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India will reveal in the coming days its goals to curb greenhouse gas emissions, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday after face-to-face talks here with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was "within reach".
Former world champion figure skater Brian Joubert of France has undergone surgery after injuring his right foot during training.
Hopes suddenly rose Friday that a new global climate pact was within reach after rich nations attending a Commonwealth summit here offered to pay poorer countries to help seal the deal.
Commonwealth nations Friday joined forces with European and UN leaders Friday to push for a deal to tackle global warming and overcome last-minute haggling threatening to scupper climate talks.
The leaders of Britain and France gave their backing Friday to a global fund that would provide billions of dollars to poor countries to help them reduce the output of greenhouse gases linked to climate change.
Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules.
Beijing's decision to bring targets on carbon emissions reductions to Copenhagen is hopeful, but it is important to understand what exactly Beijing is promising -- and what it's not
Britons think France is the least hospitable country in which to go on holiday, according to a new online survey of 1,412 Britons.
Castres cemented their grip on the leadership of the Top 14 in France on Friday with a thumping 34-6 win over Biarritz while Toulon jumped up to third with a 22-18 win at Stade Francais, greatly aided by Jonny Wilkinson, who landed four penalties, a drop goal and a conversion.
France's President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures at a news conference held during the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Sarkozy and other non-Commonwealth leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Danish Prime Minister Lars Rasmussen, made a special trip to this Caribbean nation Thursday in a bid to salvage sputtering negotiations ...
If you're looking for a soloist or conductor equally adept at the music of Austria, Germany, France and Italy, maybe their neighboring country of Switzerland would be a good place to start your search.
PARIS — Global warming is giving French vintners a new potential headache: In a few years, champagne could be going head-to-head with British bubbly.
PARIS—What does it mean to be French?
France is negotiating to sell a high-tech warship to Russia, which would mark the first time that a NATO nation and a founding member at that sold arms to the country the treaty organization was created to oppose.
VOLUSIA COUNTY — World AIDS Day will be commemorated Tuesday with a 6 p.m. candlelight vigil followed by an interfaith service at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, University Boulevard. An estimated 1,400 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Volusia and Flagler counties. Health Department officials will also offer free HIV testing from 8:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. at the Daytona Beach clinic, 1845 Holsonback Dr.
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