The United States, Europe and more than 60 other countries and international institutions offered about $20 billion in aid for Afghanistan as part of a big donors conference here Thursday. ...more

June 13, 2008

The French navy canceled three summer missions, including a counternarcotics exercise off the United States, Monday because of soaring fuel prices. ...more

June 10, 2008

They had a glitzy, jet-setting courtship, but when it came time for the wedding, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former supermodel Carla Bruni opted for a simple, classic ceremony - and the bride wore white. ...more

February 3, 2008

A bomb hidden in a package delivered to a law office several blocks from the Arc de Triomphe in central Paris exploded Thursday, killing a secretary and seriously injuring a lawyer, French police said. ...more

December 7, 2007

Colombia's cancellation of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's mediation with leftist rebels threw into disarray hopes for a prisoner swap that would free three U.S. military contractors and a former presidential candidate. ...more

November 23, 2007

President Nicolas Sarkozy stood firm against spreading strikes Tuesday, insisting he will not water down plans for a thorough overhaul of France, even as civil servants joined the walkouts and thousands of protesters took to the streets. ...more

November 21, 2007

Transport workers shut down most trains Wednesday, testing the patience of Parisians forced to walk, bike or roller skate to work with a strike aimed at derailing President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to strip away labor protections he says hurt France's competitiveness. ...more

November 15, 2007

"He was really the great chronicler of his time, the champion of personal reportage. His vaunted life as a public figure may have actually impeded serious critical attention to much of his work. Presumably, it will be possible now." Author E.L. Doctorow "When you talk of Norman Mailer, right away I see van Gogh's work boots. Norman was a working man. Lord, did he work. From one end of his life to the other, he sat in solemn thought and left so much to read, so many pages with ideas that come at you like sparks spitting from a fire." Jimmy Breslin, author and Mailer's running mate in 1969 New York City mayor's race "He'd go anywhere and try anything. He was a courageous person, a great person, fully confident, with a great sense of optimism." Author Gay Talese "It is a giant of American literature who has disappeared." French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...more

November 11, 2007

"Freedom fries" are so yesterday - replaced now by lobster bisque and lamb at an elegant White House dinner, where President Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday night officially opened a cozier chapter in U.S.-French relations. ...more

November 7, 2007

Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, has died. He was 84. ...more

September 24, 2007