The Peace of Paris, signed by Britain, France, Spain, and Portugal, was ratified on February 10, 1763. Together with the Treaty of Hubertsburg (February 15, 1763) between Prussia and Austria, it ended the series of European conflicts that were fought...

The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the first stage in the process of European integration. It is, together with the Treaty of Rome and the Euratom Treaty (both concluded in 1957), one of...

Many treaties have been negotiated and signed in Paris, France,...

The United States has picked Annapolis, Md., as the expected site of a Mideast peace conference this fall that President Bush hopes will launch new negotiations toward establishing an independent Palestinian state, The Associated Press has learned.The small city about 30 miles northeast of Washington...

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand didn't let his club foot stand in the way of success.His aristocratic parents told him the birth defect made him unfit to inherit property or for a military career. His response: What defect?He climbed the social ladder, becoming one of France's...

Today is Monday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2007. There are 119 days left in the year. This is Labor Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain officially ended the Revolutionary War.On this...

World leaders gathering here next week for Mideast peace negotiations won't be far from the brick streets where diplomats of centuries past ratified a major peace treaty and ensured the future of the United States as a civilian, democratic state.This small city on the banks...