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Sarkozy’s political career could be over

Sarkozy’s political career could be over

French leader Nicolas Sarkozy says he will quit politics if he loses next month’s election as his challenger presses home on the incumbent’s record.

Sirte hospital crammed with the dazed and the dead

Sirte hospital crammed with the dazed and the dead

Triumphant fighters marched up and down as dazed and frightened patients in Sirte’s main hospital lay crammed into a ground floor corridor.

Strauss-Kahn back home after sex scandal

Strauss-Kahn back home after sex scandal

Dominique Strauss-Kahn has finally returned to Paris for the first time since a sex scandal which scuppered his hopes for the French presidency.

France to extradite Noriega to Panama

Panama’s ex-strongman Manuel Noriega on looks set return home — and go straight into custody there — after more than two decades in foreign prisons.

US frees Libya of debilitating sanctions

Stalemate leaves frontline Libyan rebel city deserted

Most residents of Ajdabiya voted with their feet and gone to stay in makeshift camps or with relatives in the rebel capital Benghazi or other towns.

PM al-Maliki emerges as frontrunner after Iraq vote

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emerged on Monday as a frontrunner after an election seen as a test of the nation’s young democracy.

World leaders urge calm amid fresh stock-market turmoil

World leaders on Thursday insisted that the United States credit crunch would not cause an economic crisis but stock markets across the world plummeted yet again as investors…

Royal, Sarkozy pin hopes on defeated centrist

French presidential rivals Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal waited anxiously on Wednesday for a defeated centrist candidate, whose votes could tip next week’s run-off ballot,…

EADS boss faces grilling over share deals

EADS co-chief executive Noel Forgeard was being questioned on Wednesday by France’s parliamentary finance committee on why he sold millions of euros’ worth of shares in the…

EADS boss rejects suggestions of insider trading

The joint head of European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS) rejected on Friday suggestions he had indulged in insider trading knowing the group would announce delivery delays…