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FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014, file photo shows an Indian woman from Ecuador posing for a photo at the Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru. Low oil prices could paradoxically help the world reach an international agreement to fight global warming, Laurence Tubiana, France&#8217;s special representative for the 2015 climate conference in Paris said, laying out plans for a binding accord to stem greenhouse gas emissions. Her government will spend 11 months trying to cajole more than 190 countries into overcoming disagreements about acceptable greenhouse gas emissions and who should pay for them, and locking themselves into an accord. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)

French climate envoy sees hope in low oil prices

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon leaves his hand print next to a message that reads in Spanish "Everyone for the rights of all! Count on me Peru!" with his signature during a ceremony at the Antenor Oregon school in Lima, Peru, Friday, Dec. 12, 2014. Ban Ki-moon is in Peru for the Climate Change Conference, along with representatives from more than 190 countries that are working on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

At U.N. climate talks, a crack in rich-poor barrier

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, left, talks to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, during the UN Climate Change Conference in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Delegates from more than 190 countries are meeting in Lima, to work on drafts for a global climate deal that is supposed to be adopted next year in Paris. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

UN climate talks in Peru seem headed for overtime

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Train passenger Marie-Helene from France smiles after arriving at the Berlin main station with the night train from Paris on Wednesday, morning Dec. 10, 2014. German railway company Deutsche Bahn is ending the sleeper service between Paris and Berlin this week, citing unsustainable losses. The service has been running since before World War II, and used to go all the way to Moscow. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Last call for sleeper trains linking Berlin, Paris

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Migrants run for food provided by a charity organization in Calais, northern France in November. Most migrants in this port city on the English Channel are moving from country to country in their bid for a second chance, trying to beat a system meant to control illegal immigration but that human rights groups say is making things worse. (Associated Press)

Calais tests French attitudes on immigration

By Karine G. Barzegar - SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Indian women participate in a march in "Defense of Mother Earth" in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014. Thousands marched in support of Mother Earth as they chanted slogans against illegal mining, and logging operations, as well as oil drilling. They asked that the exploitation of resources in their ancestral lands be stopped immediately. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

An idea comes of age: Zero emissions

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014 file photo, a man takes a photograph of fireworks during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. The Sochi Winter Olympics placed tenth on Facebook's list of most popular topics worldwide in 2014, based on the number of posts, comments, likes, photos and videos shared. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

IOC vote clears way for 2024 bidding to take off

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014 high heels are pictured in a shop of in Paris. Scientists from the Universite de Bretagne-Sud conducted experiments that showed that men behave very differently toward high-heeled women. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Science proves high heels do have power over men

By Thomas Adamson - Associated Press

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N. Korean student with ties to Kim Jong-un regime escaped kidnap attempt in Paris

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This photo provided by the town council of Montebrain, east of Paris, Thursday, Nov.13, 2014 shows what is described as a tiger. French authorities say a young tiger is on the loose near Disneyland Paris, one of Europe's top tourist destinations, and have urged residents in three towns to stay indoors. (AP Photo/Ville de Montebrain)

Police hunt for tiger loose near Disneyland Paris

By Greg Keller - Associated Press

A man walks in a street of Pantin, east of Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014. Pantin, a once-gritty Paris suburb, is sometimes compared to Brooklyn, New York. Both areas have gentrified, with artists and galleries moving in to old warehouses and real estate prices shooting up. Many other neighborhoods and cities around the world also compare themselves to Brooklyn, which has become known for hipster culture and artisanal food. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Every city with hipsters wants to be a Brooklyn

By Beth J. Harpaz - Associated Press

The Belleville-sur-Loire's nuclear plant, across the Loire river, central France, March 27, 2007. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

French arrest 3 men with drone near nuclear site

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Former Governor of California and founding chair of the R20 initiative, Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, jokes with French President Francois Hollande prior to a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Friday, Oct. 10, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

France votes to be less nuclear-reliant

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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2004 file photo, Google co-founders Larry Page, left, and Sergey Brin pose for photos at their company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Google’s IPO 10 years ago launched the company on a trajectory that continues to reshape its business and much of the world in its orbit. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

MORICI: Google’s row with France—and what it means for taxes

By Peter Morici

In this undated photo provided by publisher Gallimard, French novelist Patrick Modiano poses for a photograph. Patrick Modiano of France has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. (AP Photo/Gallimard)

Patrick Modiano wins literature Nobel for works about Nazi occupation

By Karl Ritter and Malin Rising - Associated Press

The Louis Vuitton Foundation building is pictured before the presentation of Louis Vuitton's Spring/Summer 2015 ready-to-wear fashion collection in Paris, France, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014. The foundation, designed by American architect Frank Gehry, will open its doors to the public on Oct. 27 , 2014. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Bieber, Kardashian, Vuitton $100M venue wrap Paris

By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

In this still image from video published on the Internet on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, by a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, a captive Frenchman appeals to French President Francois Hollande to help free him. The Frenchman, whom the ministry described as a 55-year-old mountain guide, said he was taken hostage by the group on Sunday and reiterated its demands that the French military end its airstrikes in Iraq. The group said it was answering a call by Islamic State group spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani to attack Americans and Europeans. (AP Photo)

Algerian extremists behead French hostage

By Paul Schemm and Sylvie Corbet - Associated Press

Sen. Mike Lee is preparing to tour Europe to engage Americans in a battle against the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, which allows the Treasury Department to confiscate money from their bank accounts. (Associated Press)

Mike Lee to fight U.S. tax law targeting Americans abroad on Europe tour

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

France strikes Islamic State’s depot in Iraq

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande, left, watches U.S Secretary of State John Kerry, right, shaking hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, back to the camera, before a family photo at the international conference intended to come up with an international strategy against Islamic State extremists, in Paris, Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. As diplomats from around the world sought a global strategy to fight Islamic State extremists, Iran ruled out working with any international coalition, saying it had rejected American requests for cooperation against the militants. Partially hidden at center is French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski; Pool)

Iraq calls for end to extremist ‘sanctuaries’

By Lori Hinnant and Lara Jakes - Associated Press