson Van Palin last April. On her first day back at work she held a meeting as governor of Alaska on the national gas pip...

P ARIS, Jan 9, 2009 (AFP) - French feminists are taking aim at Justice Minister Rachida Dati who went back to work this week just five days aftergiving birth to a baby girl, saying she is setting a ba...

PARIS — With the opulent French Riviera, iconic Eiffel Tower and luscious vineyards, France stands tall and proud as the world’s No. 1 travel destination. But it’s not No. 1 in tou...

The hotel heiress - who inadvertently appeared in a sex tape, eventually released as 'One Night In Paris', in 2004 with then-boyfriend Rick Salomon - says she won't have sex with a boyfriend too soon ...

French and Germans put foot down on tightening financial regulations By Ben Hall in Paris Published: January 9 2009 02:00 | Last updated: January 9 2009 02:00

A government committee led by French President Nicolas Sarkozy`s key aide Emmanuelle Mignon submitted yesterday a report on easing regulations on cross-media ownership to French Culture Minister Chris...

(IDM) PARIS (AP) - Gaston Lenotre, considered one of France's best-ever pastry-makers, has died at the age of 88. The Lenotre company he founded says the pastry maker died Thursday at his home in So...

/article tools - narrow (used with span photos) --> Didier Aaron, the Parisian antiques dealer whose gallery on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré became the center of a mini-empire of fine French f...

Just when it's needed the most to sort out the deluge of post-Christmas packaging, the $500,000 optical sorter at the city and county's recycling centre could be headed for a landfill.Only a few month...

PARIS -- The French government is planning to inject a second tranche of euro10.5 billion ($14.38 billion) into some of the nation's largest banks in an effort to spur lending.Finance Minister Christi...

(Updates with Arab ministers draft, Rice comment, details) UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--Intensive talks were underway here Thursday to try to reconcile two rival Security Council resolutions proposed by W...

Vienna - The Vienna State Opera announced Thursday that French star dancer Manuel Legris was chosen to direct its ballet from 2010. Legris, 44, will take over from the current ballet chief, the Hungar...

Situation in the Middle East – Implementation of a ceasefire in Gaza – Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic Paris, January 7 2009.

NEW YORK, January 8 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S., British and French delegations are working on a draft UN Security Council resolution on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a diplomatic source in the UN said ...

Paris: France and Germany said on Thursday Washington was no longer able to impose its views on other major powers and they hoped incoming US President Barack Obama would listen to them at a summit on...

The French funds are part of a package of capital injections and loan guarantees worth a total of 360 billion euros, announced in October to helpthe sector weather the global credit crunch.

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russia on Thursday to honour contracts to deliver gas to Europe despite its dispute with Ukraine.

The French government is planning to inject a second tranche of euro10.5 billion ($14.38 billion) into some of the nation's largest banks in an effort to spur lending.