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• Sarkozy diplomacy key to Russia-Georgia fight
He helped win the release of six Bulgarian medics held in Libya; he has boosted France's diplomatic and military role in Afghanistan; and he has restored France's ties with Syria, among other things.
• U2 pushes release of new album to early 2009
Of late, the group has been recording in the south of France, having already logged time in Fez and Dublin with longtime collaborators Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois and Steve Lillywhite.
• European probe zooms past asteroid
The European Space Agency is supported by 17 countries, including Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands. It cooperates with NASA, the European Union, European national space agencies and international partners.
• That's Showbuzz! Highlights of celeb magazines
Before her concert at the Palais Nakaia concert hall in Nice, France, on August 26, the singer had all of the commodes, showers and sinks removed, scrubbed down and then reinstalled -- IN TOUCH
• Wall Street trips over jobless jump
In afternoon trading in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.79 percent, Germany's DAX index dropped 1.40 percent, and France's CAC-40 shed 1.37 percent.