By announcing he would hold another summit in Paris, the French president highlighted his determination to press forward on what he sees as a long-overdue discussion of American-style capitalism and its excesses.

Following a meeting between Mauritania's junta leaders and the European Union in Paris, EU officials have given the military officials one month to show how they will restore constitutional order, or sanctions will take effect.

Governments across Europe began announcing bailout plans Monday after an extraordinary meeting of euro zone leaders in Paris over the weekend. Britain was the first to green-light a plan worth 37 billion pounds.

PARIS (AFP) - European Union leaders on Sunday hammered out a plan to confront the financial crisis which will involve hundreds of billions of dollars of new initiatives to head off a feared "meltdown".

The son of a late French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and 40 other people charged with trafficking arms to war-riven Angola or taking kickbacks will face judges Monday in a long-awaited trial in Paris.

PARIS (AFP) - Lewis Hamilton on Tuesday lost his appeal to have his win at the Belgian Grand Prix reinstated after the FIA ruling body confirmed a 25-second sanction against him for cutting a chicane.

PARIS (Reuters) - A French company said Tuesday it had ordered the withdrawal of a batch of powdered baby milk sold exclusively in pharmacies after traces of salmonella were found in eight babies.

PARIS (AFP) - French lawmakers are to vote Monday on whether to keep French troops in Afghanistan after 10 soldiers were killed there, raising questions about France's presence in the increasingly violent country.

PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have traced the origin of fingers and toes to fish-like creatures that roamed the seas 380 million years ago, according to a new study.

PARIS (AFP) - Bees and other pollinating insects are worth 153 billion euros (220 billion dollars) a year, thanks to their help in growing fruit, vegetables, oil crops, coffee, cocao and spices, a French study has found.