Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a major cabinet reshuffle, shifting his foreign minister to a top party job as part of a shake-up aimed at salvaging his government.

A personal opinion about the new French government.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled the lineup of his slim, but broad-based Cabinet Friday, giving key posts to a centrist and a left-winger, as well as to representatives of his own conservative camp.