About 20 countries - including France,Canada,Russia, the Netherlands,Sweden - have recognized the Armenian massacre as genocide.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

"I think a lot of European allies, including France, are looking to the United States to roll out a new Afghan strategy that they can more comfortably buy into, and they will be looking at whether they can up their contribution, their military contribution, their economic contribution, after they have seen that particular strategy,"

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

"Soldier of Love" has also reached number one elsewhere including Canada,Dubai,France, Italy,Japan and Switzerland.

VOA: special.2010.04.23

Other countries including Britain, France and Japan have also announced cuts.

VOA: special.2010.06.25

In France,the government is pushing a raft of measures to help young people find jobs, including emphasizing apprenticeships.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

Critics, including opposition politicians and rights groups, say it is tinged with the kind of nationalist sentiment spearheaded by France's far-right National Front party.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

But this latest financial crisis has wreaked havoc on economies worldwide including in France, where the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development estimates that is unemployed.

VOA: standard.2009.11.12

According to French President Nicolas Sarkozy,the answer is 'no.' Mr.Sarkozy announced France will begin including less tangible indicators, like happiness and well being, into its measurements of economic progress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.14