London, Nov 17 (ANI): A law that banned women from wearing trousers in Paris is still in effect, it has emerged.The rule forbidding women from dressing like men-by wearing trousers- was first ...

Rome, Nov 17 (EFE) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said here Monday that he was "disappointed" after US President Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao agreed to not ...

Paris, Nov 15 (EFE) French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said thay have adopted a common position for the Copenhagen climate change summit that suggests, ...

Paris, Nov 15 (IANS) France and Brazil have agreed on a policy to deal with climate change ahead of a UN summit on the subject in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. "We ...

Sao Paulo, Nov 14 (DPA) Brazil plans to lower its emissions of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) by nearly 40 percent by 2020, a government official said here. President Luiz Inacio ...

London, Nov 14 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has presented movie icon Clint Eastwood with the nation's highest cultural honour. Eastwood was made a commander in the prestigious Legion of Honour in Paris ...

London, November 14 (ANI): Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood has been made a commander in France's prestigious Legion of Honour for his contribution to the entertainment industry. French President Nicolas Sarkozy bestowed the American ...

Jerusalem, Nov. 13 (ANI): Israel has signalled fresh hope for talks with the Palestine Authority following Palestinian officials postponing the elections in their territories indefinitely. The polls were originally scheduled to be ...

Paris, Nov.13 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that he is determined to ban the use of the burqa, the head-to-toe veil worn by some Muslim women, in secular France. "France ...

Copenhagen, Nov 13 (DPA) Denmark has invited 192 heads of state and government to the UN climate-change talks it will host next month in Copenhagen, reports said Thursday. Danish Prime Minister Lars ...

London, Nov 10 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been embroiled in a bizarre controversy after he claimed that he had personally helped to demolish the Berlin Wall on the first ...

Berlin, Nov. 9 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has revealed how he actively participated in the historic fall of the Berlin Wall, by chipping away at the concrete slabs with a ...

Berlin, Nov 9 (DPA) International leaders were congregating in Berlin Monday, 20 years to the day after the fall of the Berlin Wall augured the end of Europe's East-West divide. On Nov ...

London, November 9 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed at the centre of fresh nepotism reports claiming he got an official cultural adviser to lobby a body that declined to ...

London, November 03 (ANI): The Irish style of speech has topped the poll of the 'World's Sexiest Accent' defeating the French. The poll of 5,000 women worldwide resulted in the Italian and the ...

New Delhi, Oct 26 (IANS) France can help India develop its food processing sector by offering its expertise and technology in the area, according to France's Minister for Foreign Trade Anne-Marie ...

Los Angeles, Oct 19 (IANS) A top Bush aide has dubbed President Barack Obama a ditherer and blasted his "indecisiveness" on foreign policy. "Weakness and indecisiveness have proved historically to be a ...

New York, Oct 17 (IANS) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has offered his support to Hollywood filmmaker Roman Polanski who has been detained by Swiss authorities for a sex offence. Sarkozy has insisted that ...

Islamabad, Oct.16 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that Paris has no intention to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, as such a step could create more trouble for 'nuclear power' ...

PARIS (BNO NEWS) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet with President Idriss Deby of Chad this week, Sarkozy's office said in a statement on Thursday. A spokesman for Sarkozy's office said the ...

Ardent Bollywood buffs who've seen the promos of the Man Ko Ati Bhave number from London Dreams are delighted by Salman Khan's tribute to Dharmendra. Khan, in his adorably mad style, ...

London, Oct 12 (ANI): French first lady Carla Bruni has been seeing a psychotherapist for the past eight years, it has emerged. It is alleged that the former model-cum-singer, who is married to ...

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Expressing solidarity with India after the attack on its embassy in Kabul Thursday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying France ...

Washington, Oct 9 (DPA) World leaders and Nobel laureates congratulated US President Barack Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, after the shock announcement by the Nobel Institute in Oslo. The ...

Paris, Oct 8 (DPA) A French police union said Thursday it will ask the Paris public prosecutor to open an investigation of Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand on possible charges of soliciting a ...

Paris, Oct 8 (DPA) French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand, who was one of director Roman Polanski's first supporters, has come under pressure after being accused of paedophilia, French media reported Thursday. The cause ...

London, Oct 7 (ANI): French First Lady Carla Bruni has confessed to being in a never-ending beauty contest with other First Ladies across the world. Bruni, 41, the wife of French President Nicolas ...

London, Oct. 3 (ANI): Conservatives have vowed obstruct former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's road to the European Union's presidency, if such a post is created after Ireland's 'yes' vote today. ...

Jerusalem, Sep. 26 (ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has 'advised' US President Barack Obama not to push Tehran over its secret uranium enrichment plant. "If I were Obama's adviser, I would definitely ...

Pittsburgh, Sep 25 (IANS) The US, Britain and France Friday charged Iran with defying the UN Security Council and warned of sanctions if Tehran refuses the International Atomic Energy Agency to ...