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European Union governments agreed Thursday to overhaul the way the trade bloc distributes tens of billions of euros in subsidies to farmers.

Vowing to protect French industry from foreign predators and a worsening economic slump, President Nicolas Sarkozy introduced an investment fund of 20 billion euros ($25 billion) on Thursday.

The jury in the trial of three men accused in the killing of the journalist Anna Politkovskaya did not demand that journalists be barred from the proceedings, as a judge said a day earlier.

One of the stranger questions to emerge after the August conflict between Russia and Georgia: Did Russians go to war wearing a camouflage design filched from Finland?

Ségolène Royal, the former presidential candidate, and Martine Aubry, the architect of the 35-hour workweek, will face each other in a runoff election on Friday.

A new digital library, called Europeana, intends to showcase Europe’s history, literature, arts and science.

In a keynote speech to the ruling party congress, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced tax cuts to spur the economy and increased spending on social programs.

Citigroup Inc. suffered another brutal day on Thursday as shares tumbled to their lowest level in more than 15 years.

The U.S. auto industry weathered the Great Depression. But there are some fears that its current crisis could cause another one.

Bank stocks plunged again Thursday with some of the biggest names in the industry falling to their lowest levels in more than a decade. It's anybody guess when the selloff will end.