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**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

U.S. stocks recover from stumble after European elections

By Pallavi Gogoi - Associated Press

Illustration by Kevin Kreneck

GAFFNEY: Farewell to European superstate

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr. - The Washington Times

Traders Michael Zicchinolfi (left) and Vincent Quinones keep an eye on prices Monday on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stocks were under pressure after angry voters in Greece and France rejected painful budget cuts demanded by international lenders. But investors did not panic about the election news. (Associated Press)

Investors don’t panic over votes in France, Greece

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Socialist Party presidential candidate Francois Hollande shows his ballot before voting in the second round of the French presidential election in Tulle, France, on Sunday, May 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Hollande wins French presidency over Sarkozy

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

"I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again," President-elect Francois Hollande told huge crowds of supporters Sunday in his home area of Tulle in central France, before heading to Paris. "We will succeed." (Associated Press)

French voters reject austerity tack, oust Sarkozy for Socialist leader

By Karine G. Barzegar and Ruby Russell - Special to The Washington Times

Germany’s new strength has a foreign accent

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

In this April 25, 2012, photo, Tom Curley, President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the work of former AP correspondent Ed Kennedy during an interview in New York. Curley co-wrote the introduction to the book, “Ed Kennedy’s War: V-E Day, Censorship & The Associated Press.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

AP apologizes for firing reporter over WWII scoop

By David B. Caruso - Associated Press

"The Farm," 1921-1922 (National Gallery of Art)

‘Ladder of Escape’ celebrates the range of Joan Miro

By Roland Flamini - Special to The Washington Times

Marine Le Pen

Fringe parties tilting Europe left and right

By Stuart Braun - Special to The Washington Times

A wall screen shows the televised debate between Francois Hollande, Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election and Nicolas Sarkozy, current president and conservative rival for re-election, at the TF1 television studio in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris on May 2, 2012. (Associated Press)

French debate: No knockout punch from Sarkozy

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the president's Malacanang Palace in Manila on Labor Day, Tuesday, May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Workers express anger, gloom, elation on May Day

By Daniel Woolls - Associated Press

France fetes Joan of Arc’s 600th birthday

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

**FILE** French Muslims attend a mass prayer Sept.16, 2011, at a prayer hall in a unused former fire station in Paris. (Associated Press)

French Muslims get call to vote for president

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press

SANDERS: The cost of a collapsing Europe

By Sol Sanders - Special to The Washington Times

Marine Le Pen, who came in a strong third place in the first round of the French presidential elections, has spurned incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy, a fellow critic of the left. She appears to be hoping for a victory for the Socialist candidate so she can emerge as the face of the opposition. (Associated Press)

Le Pen may be Sarkozy slayer

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hope remains for the disappointing ‘Sarko’

The Washington Times

World Briefs: 1 billion tourists expected this year

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Report says anti-Muslim bias fueled European bylaws on veils

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Marine Le Pen

PRUDEN: Bling Bling Sarkozy vs. a French waffle Hollande

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times