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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (R) leave a Paris polling station after voting in the second round of regional elections March 21, 2010. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Sarkozy loses heavily in French regional polls

Reuters - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's center-right party suffered a comprehensive defeat in regional elections on Sunday, but pledged to push on with reform plans before the 2012 presidential race.

  • Press group says Latin American leaders silencing critics, worst abuses in Venezuela and Cuba The Canadian Press - 16 minutes ago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Press freedoms in countries throughout the Western Hemisphere are facing serious threats from authoritarian governments, especially in Venezuela and communist-led Cuba, a group representing news media from across the Americas warned Sunday.

  • Rebels of the Justice and Equality Movement sit near a fire in the Darfur region of Sudan in 2004. International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the two billion dollars organisers had been expecting. Photo:Desirey Minkoh/AFP
    Darfur donor conference falls short of expectations AFP - 21 minutes ago

    CAIRO (AFP) - International donors at a conference in Cairo on Sunday pledged 850 million dollars for the reconstruction of war-ravaged Darfur, way short of the two billion dollars organisers had been expecting.

  • An abused victim from the Sister of Nazareth in South Belfast, Frances Reily, listens to Bishop Noel Treanor during mass at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Worshippers at morning mass in Ireland Sunday welcomed the pope's condemnation of the sexual abuse of children by priests, but said it was too little to prevent people turning away from the Catholic Church. Photo:Peter Muhly/AFP
    Irish Catholics find little comfort in pope's apology AFP - 46 minutes ago

    DUBLIN (AFP) - Worshippers at morning mass in Ireland Sunday welcomed the pope's condemnation of the sexual abuse of children by priests, but said it was too little to prevent people turning away from the Catholic Church.

  • Ex-Central African Republic leader Ange-Felix Patasse, pictured in 2008, who was ousted in a 2003 coup, has filed papers to run as a candidate in upcoming presidential elections, his spokesman said Sunday. Photo:Coumba Sylla/AFP
    Ex-Central African leader to run for president AFP - 49 minutes ago

    LIBREVILLE (AFP) - Ex-Central African Republic leader Ange-Felix Patasse, who was ousted in a 2003 coup, has filed papers to run as a candidate in upcoming presidential elections, his spokesman said Sunday.

  • President Barack Obama waves as he walks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of California and Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., right, as he arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington to address the Democratic Caucus on health care overhaul, Saturday, March 20, 2010. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Haraz N. Ghanbari
    Obama's historic health-care reform poised to become law The Canadian Press - 50 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Democrats were poised Sunday to pass historical health-care reform legislation that will undoubtedly become the defining moment of Barack Obama's presidency and likely determine whether it stretches into a second term.


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