PARIS - FOREIGN Minister Bernard Kouchner wants France to consider taking in prisoners from the US Guantanamo detention camp that president-elect Barack Obama plans to shut down, a spokesman said on Thursday.
ATHENS - ABOUT 400 police officers demonstrated in Athens against violence on Thursday, following riots in Greek cities and attacks on police by a terrorist group.
TOKYO - RUSSIA'S upper house speaker voiced hope on Thursday for progress in a longstanding territorial row with Japan ahead of an expected visit to Tokyo by powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
