Leaders at the G-8 summit in France say international development banks will give $20 billion to Egypt and Tunisia to support pro-democratic reforms.
UN and French helicopters attack incumbent president Gbagbo’s strongholds in capital Abidjan.
After a journey marred by repeated protests, a train carrying nuclear waste across Germany has reached the northern town of Dannenburg.
Intelligence officials have intercepted a credible terror plot against Britain and France, raising security fears at the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday, but failing to raise the overall threat level in either country.
Lawmakers in France held a hearing Wednesday over the fiasco for the country’s football team at the World Cup. They grilled departing coach Raymond Domenech and the head of the French Football Federation behind closed doors.