FRANCE'S pioneering "green oil" fuel, being pushed by the nation's powerful farmers' lobby, is catching Europe's attention. Already, filling stations in several French metros supply green oil, which

France has agreed to cancel part of the debt it is owed by Cameroon in return for the right to destroy the country's rainforests

WOOD has again emerged as a popular heating fuel in Germany and France. A programme launched seven years ago in the thickly wooded Landes region of southwestern France to promote wood as fuel

Spending heavily on medicines does not necessarily result in better health, indicate recent studies.

RISKING a split with the Conservative government, French President Francois Mitterrand said in an interview with Austrian media, that France and other atomic powers should refrain from breaking the

The removal of the corneas from the body of an accident victim in France, shocked the public and exposed the legal and ethical failings of the transplant system

TURTLES, bought originally as children's pets at the height of the Mutant Ninja Turtle craze, are posing a serious threat to bathers in the French Riviera. Biologists say the pet turtles,

WHEN FRENCH mathematician Pierre de Fermat died in 1655, he had not written down the proof of a theorem, "which this margin (of my notebook) is too small to contain". More than three centuries later,

Israeli farmers resent fast food giant McDonald's intention to import the cheaper frozen French fries

Officials say the stoppage of enriched uranium for the Tarapur reactor will not affect India's peaceful nuclear programme