Paris - Former French international striker David Trezeguet said he has changed his mind and wants to play for the national side again.

In an interview published Wednesday in the daily L'Equipe, the injured Juventus Turin forward said: "I have always missed les Bleus, and I miss them today as well."

Asked if that meant he had changed his mind about retiring from international football, the 31-year-old Trezeguet said, "Yes, I'm thinking especially about the (2010) World Cup. I haven't excluded it."

Paris - French utility giant EDF has taken on US billionaire Warren Buffett over US energy supplier Constellation Energy Group, the online edition of the daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.

According to the report, EDF has offered to purchase half of Constellation's nuclear energy activities for 4.5 billion euros (5.7 billion dollars).

The bid values Constellation at 52 dollars per share. That is almost double the offer by Buffett's MidAmerican Energy of 4.7 billion for the entire firm.

Paris, Dec 3 : Observations by the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) ERS and Envisat satellites have revealed that the Arctic is undergoing rapid transformation due to climate change, pollution and human activity.

From their unique positions in space, Earth-observing satellites provide effective means of continuously monitoring these regions.

The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) sensor aboard Envisat is especially suitable for monitoring the Arctic because it can acquire images through clouds and darkness – conditions often found there.

In 2007, ASAR data showed that the Arctic area covered by sea ice had shrunk to its lowest level since satellites began monitoring the area nearly 30 years ago.

Paris - A lawsuit has been filed in Paris accusing three African presidents of corruption, the online edition of the daily Le Monde reported on Tuesday.

The suit, filed by the anti-corruption organization Transparency International and a citizen of Gabon, accuses Gabonese President Omar Bongo, the president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, and the president of Equitorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang, of having used state funds to enrich themselves.

Paris - Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has decided to race in next year's edition of the race, the web site of his Astana team said late Monday.

The 37-year-old Armstrong retired from racing on July 24, 2005, after winning his last Tour championship, but said in September of this year that he would return to competitive cycling for the 2009 season to publicize the fight against cancer.

Armstrong recovered from a severe case of testicular cancer and has used his cycling success to promote the cause.

Paris - Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d