G8 summit in Huntsville, Ontario
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) attends the G8 session with African outreach leaders during the G8 Summit at Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville, Ontario on June 25, 2010. UPI Photo/Alex Volgin
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Italy has rung the bell to launch the next round of the euro crisis.
The latest French government crackdown on the Roma communities in France has drawn protests from rights advocacy groups but not from the European Union itself, which is usually quick on the draw over any human rights controversies outside the EU.
Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam and the late Libyan dictator's former intelligence chief are slated to stand trial Thursday on murder charges related to the country's 2011 civil war and it's likely that some of the ancien regime's darkest secrets may finally see the light of day.
Gaining French citizenship could become less arduous under measures introduced by Interior Minister Manuel Valls, officials say.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy's political party is short of the cash it needs to repay banks despite a successful drive for donations, officials say.
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy resigned from the Constitutional Council after it upheld a ruling that he exceeded campaign spending limits, officials said.
A prosecutor sought to drop charges former French President Nicolas Sarkozy took illegal campaign contributions from an ailing heiress during the 2007 election.
The European Commission economic chief managing Greece's bailouts said Friday International Monetary Fund criticism of the rescue was not "fair."
French transmission system operator RTE said this week it is leveraging $13 million in government funding to build two demonstration "smart" power substations.
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