Row as France debates crime law
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The French parliament discusses a tough crime bill amid a row over new Justice Minister Rachida Dati.
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The French president tries to defuse a row over a failed attempt to free two journalists held in Iraq.
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A legal row over comments left on a football chat site have re-started debate about free speech.
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STRASBOURG, France  - European Union lawmakers clashed on Wednesday over whether they had enough evidence to accuse their governments of colluding with the CIA on alleged secret flights of terrorism suspects in the bloc.
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A row erupts in France after a senior conservative party is recorded calling a female opponent a "bitch".
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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 parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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By JAMEY KEATEN  PARIS - A new law in France makes it a crime for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet.
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PARIS - France vowed Monday to press ahead with a controversial law banning Islamic head scarves in schools, despite demands by militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris revoke the legislation.    Government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope told Canal Plus television France would not compromise its values to win the release of the journalists, Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot...
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France faced the threat of legal action at the world court following its destruction of Ivorian military aircraft, as an Ivorian police chief said he saw French troops fire directly at unarmed demonstrators at a rally in Abidjan.
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French ex-President Jacques Chirac is to be questioned over claims of corruption while he was Paris mayor.
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A row is brewing over planned new laws which critics claim would allow euthanasia by the back door.
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Persistent rumors that Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia have taken steps toward separation set off a debate Wednesday over whether the constitution even allows a French president to divorce.
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The French parliament has opened debate on a controversial bill allowing the privatization of gas utility GDF, ahead of a merger with energy group Suez and amid a row over whether the deal would create or cost jobs.
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The French president defends judges embroiled in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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A man is questioned by French police over his links to the Jerome Kerviel, according to the French media.
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French citizen&#39;s murder, shootout between suspected militants and security forces in kingdom spotlights terrorism battle. By Ali Khalil - RIYADH.