Argentina keeps lead of FIFA rankings in slow month
(FOX Sports) May 07, 2008
Argentina remains atop the largely unchanged FIFA world rankings. The Czech Republic, France, Greece, Portugal and the Netherlands continued to fill out places six through 10, and no team in the top 50 rose or fell by more than two places....

Tavlaridis gears up fort big test
(Sporting Life) May 03, 2008
St Etienne defender Stathis Tavlaridis reckons Sunday's showdown for fifth spot against Lille will be "the most difficult match of the year" for his team....

France stroll to victory in Greece
(UEFA.com) Apr 23, 2008
An impressive away performance gave France an emphatic 5-0 win in Greece and keeps them in pole position to reach UEFA WOMEN'S EURO 2009™ in Finland....

Paris plans charm offense on China after protests
(IHT) Apr 21, 2008
After a wave of anti-French protests in China, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is sending three top officials there this week in a diplomatic charm offensive aimed at limiting the political and economic fallout from the controversy...

French push for EU food response
(BBC) Apr 14, 2008
France is urging EU countries to come up with a global initiative on food security in the wake of violence linked to price rises in basic foodstuffs....

Nude image of Carla Bruni sold
(BBC) Apr 11, 2008
A nude photograph of France's first lady, Carla Bruni, has been auctioned for $91,000 (£46,098) - more than 20 times the expected price....

Olympic flame put out four times in Paris
(Telegraph.co.uk) Apr 07, 2008
The Olympic torch relay descended further into farce yesterday as the flame was extinguished four times and the Paris leg of its round-the-world tour cut short....

Paris protests cut short Olympic relay
(Guardian) Apr 07, 2008
Officials scrap procession after demonstrations force them to repeatedly extinguish flame...

French Muslim war graves defaced
(BBC) Apr 06, 2008
Vandals have desecrated 148 Muslim graves in France's biggest WWI cemetery, officials have said....

France sets Olympics conditions
(BBC) Apr 05, 2008
France's human rights minister has set three conditions for President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony....

France sets date on Nato decision
(BBC) Apr 03, 2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will make a decision on Nato by the end of the year, indicating it will return to the organisation's military command....

Greece vetoes invitation to FYROM for NATO entry
Apr 02, 2008
Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Wednesday night vetoed a NATO invitation to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to join, during an alliance crucial summit in Bucharest....

New French force for Afghanistan
(BBC) Apr 02, 2008
France has agreed to send an extra battalion of troops to Afghanistan, a Nato spokesman has said....

French 'serial killer' on trial
(BBC) Mar 27, 2008
Michel Fourniret goes on trial in France charged with killing seven young women between 1987 and 2001....

Sarkozy wants closer ties with Britain
(Reuters) Mar 26, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived in Britain on a state visit he hopes will improve cooperation on illegal immigration, defence and the economy....