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Yemen seeks French help to build nuclear plant
A Yemeni minister began negotiations with France's state-owned nuclear power producer Electricity de France on plans to build a nuclear power generation plant in the Arab state, the official Saba news agency reported.
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US arrests Interpol-sought paedophile suspect
Within 48 hours of Interpol sending a worldwide alert for a suspected paedophile, a man was arrested by US customs and immigration agents, Interpol said.
Big News Network.com |
French cosmetics giant Lancome takes Uma Thurman to court
New York, May 9 : French cosmetics giant Lancome is taking actress Uma Thurman to court in a bid to stop her from suing them first.
Big News Network.com |
Brangelina importing their stuff to France
Washington, May 8 : It seems that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are making long-term arrangements for their stay in France.
Big News Network.com |
France says EU should assist Malta stem illegal immigration
Valletta, Malta - Malta has won a pledge from France to support it in winning European Union assistance in dealing with the problem of illegal immigration. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, also ...
Earth Times |
New French soccer coach affordable
The Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) said here Wednesday they settled for Frenchman Herve Renaud as Zambia soccer coach out of the three short-listed candidates because he was affordable, accordin...
People's Daily |
France looks forward to large-scale nuke cooperation with India
Nuclear France was looking forward to "large-scale nuclear cooperation" with India in the civilian arena once India reached a satisfactory agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ...
IRNA |
Finnish FM to visit Prague and Paris
9.5.2008 at 11:08 Alexander Stubb (cons), Finland's foreign minister, is to fly to Prague on Tuesday for an official visit, the Finnish foreign ministry announced Friday. In Prague Mr Stubb is to di...
NewsRoom Finland |
American Airlines plane lost panel in flight to Paris
Federal regulators said Thursday they are investigating how an American Airlines jet lost a panel from its belly shortly after taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport before continuing...
The Seattle Times |
Divers find wreck of French liner that sank off Spain in 1942
The liner, which belonged to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, was carrying 272 passengers and 122 crew members from Algiers in north Africa to the French port of Marseille when it sank during a...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Yemen seeks French help to build nuclear power plant
Sana'a, Yemen - A Yemeni minister began on Thursday negotiations with France's state-owned nuclear power producer Electricity de France on plans to build a nuclear power generation plant in the Arab s...
Earth Times |
France Telecom Q1 revenues up 1.4 percent to EUR 13 billion
France Telecom Group reported revenues up 1.4 percent to EUR 13.03 billion in the first quarter, versus EUR 12.84 billion a year earlier. On a comparable basis, turnover grew 3.7 percent. Mobile servi...
Congoo |
US leads condemnation of Lebanon fighting
W ASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - The United States Thursday led international condemnation of political violence in Lebanon as fierce gunbattles raged in Beirut, leaving at least seven people dead. &...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Warner Bros. To Be Feted At Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival announced plans on Wednesday to pay tribute to Warner Bros. on the studio's 85th anniversary by screening a classic movie from the studio's archives during each night of the f...
Showbiz Data |
Clandestine workers step forward in French protests
NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France : The Café La Jatte is in many ways a typical Parisian eatery. It has a menu full of culinary promise, a sumptuous wine list and a handful of illegal African immigrants ...
International Herald Tribune |
France calls Lebanon situation
Paris - The French government on Thursday said the situation in Lebanon has become "troubling" and expressed its support for the government in Beirut and its army. "Since yesterday, the prevailing sit...
Earth Times |
China, Indonesia reject France
May 08, 2008, 18:30 China and Indonesia today rejected France's idea of having the Security Council ratchet up the pressure on cyclone-devastated Myanmar to grant full access to foreign aid workers. ...
SABC |
French driver criticised for scruffiness, but c
Sebastien Loeb, though scruffy, is a successful driver. Photo / Sarah Ivey Top motor rally official Morrie Chandler won't be seeking rule changes to make drivers spruce up, but he does think four-time...
New Zealand Herald |
Grim fight for survival after Myanmar cyclone
Y ANGON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, but the military government maintained tight limits on foreign assistance...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Britain, France criticise Myanmar over poll as aid blocked
L ONDON, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Britain and France criticised Thursday Myanmar's plans to go ahead with a weekend referendum on its constitution while dragging its feet over letting in international aid ...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Sarkozy Hosts Victory Commemorations On D-day Landing Beach
The May 8 commemorations are usually held in Paris, but Sarkozy chose to move this year's event to Ouistreham, near where a small French commando force led by Commandant Philippe Kieffer landed on a s...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Sarkozy slams French media, report says
Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has attacked French media accusing several publications of assuming the role of political opposition, the news web site Mediapart reported on Thursday. The all...
Earth Times |
eTouch Unveils International Version of SamePage Wiki in Polish, French and German -- Now Supports Virtually Any Foreign Language
New Internationalized enterprise wiki shown today at Sun JavaOne Expo San Francisco is geared to become an essential tool for multinational businesses to communicate and collaborate globally. Sa...
