AVIGNON, France -- President Jacques Chirac officially launched his re-election bid for the French presidency Monday, opening his campaign with sharp criticism of the Socialist government for ...

Six Big Ten teams received votes in the March 23 ESPN/USA Softball Top-25, including Oregon (26-9) at No. 17. With two teams on the fringe of... PARIS (KRT) — Fearing a setback to democracy, French ...

PARIS - Jean-Pierre Raffarin, an affable but little-known conservative senator, was named France's prime minister on Monday, a day after President Jacques Chirac won re-election by an overwhelming ...

PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac's conservatives trounced the left to pave the way for a landslide election victory next week as Jean-Marie Le Pen's extreme right party ran out of steam in ...