French counter-terrorism agents today arrested three suspects believed to have “indirect links” to al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a police spokeswoman said.

French counter-terrorism agents arrested three suspects believed to have “indirect links” to al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi today, a police spokeswoman said.

Residents from riot-torn suburbs were to march in Paris today – Armistice Day, marking the end of WWI – waving white handkerchiefs to call for an end to more than two weeks of violence.

Eight French police officers have been suspended for their suspected role in the beating of a young man in a Paris suburb, a national police spokeswoman said today.