Voilà, another incident which has come just in time for the current French president to fill the mainstream media news, especially the TV screens of France, with his ubiquitous presence. Tel Aviv and Washington seem to play their cards right. The timing is perfect. After the recent shooting of French parachutists is Montauban, now we have the new crime scene in Toulouse, with French children shot... 

Mohamed Merah, the suspect in the killing of 3 paratroopers, 3 children and a rabbi in recent days in France. Mohamed Merah, the man behind the Toulouse killing spree, is dead after a 32 hour siege ended in grenade explosions and gunfire. ­He jumped out of his bathroom window blazing an automatic pistol as police broke through, and was found dead where he fell. Two police commandos were wounded in... 

The national hero of France, Joan of Arc (1412 – 1431), is unforgotten. Joan said she had divine visions that instructed her to recover her homeland from Anglo-Saxon domination. Marine Le Pen, France’s leader of Front National, who is currently running as candidate for the presidential elections in April and May 2012, does not say where her visions come from, but they seem to tell her... 

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... 

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ridiculed Britain once again by saying that “the United Kingdom has no industry any more”, media reports said. The recent spat was made during a prime time national TV broadcast, in which Sarkozy was trying to defend his decision to introduce an increase in the Value Added Tax (VAT) in an attempt to boost France’s failing economy. By enforcing the 1.6... 

Sarkozy, Karzai Agree to Push 2013 ‘Handover,’ But for Very Different Reasons. In a move that was probably inevitable after they froze training operations last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that French troops will begin transferring control of their sphere of influence, in Kapisa Province, to the Afghan government in March and speed their withdrawal of troops. The... 

The French Senate has passed a bill which makes it a crime to publicly deny that the Ottoman Empire’s 1915 killings of Armenians was a genocide. The move sparked fresh condemnation from Turkey, and could lead to further tension. The upper house of parliament voted 127-86 in favor of the legislation on Monday, after it had been passed by the National Assembly, France’s lower house, last... 

French workers attend the rally in Paris on January 18, 2012. Thousands of people have participated in a rally in Paris, attacking French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans for dealing with the country’s unemployment crisis, Press TV reports. As France gauges the international fallout from losing its triple-A credit rating, Sarkozy has called for the formation of an emergency jobs council... 

The charismatic Marine Le Pen has campaigned hard against free trade and the European Union, and has pushed the party’s traditional tough line on crime and immigration. Marine Le Pen said she would balance France’s books if elected president by leaving the euro, slashing immigration, taxing imports and tapping the central bank for cheap loans instead of the debt markets. The National Front leader,... 

A large corruption scandal involving President Nicolas Sarkozy has been gathering pace in France. According to Liberation newspaper, which refers to the investigative materials, Mr. Sarkozy, when serving as the Budget Minister, was involved in establishing a mechanism to pay so-called “kickbacks” when selling submarines to Pakistan during the 1990s, RBC TV reports. The French newspaper... 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L), President of France Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Eurozone leaders have used their New Year’s messages to warn of more economic crisis for the year ahead, as many eurozone countries expect recession in 2012. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she expects more difficulty in 2012, but she does “everything”... 

A Turkish delegation has met with French officials in a last-minute attempt to prevent the passing of a bill by the French parliament that would criminalize the denial of the Armenian genocide, Press TV reports. The Turkish delegation including lawmakers and businessmen held talks with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe and President Nicolas Sarkozy’s foreign policy advisor Jean-David Levitte... 

Late night calls: Barack Obama made contact with several European leaders to demand faster action Barack Obama has read the riot act to the leaders of several European countries – saying more dramatic action is needed to avert a eurozone meltdown. The U.S. President made telephone calls to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano... 

The comments have only just emerged French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “liar” in remarks to US President Barack Obama overheard by journalists. “I can’t stand him any more, he’s a liar,” Mr Sarkozy said in French. “You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day,” Mr Obama replied. The... 

West to East: EU officials have been refused help by China as the balance of power shifts. Hopes that China will ride to the rescue of the single currency were dealt a blow last night after Beijing warned that it will not be Europe’s ‘saviour’. State-run news agency Xinhua said the country cannot ‘provide a cure for the European malaise’. It came after European officials begged China for...