France Lotto Results for Thursday Feb 16th, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy officially announced Wednesday that he is running for re-election.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek a second term in upcoming elections despite years of low popularity ratings, pledging Wednesday to boost its lagging economy and protect the country's way of life.

A French court on Thursday dismissed a defamation and insult complaint by Gabon's President Ali Bongo against a Green Party politician who had called him a dictator.

Nicolas Sarkozy launched a personal Twitter account and geared up for a prime-time TV appearance Wednesday, amid expectations that the unpopular French leader will at last announce his re-election bid.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will seek a second term in upcoming elections despite his unpopularity, pledging Wednesday to boost France’s lagging economy.

Respected French sports daily L'Equipe has said that PSG have made Liverpool striker Luis Suarez their number one summer transfer target.

An anti-piracy watchdog says the French navy, rather than Nigerian authorities, had to help a cargo ship attacked by pirates that saw two crew members killed.

French police on Tuesday searched an upmarket Paris residence of the son of Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema as part of a corruption probe, sources close to the matter told AFP.

French authorities open an inquiry into an alleged Nazi-themed party attended by a British politician.

President Nicolas Sarkozy's party said Wednesday it is kicking out a legislator who said gay people hold too much sway in France and downplayed the persecution of gays during World War II.