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Pope Benedict anointed and prayed for 10 ailing Roman Catholics on Monday during his final mass at the Lourdes shrine in southwestern France whose waters are reputed to have the power of miraculous...
Russia agreed on Monday to completely withdraw its troops from Georgia's heartland within a month, but there was no commitment to scale back its military presence in two Georgian separatist...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Russia on Monday to seek a lasting peace deal for Georgia that will persuade Russia to pull its troops out of positions deep inside the ex-Soviet state....
U S Vice President Dick Cheney appealed to Ukraine's divided leaders on Friday to unite and forge closer links with the West, pledging Washington's support for Kiev to join the NATO military...
A group of Moscow's ex-Soviet allies on Thursday stopped short of following Russia's recognition of two breakaway regions in Georgia.
While their statement criticised Georgia's aggression it made...
The Kremlin said its forces would pull back from Georgia's heartland by Friday to positions set out under a French-brokered peace plan, amid mounting Western criticism about the slowness of the...
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a halt to military operations in Georgia on Tuesday, after five days of fighting and just before French President Nicolas Sarkozy was to hold peace talks...
France said on Wednesday Rwandan charges that senior French officials were involved in the African country's 1994 genocide were "unacceptable" but it still wanted to continue to improve ties with...
Rwanda formally accused senior French officials on Tuesday of involvement in its 1994 genocide and called for them to be put on trial.
Among those named in a report by a Rwandan investigation...
PRETORIA - Trade unionist Zwelinzima Vavi writes a letter to the South African Human Rights Commission expressing his respect for the Constitution, but does not apologise for his...
Leaders from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East launched a 43-nation Union for the Mediterranean on Sunday pledging practical cooperation among erstwhile enemies on water, energy and...
French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt will get the red carpet treatment when she flies into Paris later on Friday, but a domestic political spat over her daring release risked souring the...
July is "the moment of truth" for a long-sought global trade pact, the failure of which would erode economic growth, sour diplomatic ties and hurt poor countries, the World Trade Organisation head...
President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged on Monday to "protect" European Union citizens during France's six-month tenure of the EU presidency in a bid to make the bloc more relevant to everyday life, but...