TORONTO, Ontario – Briefly putting aside deep economic differences, top world leaders on Saturday condemned North Korea for the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship, set a five-year exit timeline for Afghanistan and said the standoff in Gaza was not sustainable and must be changed. In a joint statement, the leading eight industrial democracies also criticized both Iran and North Korea
NEW YORK As first lady of France, Cecilia Sarkozy sat in a desert tent with Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, winning the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death on charges of injecting children with HIV.Three years later, she's a New Yorker — leading a conference on women in distress and supporting a nun in Queens who rebuilds the lives of ex-convict wo
France coach Raymond Domenech has said some of his players may refuse to face South Africa because of Nicolas Anelka's expulsion from the squad.The Chelsea striker was sent home for verbally abusing Domenech during last week's 2-0 defeat by Mexico.When asked whether some of his squad might not play on Tuesday, the coach said: It is a possibility. Domenech also labelled the players' decision to b
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press WriterPARIS - When France won the World Cup in 1998, poll numbers of top French political leaders surged and the country claimed vindication for its model of assimilating ethnic minorities from former African colonies.How times have changed.Instead of projecting an image to the world of racial harmony steeped in Republican values of liberty, equality, and fraterni
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will host Saudi King Abdullah in Washington on June 29, the White House announced Sunday.Obama looks forward to discussing with King Abdullah the strengthening of bilateral ties between the United States and Saudi Arabia as well as a range of common concerns related to Gulf Security, peace in the Middle East, and other regional and global matters, Whit
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 19 - France is ready to start talks with Iran over its nuclear programme at the International Atomic Energy Agency “without delay, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday.The talks would be held “on the basis of Brazilian and Turkish efforts and the response sent out by Russia, France and the United States (on June 9), a spok
France is ready to start talks with Iran over its nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency without delay, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Saturday.During a meeting with Medvedev, the French president said a fourth round of sanctions adopted by the U.N Security Council this month were not aimed at punishing Iran, but at convincing the coun
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister David Cameron hailed their nations' battle-forged ties Friday as they marked 70 years since Charles de Gaulle's stirring radio appeal for the French to resist Nazi occupation.In a ceremony in London attended by World War II veterans, Sarkozy and Cameron also paid tribute to their soldiers who fought and died together in the battles of the last c