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- Afghan street kids in Paris
We're at a soup kitchen in a shabby back street in Paris, next to the canal Saint Martin, near the Jaurès metro stop. Hundreds of homeless people are queuing up for some hot food and a coffee. Most of them are from Asia; many from Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
- Hollande facing diplomatic crash course in US
Just three days after being sworn in, French President Francois Hollande heads to Washington Friday for a crash course in big-power diplomacy in back-to-back summits at the White House, G8 and NATO.
- French autistic kids mostly get psychotherapy
In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they are more often sent to a psychiatrist where they get talk therapy meant for people with psychological or emotional problems.
- Greece needs growth as well as debt cuts: French PM
PARIS (Reuters) - Greece's European partners took too long to help the country and the goal must now be to spur economic growth as well as cutting the debts of the euro zone country, French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Friday. "Greece needs to revive its economy. There are unused (EU) structural funds and what's needed now is help to secure that revival alongside putting its accounts back in shape," he told France Inter radio. "We waited too long before helping Greece. This has been going on for two years now and only gets worse," he said. ...
- Obama, Hollande to press euro crisis remedies at G8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will seek to cement a bond with France's new leader at the White House on Friday before heading to Camp David for a G8 summit where he is set to press Europe to do more to fix the region's deepening economic crisis. Francois Hollande, sworn in this week as French president, has already made waves by challenging Europe's austerity focus and saying he will pull French combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. ...
- Sweet 16: Streaking Spurs go up 2-0 on Clippers
Tony Parker scored 22 points on his 30th birthday, Tim Duncan had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs beat the fading Los Angeles Clippers 105-88 on Thursday night, pushing their winning streak to 16 and taking a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.
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