Paris  - A provision for a possible fine by US and European cartel authorities took a big bite out of profits for French air carrier Air France-KLM in fiscal year 2008, the company said Thursday.

Paris, May 21: ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Mars Express mission control team have announced that NASA’s Phoenix Mars lander is ready for descent and landing onto the surface of the Red Planet o

Paris  - New license plates for French automobiles beginning in 2009 will no longer require designations of automobile owners' home district, but geographic appellations will be voluntary.

Paris - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Monday confirmed a newspaper report that France had opened political contacts with the radical Islamic group Hamas.