Sarkozy, Monti urge unity over euro crisis
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned the European Union on Friday not to let divisions over managing its debt crisis blow up into serious splits, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned that
A ‘time cloak’ that can stop the clock
Pentagon-supported physicists on Wednesday said they had devised a “time cloak” that briefly makes an event undetectable.
World rings in 2012 and bids adieu to a tough year
Glittering fireworks exploded on Sunday as revelers in Australia and Asia welcomed 2012 and others around the world looked forward to bidding a weary adieu to a year marred by natural disasters and ec
France finds 20 cancer cases in women with faulty implants
French health authorities said on Saturday that 20 cases of cancer had been uncovered in women with allegedly faulty French-made breast implants but insisted there was still no proven link with the di
IMF chief Lagarde warns that global economy threatened
The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system.
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Magazine poll names Strauss-Kahn wife 'Woman of the Year'
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's wife Anne Sinclair, who stood by the disgraced former IMF chief during his sex scandal, was named Woman of the Year in a poll for a French woman's magazine on Monday.
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Pastry thief loose in France
Police in Paris are on the hunt of a man alleged to be behind over five bakery hold-ups since December 5.
Britain's The Telegraph claimed the man approaches a bakery, places an order and then points,
'Miracle' if France keeps triple-A rating: market regulator
It would be a miracle for France to retain its triple-A credit rating, threatened by the eurozone debt crisis, the head of its main market regulator said on Tuesday.
"Keeping it would amount to a mir
Carlos the Jackal sentenced to life in prison
A French court Thursday sentenced the notorious Venezuelan militant known as Carlos the Jackal to life in prison, with a minimum of 18 years before parole, for four deadly attacks in France in the 198
Formula One: Force India confirm Di Resta, Hulkenberg
Britain's Paul Di Resta and German driver Nico Hulkenberg were confirmed as Force India's two drivers for the 2012 Formula One season on Friday.
Di Resta drove with the team in 2011, finishing in 13t