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Sarkozy and Socialist challenger Francois Hollande went through a fierce verbal battle in a prime-time televised debate.
A Royal Air Force Typhoon jet taking part in defence exercises in advance of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
A coroner says a British spy whose naked body was found inside a locked sports bag was likely killed in a criminal act, but acknowledged the riddle of how he met his mysterious death may never be solved.
United Arab Emirates forces take part in joint military manoeuvres with the French army in the desert of Abu Dhabi May 2, 2012.
Some 300 tonnes of diesel fuel have spilled into a river due to an illegal tapping of a pipeline.
Anew exhibition at Buckingham Palace explores the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, inventor and scientist's breathtaking anatomical studies of the human body.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President-elect Vladimir Putin attended a 150,000-people march in Moscow on Tuesday.
Incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for a new French model based on hard work and entrepreneurship, battling to catch up with Socialist challenger Francois Hollande.
Rupert Murdoch, News Corp chief, has "turned a blind eye and exhibited willful blindness" to the phone-hacking in his companies and publications.
Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company, British lawmakers said on Tuesday, finding him responsible for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has convulsed his media empire.
Thousands of workers across southern Europe will protest against spending cuts as part of annual May Day rallies on Tuesday, days before elections in Greece and France where voters are expected to punish leaders for austerity.
The British Ministry of Defense on Monday revealed that it had identified six sites in the east of London for deployment of ground-to-air missile batteries to protect the Olympics.