A ransom for a five-year-old British boy kidnapped during a family holiday in Pakistan and freed this week was paid in Paris, Spanish police said Wednesday, as five people were detained. A Pakistani man and a Romanian woman who travelled to the French capital to collect a ransom of 110,000 pounds from the boy's uncle were arrested Tuesday ...

The European Union Wednesday accused its major powers of running away from bulging government deficits, as Greece said it could still seek IMF help if European backing did not ease its debt crisis. Germany meanwhile warned that repeat eurozone offenders deserved expulsion from the bloc. EU budgetary watchdogs attacked overly "optimistic" growth assumptions masking bloated national budgets, with Britain firmly ...

England manager Martin Johnson said playing at the Stade de France was "what it's all about" after naming the side he hopes will spoil France's Six Nations Grand Slam hopes on Wednesday. France, the team of the tournament, come into Saturday's Paris finale on the back of a six-try thrashing of Italy with coach Marc Lievremont making ...