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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves after a re-election campaign speech in Villepinte, France, north of Paris, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Sarkozy threatens French pullout from visa-free zone

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Jean-Marie Le Pen used his oratory skills to denounce the "decadence" of French society, promote an anti-immigration "French first" agenda and try to cast doubt upon the Holocaust. (Associated Press)

Far-right leader tries to change her image

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

French president tweets as election race looms

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

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Briefly

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai, center, France's Defense and Veterans Minister Gerard Longuet, left, and French General and Paris military governor Bruno Dary, right, pay tribute to the Unknown soldier's tomb, at the Arc of Triomphe, in Paris, Friday Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, Pool)

Afghans blast French plan to withdraw troops early

By Kay Johnson and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

Afghan president Hamid Karzai, left, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy following a news conference at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Eric Feferberg, Pool)

U.S. OK with early French withdrawal from Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

French president’s son hospitalized in Ukraine

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

A U.S. soldier with the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walks Jan. 19, 2012, by a damaged vehicle at the scene of a suicide attack in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker blew himself up at an entrance to a sprawling base for U.S. and NATO operations in southern Afghanistan, killing at least six civilians, police said. (Associated Press)

France mulls early Afghanistan pullout as 4 killed

By Deb Riechmann and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tell reporters at a Monday news conference in Berlin that in addition to spending cuts, eurozone nations need economic expansion and more jobs. They suggested using available funding to support small and medium-sized companies and growth projects. (Associated Press)

German, French leaders: Austerity alone not enough

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

French President Nicolas Sarkozy reviews sailors in Lanveoc-Poulmic before a speech in which he called the violence in Syria "a massacre." (Associated Press)

Sarkozy condemns ‘barbarous repression’

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy and Maggie Michael - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives with European People's Party President Wilfried Martens for the 20th Congress of the EPP in Marseille, France, on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

European Union weighs greater unity to save euro

By Don Melvin and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves goodbye to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday as she leaves the Elysee Palace after their meeting in Paris. The two leaders discussed a cohesive plan to help save the euro through stricter oversight of government budgets. The warning by Standard & Poor's of a possible credit downgrade of European nations over the debt crisis came after U.S. financial markets closed Monday. (Associated Press)

France, Germany face S&P downgrade

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

French President Nicolas Sarkozy greets German Chancellor Angela Merkel before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Merkel, Sarkozy want new treaty to rescue euro

By Greg Keller and Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel wants treaty rewrite to fix euro

By David McHugh and Melissa Eddy - Associated Press

** FILE ** German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy say goodbye after their meeting in Strasbourg, France, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Sarkozy: France, Germany to push for euro treaty changes

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

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The New York headquarters of ratings agency Standard & Poor's is pictured in 2011. (Associated Press)

France frets about prized AAA debt rating

By Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

President Obama (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy make statements to reporters at the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Sarkozy overheard telling Obama that Netanyahu’s ‘a liar’

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

An inadvertent "open mic" night caught French President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Obama disparaging their Israeli counterpart. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times