Transport workers declared that they would join walkouts next week against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to cut special retirement benefits for some state workers.

A plane carrying French president Nicolas Sarkozy and three French journalists whose release he won in Chad has arrived back in Paris.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has urged China to use its influence with Burma's military government to help end the political and social turmoil in the Southeast Asian country.

The French Government is being drawn into the scandal that has led to nine of its citizens being charged with child kidnapping in Chad. The Government is under to pressure to explain what it knew of the operation to fly 103 African children from Chad to France.

French transport workers voiced plans to organize strikes against President Nicolas Sarkozy's bid to cut public service and worker protections.

France faces transport disruptions in some regions and a limited underground service in Paris as a nationwide strike over pensions tail off.

The French Government has struck a pension deal with the main train drivers' union, driving a wedge between labour groups the day after a strike halted most rail traffic.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the deployment of a WiMAX pilot in Paris with Bolloré Télécom, one of the leading communications providers and a holder of 12 WiMAX licenses in France. The pilot is designed to assist Bolloré Télécom in designing and assessing its WiMAX network as it looks to deliver new and innovative nomadic broadband services in France.

A public transport strike billed as France's biggest in years was in full swing Thursday, with commuters forced to walk, pedal or drive to work in large numbers - and many staying home.

France's first museum showcasing the country's history of immigration has opened in Paris - to a storm of controversy. Located in eastern Paris, the National Complex of the History of Immigration aims to retrace France's history of immigration during the past two centuries - and the role immigrants have played in the nation's construction.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that Russian and French positions had become closer with regard to Iran's nuclear program.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is making his first trip to Russia as head of state. He will hold meetings with his Kremlin counterpart, Vladimir Putin, having recently criticized Russia for "complicating" world problems.