French farmer calls off hunger strike
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Militant French farmer Jose Bove and about 15 supporters called off their hunger strike in its eighth day after the government ordered the suspension of the use of genetically modified corn Friday.
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&quot;The Software Patent Directive has been withdrawn from the Agenda of the Agricultural Council. Poland&#39;s Minister of Information Society and Technology, Wlodzimierz Marcinski, made a powerful statement at the
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A Croatian war crimes suspect on a hunger strike for 38 days asked a court Monday in Osijek to stop an investigation into his case, media said.Comment
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The French government on Saturday suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.
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French teachers went on strike on  Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay,  reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to  President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Tuesday that France will veto negotiations at the World Trade Organization if French farming interests are threatened.
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GAZA CITY , September 3 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails have decided to call off an 18-day hunger strike after most of their demands for better conditions were met, according to a Palestinian cabinet minister.
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The French government pressured the country's second-largest trade union to resume talks with Swiss giant Nestle SA, backing a voluntary layoff plan that could avert a Perrier sell-off.
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Animal rights campaigners are asked to call off a protest following the theft of a woman's body from a grave.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy rules out pardoning prisoners on Bastille Day - breaking with tradition.
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President Nicolas  Sarkozy said on Tuesday that France would veto any World Trade  Organization (WTO) agreement that did not satisfy its  requirements on farming.
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French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy.
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Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj could die soon if he continues his hunger strike, says a French doctor.
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Desperate French growers have had enough, reports Jason Burke.
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Over 40 African illegal immigrants enter the fourth week of a hunger strike in Limoges, central France.
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A French amnesty law forbids media from reporting the details of the legal procedure that Barrot faced. Barrotâs resignation was also demanded by Britainâs anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), which provoked
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The French Government has suspended talks with feuding parties from French Polynesia after the region's president walked out of the negotiations because opposition supporters are still occupying public ...