the cold war c colosses it cannot treat russia equally as other w members stakes in the said obtbtaineapproval from the u.s. cgress -- u.s. congratulateted moow. russia's that it would not a legally apply wto rules with its dealings with america. >> somome go news for france. ratings agencies have been on a downade spree, but fitch says france willeep its aaa status for the time being, but they did downgrade the outlook from stable too negative. the agencies as france remains a wealalthy endeavors side econony improve its finances. there has been speculation that france was about to lose its top rating, which would jack up the level of the eozone's debt crisis. figures unveiled in ireland show the countrtry' economy is in worse shape tn feared. the central statistics office says the ecoconomyhrank by 1.9% in the third quarter,, a much bigger drop than forecast. it ishe worst quarterly results in the eurozone. ireland is mimidway through a seven-year deficit-fighting program that has continued to fight economic growth to meet its tatargets. economists say ireland is unlike to meet the vernment'