PARIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- France is urging U.S. President Barack Obama to cut the tariff on Roquefort cheese, which was tripled in the final days of the Bush administration.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- European Union agriculture ministers have voted to keep United States poultry out of European market because of U.S. cleaning practices.

UNITED NATIONS, April 27 (UPI) -- The rise in worldwide food prices left traders in Chicago scrambling to keep up with orders and Egyptians rioting for bread, economists say.

LONDON, April 16 (UPI) -- France has fought a stubborn and increasingly desperate rearguard action for the past 30 years to protect its farmers against the competition of world markets through the mechanism of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy. But the answer to food shortages is fewer tariffs and more competition for farmers everywhere to sell wherever they can.

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- France and the United States Monday offered to help Lebanon defend its sovereignty.

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned North Korea Monday the United States can defend itself and its allies against any nuclear threat.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, April 4 (UPI) -- French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Monday he believes the French people will approve a forthcoming referendum on the European Union constitution.

UNITED NATIONS, March 24 (UPI) -- France delayed introduction of a resolution to the U.N. Security Council Thursday to try Sudanese war crimes at the International Criminal Court.

WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- President Bush bluntly told Syria Wednesday to remove its troops and intelligence operatives from Lebanon.