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Russia on Wednesday ruled out allowing European Union observers into the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
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/ 9 September 2008
Russia will keep its troops inside Georgian separatist regions for a long time and their presence is not affected by an agreement to pull out troops.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a pledge from Russia on Monday to pull back all its troops from Georgia within a month.
European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia.
President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday he had no regrets about sending 700 more troops to Afghanistan, after insurgents killed 10 soldiers
European leaders warned Russia on Sunday to withdraw its forces rapidly from Georgia or face unspecified consequences.
The repressive climate in Angola casts a shadow on the coming elections.
What began as a skirmish has become a tragedy of global importance.
The Kremlin on Tuesday night dictated humiliating peace terms to Georgia as the price for halting the Russian invasion of the small Black Sea country.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s effort to extend France’s famously short work week may be beside the point.
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy back plan for solar panels in the North African desert, writes Alok Jha.
SA and the EU on Friday wrapped up a landmark summit with Brussels backing SA’s mediating role in Zimbabwe as the only way of ending political chaos.
The world’s most visited museum will have Europe’s biggest purpose-built exhibition space for an Islamic art collection.
Europe, North Africa and the Middle East launched the Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday pledging cooperation on water, energy and education.
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Thursday that there had been no need for Ireland to vote on the European Union’s major reform package.
British newspapers gave the thumbs-down on Thursday to the latest album from French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s wife, Carla Bruni.
The US drive to gain access to the private data of Europeans is the latest episode in a systematic American campaign.
The French army chief of staff resigned on Tuesday two days after a soldier injured 17 people when he mistakenly opened fire with live ammunition.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Israel on Monday to share sovereignty over Jerusalem with the Palestinians.
French President Nicholas Sarkozy on Monday promised his country will always defend the Jewish state against existential threats.
Nicolas Sarkozy may be a teetotaller, but his wife’s much awaited ballad suggests he gives her even stronger stuff.
China’s state media on Tuesday hailed Premier Wen Jiabao as the world’s sixth-most-popular politician on the social networking site Facebook — well ahead of United States President George Bush. Wen Jiabao’s profile was set up two days after he rushed to the scene of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan province to oversee rescue efforts.
It was an off-the-cuff remark on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival. But on Thursday it led to the embarrassment of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, an apology by one of the world’s great luxury brands, and the undiluted anger of a global superpower.
French fishermen headed into tense talks on Monday to decide on whether to keep up their strikes and blockades over fuel costs, as a hard-core fringe continued to disrupt port activities. About 50 fishermen from Brittany, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean were meeting in the key fishing port of Boulogne-sur-mer.
The director of Entre les Murs, the French classroom drama that won the main Cannes film prize said on Sunday he had been deeply moved by the applause that met the film when it was shown at the festival. Entre les Murs (The Class) became the first French film in 21 years to claim the coveted Palme d’Or award at the world’s biggest film festival.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Angola on Friday in a bid to improve relations following an arms scandal that provoked tensions between the two countries. Sarkozy was to hold talks with Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos on Friday morning at the presidential palace.
China is to hold talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whom it blames for a wave of unrest, state media reported on Friday, as the Olympic flame arrived in Japan. The move comes after concerted pressure from the West on China to talk to the Dalai Lama and marks the first serious step to defuse tensions.
Beleaguered French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to use a prime-time TV appearance this week to claw back public support after polls showed a majority of French people think his first year in office has been a failure. The anniversary has been marred by government infighting, policy U-turns and record low opinion polls.
The Olympic torch set off through the Malaysian capital on Monday to rapturous cheers from Chinese supporters and tight security by police keen to avoid the disruption seen on earlier legs. More than 1 000 police and other security forces were deployed on the route from the city centre to the iconic Petronas Twin Towers.
The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Friday that soaring world food prices can have dire consequences, such as toppling governments and even triggering wars. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said that the price hikes that have set off rioting in Haiti, Egypt and elsewhere are an ”extremely serious” problem.
Pirates off the coast of Somalia released 30 hostages seized aboard a French yacht a week ago following negotiations that ended the stand-off peacefully, French officials said. The hostages, including 22 French crew aboard Le Ponant, were freed ”without incident”, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a statement, without providing details.
France’s interior minister faulted the Chinese organisers of the Olympic torch relay for its chaotic run through Paris, saying in an interview on Wednesday that French police merely provided technical support. "The Olympic rule is that the organising country is always responsible for preserving the flame," Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said.