Millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see the left oust Nicolas Sarkozy after only one turbulent term in office.

The left has not

Socialist champion Francois Hollande stamped his authority on the French presidential race on Sunday, winning the first round of polling and setting up a May 6 run-off with incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy.

Is French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the verge of a record comeback?

He still trails Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, but in just three months of intense campaigning he has dragged himself

Al-Jazeera has received a video that appears to show the attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school in southwestern France from the killer's point of view, including the cries of his victims.

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France will bar radical Muslim preachers from entering the country to participate in an Islamic conference next month as part of a crackdown after shootings by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman, President N

France's president Nicolas Sarkozy proposed a sweeping new law on Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist web sites -- one of several tough new measures floated in the wake of a murderous s

France's president proposed a sweeping new law on Thursday that would see repeat visitors to extremist web sites put behind bars - one of several tough measures floated in the wake of a murderous shoo

A call for a 'Buy European Act' by French President Nicolas Sarkozy based on a US law that obliges use of domestically-made products in public contracts, could prove troublesome, economists warn.

The

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says his youngest son was out of line when he and friends pelted a policewoman with 'vegetables' but says there's always the risk that kids will be kids when left unat

France's Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday angrily denied receiving money from deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his first presidential run in 2007, as one news website reported earlier in the day