Afghan ambush kills French troops :

Ten French soldiers have been killed in an ambush by Taleban fighters east of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
A further 21 French troops were wounded in one of the heaviest tolls suffered by the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf).
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced he will travel to Kabul to assure troops of his support.
The deaths come amid warnings that insurgents are closing in on the capital city.
The loss of life is thought to be the heaviest suffered by the French military since 58 paratroopers were killed in Beirut in 1983.
The BBC's Emma-Jane Kirby, in Paris, says news of the deaths is bound to provoke anger in France, where about two-thirds of people say they are opposed to any French involvement in the conflict.
But President Sarkozy insisted France remained committed to the fight against terrorism, and that the mission in Afghanistan would continue.