WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- France’s hyper-energetic new President Nicolas Sarkozy throws off some very dangerous ideas. His latest, offering French nuclear weapons to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was politely declined, but left the startled Germans wondering just how stable and sensible a partner he would be.

PARIS, April 18 (UPI) -- French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy says his frightening reputation will prove useful to his campaign.

PARIS, April 4 (UPI) -- A centrist candidate for the French presidency has called for the abolishment of an elite finishing school many French politicians have attended.

PARIS, March 23 (UPI) -- The French agency that studies UFOs has opened its files of 1,600 flying object sightings.

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PARIS, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A French government security official has said 72 suspect Muslim airport workers have lost security clearance, but many others still work in sensitive areas.

BERLIN, July 10 (UPI) -- Teenagers in France and Germany will be studying from a historic text this fall -- the first joint French and German history book.

MILAN, Italy, May 16 (UPI) -- An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles. Italcementi, which spent 10 years developing its TX Active, said the building material is capable of reducing urban pollution by more than 40 percent, th