By Philip Blenkinsop and Ethan Bilby LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - EU states sought to reassure France on Friday that its culture would be shielded from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley, urging Paris not to block a free-trade deal with the United S... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - Twenty victims of Saddam Hussein's 1988 chemical weapons attack on the Kurdish town of Halabja, requested a judicial investigation of French suppliers on Monday, saying executives knew what they were sending to the Iraqi dictator an... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday that the eurozone debt crisis is over but acknowledged that steps to boost the region's growth and competitiveness need to be taken. (Source: Asso... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - Pierre Mauroy, who as France's prime minister in the early 1980s implemented radical social reforms that made life easier for French workers, has died at 84. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - A group of skinheads attacked a French far-left activist in the heart of Paris' shopping district, leaving the young man brain-dead in the hospital Thursday, officials said, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right viol... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - For centuries, there's been no official French word for the sloppy Gallic export "to French kiss" - though that certainly hasn't stopped any citizen from doing so. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - In headier times, some of these wines were served at dinner for French presidents and their guests - kings, queens, other heads of state. In today's times of austerity, the Elysee Palace is selling these vintage bottles. (Source: As... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - Traces of DNA on an orange juice bottle and a surveillance video of a man praying in a mall led to the arrest Wednesday of a young suspect accused of stabbing a French soldier who was patrolling a crowded area just outside Paris, officia... [Full Article]
By Belinda Goldsmith and Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize in Cannes on Sunday, and the film festival's director immediately urged the large crowds protesti... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - French authorities are hunting for a man who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]