Paris - A man who took his mother hostage and then began shooting at pedestrians in Paris from his apartment has been killed by police, BFM television reported on Monday.
The man, who was said to be about 50 years old, took his mother hostage for about an hour early Monday. After releasing her, he began to shoot at police and other pedestrians with what French media described as a small-calibre handgun.
One man was reportedly shot in the back and taken to hospital. His condition was said to be stable.
Paris- A group of celebrating football fans were hit by a train in Paris, leaving two dead including a 10-year-old child, a railway spokesman told French radio on Sunday.
The group had apparently been celebrating Lille's victory over league leaders Lyon at the Stade de France, according to a Lille club spokesman, and got lost crossing a railway bridge in an attempt to get back to their supporters' bus.
Paris - Intel, the giant US chip manufacturer, plans to pursue research efforts for future technology for high performance computers in France, in cooperation with the French Commission for Atomic Energy (CEA,) the French government said late Friday.
The University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin near Paris is to be involved in the project, the presidential offices said after a meeting between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Intel board chairman Craig Barrett.
Paris - German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was on Friday banned by the ruling body UCI for two years over doping at the 2008 Tour de France.
The UCI imposed a worldwide ban until January 20, 2011, two weeks after the French Anti-Doping Agency banned him for two years in France.
Schumacher was found using the latest generation of the blood booster EPO, known as CERA, during retests of the Tour samples after a test method for CERA was available.
Paris - A man who took his mother hostage and then began shooting at pedestrians in Paris from his apartment has been killed by police, BFM television reported on Monday.
Paris - Intel, the giant US chip manufacturer, plans to pursue research efforts for future technology for high performance computers in France, in cooperation with the French Commission for Atomic Energy (CEA,) the French government said late Friday.
Paris - German cyclist Stefan Schumacher was on Friday banned by the ruling body UCI for two years over doping at the 2008 Tour de France. 
Paris - The French Football Federation (FFF) announced Thursday that it has officially submitted its bid for the right to host Euro 2016.
