Sarkozy suspended his election campaign on Monday to visit the scene of the killings and announced a minute of silence in all French schools on Tuesday. A teacher and three students were killed when a man opened fire on parents and children waiting outside a school in Toulouse. Two incidents of “striking similarity” left three French soldiers dead last week. Local prosecutor Michael Valet said... 

The European Parliament adopted an ambiguous resolution on the presidential elections in Russia. The resolution serves two masters, as they say. On the one hand, the European Parliament described the electoral process in Russia as “not free and unfair.” On the other hand, the parliament is optimistic about the future and the further dialogue with Russia. However, Russia could expect nothing... 

Valentina Gunina Russian ladies are not only beautiful, but smart as well. Valentina Gunina has proved it by becoming the new European women’s individual chess champion. ­Her compatriot, Tayana Kosintseva, cruised to silver at the tournament held in the Turkish city of Gaziantep. The title was decided in the final round, in which Gunina, who played white, defeated table-topper Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia. Kosintseva... 

The Spanish government’s debt has hit a record high as Madrid struggles to cut expenses and escape the eurozone debt crisis. According to data published by Bank of Spain on Friday the country’s debt reached 734.96 billion Euros (USD 960 billion) at the end of 2010. This is equivalent to 68.5 percent of Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP), while three months earlier Spain’s public debt... 

SWIFT, the Brussels based transaction provider, announced it has been instructed to cut services to Iranian financial institutions that are subject to European sanctions, in order to comply with the EU Council directive. ­The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or SWIFT, is crucial to Iran’s oil and other trade. The EU Council decision prohibits companies such as SWIFT... 

A British Conservative MP has admitted saber rattling and sanctions are “having no effect whatsoever” on Iran saying everyone should quit “yesterday’s policies and recognize “Iran’s status as a regional superpower.” “The policy of saber rattling and sanctions has not worked. They are yesterday’s policies. Iran is not going to be deterred from pursuing its nuclear program,” said... 

A Siberian research institute has joined forces with the world’s most controversial geneticist to clone the woolly mammoth – a species that has been extinct for thousands of years. ­Vasily Vasilyev, vice rector of North-Eastern Federal University of the Sakha Republic and Hwang Woo-Suk of South Korea’s Sooam Biotech Research Foundation have signed an agreement, and say they hope to produce... 

Until recently, Moscow authorities were the prime enemy of the Russian gay community. The Moscow government has earned such a reputation for the decisions to ban gay pride parades in the Russian capital. On Sunday, the authorities of St. Petersburg picked up the slack. The governor of Russia’s cultural capital, Georgy Poltavchenko, signed the document that prohibited the propaganda of homosexual... 

Hungary deputy PM Semjén appalled at British government position on Christian cross. The co-ruling Christian Democrats are “shocked and appalled” by the British government’s claims that Christians should not wear a cross or crucifix openly at work because it is not a “requirement” of the Christian faith, party leader Zsolt Semjen said on Monday. The ban is clearly anti-Christian and a harsh... 

The next generation Angara rocket being assembled. Russian probes will visit Mars, Jupiter and Venus, while Russian cosmonauts will set foot on the surface of the Moon – all by 2030. At least according to the plans of the country’s space agency. Space Development Strategies up to 2030, the official blueprint that for the country’s space industry in the coming years, was submitted to the government... 

The British government asserts that Christians have no right to wear a cross or crucifix at work and is eager to prove it in court. The case was initiated by two British women Nadia Eweida and Shirley Chaplin, after they were punished for refusing to take off their religious symbols. Nadia Ewedia is a British Airways employee, who was asked to cover her cross while at work, and was placed on unpaid... 

Those who diet, but do not lose weight, should be aware. See what might be causing the failure of the system…The complaint is often recurrent and can often be resolved with an adjustment here or there. Check out the list of five common mistakes made by those who want to lose weight. To go on a diet It seems strange, but true. Today, in the offices of nutritionists and endocrinologists, instead... 

Red Crescent in Syria EU foreign ministers have united to speak against military intervention in Syria, saying sanctions appear to be working. Meanwhile the UN humanitarian mission is slowly making its way in the troubled country. On Friday EU foreign ministers gathered in Copenhagen for an informal meeting in which the issue of Syria topped the agenda. Germany’s foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle,... 

British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined the US and Israeli regime in their Iranophobia tirade in the build-up to a possible invasion of Iran. Cameron told the lower house of the British parliament that Iran is developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting London, British media reported. The accusations had echoes of the run-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, when then prime minister... 

No danger: U.S astronomer Phil Plait has said we have nothing to fear from 2012 DA14... for now A 150-foot asteroid orbiting Earth called 2012 DA14 will pass so close to Earth it will fly UNDER man-made satellites orbiting our planet. Nasa’s Impact Risk report said that the odds of the space rock actually hitting our planet are very low indeed – but on February 15 next year it will pass...