Paris  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants Ireland to hold another referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, which Irish voters rejected last month, the French daily le Figaro reported on Wednesday.

Paris - A 2-year-old French boy has died of the heat because his father forgot him in the family car, France Info radio reported on Wednesday.

Pedestrians in the south-eastern town of Pont de Cheruy noticed the unconscious boy in the car late Tuesday afternoon and called rescue workers. However, attempts to revive the child failed, and he died later in hospital.

According to reports, his father had forgotten all about the child's presence when he parked and locked the car, which was exposed to intense sunshine.

Temperatures in the town reached 25 degrees Celsius in the streets, but police estimated that it was as hot as 45 degrees in the car.

Authorities said that the child had been locked in the car for nearly three hours.

Paris - Citroen has taken the wraps off its new C3 Picasso compact van that will be showcased at the Paris Motor Show in October this year and is scheduled for the European salesrooms in early 200

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London, July 14 : Summers in France this year is cheered with a glass of Rosé or pink wine and not the traditional white and red wine, what with one in five bottles of wine sold in France being Ros

Paris - Leaders from Europe, North Africa and the Middle East converged on Paris' Champs Elyees on Monday to take part in France's traditional Bastille Day military parade.