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FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 file photo, British cyclist Bradley Wiggins greets fans on stage for BT London Live concert at Hyde Park in central London. Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins was recovering in hospital Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, after being hit by a car while riding his bike in northern England. Team Sky said Wiggins will be kept in the hospital overnight for observation, but that "the injuries he sustained are not thought to be serious and he is expected to make a full and speedy recovery." (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Bradley Wiggins: Cyclist released from hospital after crash

Associated Press

Column: Zlataned! How megastar became French verb

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

**FILE** Anti-gay marriage and gay adoption rights activists hold posters reading "Mother - Father. Don't lie to your children," while demonstrating Oct. 23, 2012, in Paris. (Associated Press)

France pushes ahead on gay marriage amid dissent

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici pauses as he speaks with journalists during a news conference in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. France is creating a new government-backed investment bank that will aim to spur economic growth by lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Hollande favors gradual reforms for French economy

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

French, Israeli leaders denounce anti-Semitism

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Briefly: French police arrest top Basque ETA leader

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Lance Armstrong’s seven consecutive victories in the Tour de France, from 1999-2005, may be vacated. (Associated Press)

SNYDER: Lance Armstrong has no more room to backpedal

By Deron Snyder - The Washington Times

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits a uranium-enrichment facility about 200 miles south of Iran's capital, Tehran, in April 2008. (Associated Press)

France: Iran seems on track for nukes by mid-2013

Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 28, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong listening to a fellow cancer survivor during a news conference in Los Angeles.. The world may soon know what the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has on Armstrong. USADA has said it had 10 former teammates ready to testify against Armstrong before he chose not to take his case to an arbitration hearing. The list likely includes previous Armstrong accusers Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Armstrong says last few weeks ‘difficult’

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

A worker picks white grapes in the vineyards of the Chateau Haut Brion, a Premier Grand Cru des Graves, during the harvest in the Pessac-Leognan region near Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Wine experts: Worst grape harvest in half-century

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

France's President Francois Hollande waits for the arrival of Quebec Prime Minister Pauline Marois prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Stick-it-to-rich tax plan may backfire on France

By Maya Vidon-White - Special to The Washington Times

A police officer sits in a guard post outside a Paris synagogue. Recent attacks have unsettled Jews, many of whom thought that anti-Semitism had faded. (The Associated Press)

Muslims tied to violence directed at Jews in France

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

FILE - This March 21, 2009 file photo shows Lance Armstrong, of the United States, beside fellow countryman George Hincapie, left, during the Milan-San Remo cycling classic in San Remo, Italy. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says 11 of Lance Armstrong's former teammates testified against him in its investigation of the cyclist, revealing "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen." (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

No winner for past Tours if UCI strips Lance Armstrong

Associated Press

Elite police officers and riot police (left) guard on Wednesday a parking lot in Torcy, east of Paris, where police found bomb-making material after police broke up a suspected terrorist cell last week. Potassium and sulfur were recovered. (Associated Press)

Terror cell planned to join jihadists fighting in Syria

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

French Prosecutor Francois Molins, during a news conference in Paris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, describes the discovery of bomb-making materials believed to belong to a suspected terrorist cell. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Prosecutor: French terror cell planned Syria trip

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande wait for Microsoft founder Bill Gates and, and Irish performer Bono, unseen, before a meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘Parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ could legally replace mom and dad in France

By Maya Vidon-White - Special to The Washington Times

**FILE** Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong grimaces during a news conference after the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 Texas triathlon in Galveston, Texas, on April 1, 2012. (Associated Press/Houston Chronicle)

Lance Armstrong report includes 200 pages, 26 witnesses

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 28, 2011 file photo shows Lance Armstrong listening to a fellow cancer survivor during a news conference in Los Angeles.. The world may soon know what the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has on Armstrong. USADA has said it had 10 former teammates ready to testify against Armstrong before he chose not to take his case to an arbitration hearing. The list likely includes previous Armstrong accusers Floyd Landis and Tyler Hamilton. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Lance Armstrong: 26 testify against cyclist in doping case

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

**FILE** Lance Armstrong carries the United States flag during a victory parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on July 24, 2005, after winning his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race. (Associated Press)

11 teammates testified in case against Lance Armstrong

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

French Prosecutor Francois Molins, during a news conference in Paris on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012, describes the discovery of bomb-making materials believed to belong to a suspected terrorist cell. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French police find bomb material during terror probe

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press