Mali Residents Wary As French Troops Withdraw French military patrols roll through Gao's neighborhoods like clockwork. It is textbook counterinsurgency. Residents say it is reassuring. But they are leaving. The French have done most of the heavy lift...
PARIS, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- A French soldier has been killed while fighting Islamist rebels in northern Mali, French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday. A legionnaire from the 22nd parachute regiment has died in a clash with Islamists in nort...
Colonial Ties Cloud Debate Over French Intervention in Mali On a back street of the Paris suburb Montreuil lies the Foyer Bara, home to dozens of Malians who have emigrated to the former colonial power. Here you can get everything from a hot lunch to...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- The United States welcomed the French military action in Mali and was providing support to the French forces, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Tuesday. It's absolutely critical to stop the offensive...
SANYA, China, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- French golfer Cassandra Kirkland came from a stroke behind to claim her first professional title and earned the first prize of 37,500 euro awards here on Sunday at the 2012 Ladies European Golf Tour Sanya Open held fr...
French Experts Question GMO Cancer Study French officials and experts have added their voices to the chorus of criticism over a recent study linking genetically modified corn to tumors in experimental rats. The French national food safety agency join...
French Police Fire Tear Gas at Labor Protesters in Paris French riot police fired tear gas Tuesday at hundreds of protesters trying to storm a Paris auto show, during nationwide protests over mounting job losses in a moribund economy with 10 percent...
IN THE NEWS - After French and Dutch Reject E.U. Constitution, What Now? By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Saturday, June 04, 2005 I'm Steve Ember with IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. French President...
Last summer my family and I went to the beach for a 1) camping trip. When we arrived at the 2) campground, all my cousins, aunts, uncles, and even my grandparents were there. After we got the tent 3)...
By Lisa Bryant A small bomb exploded in front of the Indonesian Embassy in Paris early Friday, injuring 10 people. Authorities are calling the explosion a criminal action. The bomb exploded at around...
