France

PARIS, FRANCE (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the French government is in no mood to cow down in the wake of the terror threats that it is facing from Osama Bin Laden.

LUXEMBOURG - The EU on Thursday supported the advisory that Washington issued telling American travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats in Europe, and said the bloc should improve its security policies and its consultations with Washington.

PARIS - Ex-trader Jerome Kerviel, speaking for the first time Wednesday about his tough sentencing in history's biggest rogue trading scandal, insisted he is a scapegoat for his former bank and compared the penalty to getting "hit on the head with a club." The 33-year-old was convicted Tuesday, sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay Societe Generale, his former employer, damages of euro4.9 billion ($6.7 billion) - the equivalent of 20 Airbus A380 superjumbo jets.

LONDON - Did their voices betray them? The discovery of an alleged terror plot against Europe owes at least some of its success to "voiceprint" technology that allows law enforcement to electronically match a voice to its owner.

BERLIN - Pakistani officials said Tuesday that eight German militants were killed in a U.S.