NEWLY NAMED MINISTERS ARRIVE AT ELYSEE PALACE
France's Minister of State for the Environment and Sustainable Development Alain Juppe arrives at the Elysee Palace to attend the first weekly cabinet meeting of the newly named government in Paris on May 18, 2007. (UPI Photo/William Alix)
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Rebels in northern Mali declared their independence Friday and asked for international recognition of their nation -- a move former colonizer France rejected.
The father of Mohamed Merah said he plans to sue the French government for killing instead of capturing his son, who police said admitted killing seven people.
Police in Toulouse, France, Wednesday prepared to raid a house where a suspect in the deaths of seven people in southwestern France was holed up.
A British photographer has been spirited out of Syria, but word that a French reporter had made her way to Lebanon was retracted, The Guardian reported Tuesday.
With effects of looming international sanctions already rocking its economy, Iran has indicated willingness to resume talks with world powers.
France, encouraged by a General Assembly vote against the Syrian government, may bring another resolution in the U.N. Security Council, its top diplomat said.
The U.N. General Assembly, dealing a major blow to the Syrian government, passed a resolution by a 137-12 vote calling for President Bashar Assad to step down.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to Europe Wednesday amid assurances from France's foreign minister of no immediate withdrawal of its troops.
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