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One of the most powerful women in the world, Lagarde, 57, was finance minister in the conservative government led by Sarkozy's former political adviser Franois Fillon.

There, President Obama uttered sanctimonious comments for weeks that Moammar Qaddafi "must go" without lifting a finger to ensure that that happened.

France Telecom SA's board meets today to determine whether Chief Executive Stephane Richard will keep his job after being charged with fraud linked to his time at the French finance ministry five years ago.

French President, Nicolas Sarkozy gives a press conference at the conclusion of the Group of Eight summit on May 27, 2011 in Deauville, France.

Which country is most actively throwing its weight around in Syria and Egypt? It's not the United States or Iran, Saudi Arabia, or even Russia.

In the first episode, Bernard Henri Levy, the French philosopher credited with persuading Nicolas Sarkozy to take military action in Libya, has claimed similar action could end Bashar Al-Assad's rule in Syria within "a few days."

French President Francois Hollande said a decision on the future of France Telecom's chief executive Stephane Richard would be announced on Monday after an executive board meeting to be held on the same day.

The future of France Telecom Chief Executive Stephane Richard remained in question on Thursday, after he was put under investigation for conspiracy to commit fraud during his time as a top government aide.

Germany is urging the Turkish government to keep calm after the brutal repression of protests in Istanbul.

Marine Le Pen is perhaps the most controversial and polarizing political figure in contemporary France.

France trimmed tax breaks and other advantages for small entrepreneurs on Wednesday, saying the benefits introduced under former President Nicolas Sarkozy had failed to help business start-ups and were open to abuse.

Richard was a top aide to former Finance Minister Christine Lagarde in 2008 when the French government awarded Tapie 285 million euros in damages in his long battle with now-defunct bank Credit Lyonnais.

The eurozone crisis is over, French president Francois Hollande said as he sought to reassure Asian investors on a visit to Japan.

In December 2002 Hans GA ran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden, filed for divorce from his wife Annika, and the divorce proceedings were completed in April 2003.

Orange CEO Stephane Richard was held for questioning on Monday over his role in a 2008 arbitration process that resulted in a large pay-out to businessman Bernard Tapie, a judicial source said.

The eurozone crisis is over, French president Francois Hollande said as he sought to reassure Asian investors on a visit to Japan.

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Iranian presidential candidates are divided over the country's foreign policy in their third and final televised live debate on Friday.

Business lobbies in France trying to rescind France's ban on hydraulic fracking received a strong rebuttal from the French Environmental and Energy Minister Delphine Batho during a radio debate.

More than two-thirds of Russians don't believe that the status of a country's president deprives him or her of the right to divorce, an opinion poll suggests.