TOURS (France) - A FRENCHWOMAN on trial for a grisly triple infanticide told a judge on Thursday she was not conscious of her crime when she delivered the babies and smothered them to death.
ATHENS - GREECE on Thursday turned down a British Museum loan offer for the long-disputed Parthenon Marbles, arguing that acceptance would 'legalise their snatching' by a 19th century British diplomat.
ROME - THE effect of the economic crisis, together with sustainable development, were at the centre of talks between Group of Eight (G8) countries and six emerging countries here on Thursday.
LONDON - WORKERS at an oil refinery owned by France's Total walked out on unofficial strike on Thursday but production was not affected, the company said.
'A number of construction workers... walked out early this morning and they are now demonstrating outside the refinery,' the company said in a statement.