PR Web |
France reveals British WWI cave camp
France has reopened a labyrinth of medieval quarries under the northern town of Arras which the British army converted into an underground hideout for 24,000 soldiers during World War I. The BBC's Emm...
BBC |
A Tunisian-French Conference On
A Tunisian-French conference on "Prospective Arts and Cultures," is due to be held on May 10-11, 2008 within the framework of the 15th national and international conferences on "Culture...
All Africa |
Profits drop 19 percent at German reinsurer Munich Re
B ERLIN, May 8, 2008 (AFP) - Profits at German reinsurer Munich Re fell by a fifth in the first quarter, it said Thursday, as it paid out claims from natural disasters and falling stocks hit investmen...
The Tocqueville Connection |
German trade surplus falls slightly in March
B ERLIN, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - Germany's trade surplus fell slightly in March, to 16.7 billion euros (25.6 billion dollars) from 16.9 billion euros in February, data showed on Thursday.   &#1...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Germany and France urge evasion blacklist review
The Financial Times . France and Germany have called on finance ministers to issue a mandate to the OECD when they discuss the initiative at the next meeting of the G7 leading industrialised natio...
AccountancyAge |
Madges lesbian kiss with another woman in Paris
Madge also told the 1,500 strong crowd that she not only loved working with the French, but also 'frenching' them. "Why do I have this relationship with France? I'm always drawn to working with French...
KeralaNext |
Sea-faring French chef inspired by
For star chef Olivier Roellinger cooking is more than a simple question of measurements, ingredients and temperature. He tries to serve home cooking. Without spices, cooking is 'linear, bland and sad'...
Turkish Daily News |
France probes 14 Kurds for anti-Turkish attacks
PARIS - Agence France - Presse Fourteen youths suspected of links to Kurdish terrorists are under investigation in France on charges of firebombing Turkish shops and associations in the country, offic...
Turkish Daily News |
Power wars spell dead-end for French Muslim council
's official Muslim council has hit a wall: hamstrung by infighting, critics accuse it of failing the country's five million Muslims while giving fundamentalists a stronghold in French public l...
Yahoo! News |
French Court Nods Transfer of Genocide Accused
The Final Court of Appeal, highest court in France, rejected Wednesday an appeal of a Rwandan accused of 1994 genocide, Dominique Ntawukuriryayo, and upheld the ruling by the Court of Appeal of Paris ...
All Africa |
France allows Rwanda genocide suspect handover
PARIS -- France's highest appeals court opened the way on Wednesday for a former Rwandan official accused of coordinating the massacre of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide to be handed over...
The China Post |
GG infuriates separatists with advice to the French
That prompted outrage from the leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois in the House of Commons. "I think France should go beyond Michaelle Jean," Duceppe said. The founding of Quebec City in 160...
C News |
France readies two naval supply ships for Myanmar
Both ships are around 36 hours sailing-time away from the Myanmar coast, but would be able to load up 1.5 million cubic metres of bottled water and deliver it along the Myanmar coast by smaller amphib...
The Tocqueville Connection |
France Telecom posts revenue growth, eyes acquisitions
PARIS – France Telecom SA on Wednesday reported growth in first-quarter revenue and profit margins and said it is ready to seek acquisitions to enhance its presence in both emerging markets and ...
San Diego Union-Tribune |
Eva Longoria learns French!
Eva Longoria has vowed to learn French by the end of the year. The Desperate Housewives star wants to be able to converse with her basketball husband Tony Parker in his native language. She...
Times of India |
Quebec publisher wants more French music at Habs games
A prominent Quebec publisher is calling on the government to force the Montreal Canadiens to play more French-language music at the Bell Centre. Michel Brule, publisher of Les Editions des intouchabl...
CBC News |
Airbus Fails to Sell French Factories
European aerospace giant EADS is having difficulty selling factories that belong to its troubled Airbus subsidiary. After the collapse of talks to sell three German plants, negotiations have also fail...
Congoo |
EADS confirms has terminated French Airbus site sale talks with Latecoere UPDATE
(Updates with comments from Latecoere) PARIS (Thomson Financial) - EADS N.V. confirmed it has terminated negotiations to sell two Airbus sites in France to aerostructures manufacturer Latecoere SA 'si...
Congoo |
Airbus says outpaces Boeing on orders
P ARIS, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - European aircraft maker Airbus said Wednesday it is outpacing Boeing so far this year, winning 397 orders in the four months to April compared with 346 for its US rival. &...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Air France denies pilot
Air France confirms that the crew of the flight linking Manchester to Paris-Charles de Gaulle interrupted its descent on Saturday as it was about to land, the company said.
The Tocqueville Connection |
A new three million shekel campaign from the Ministry of Tourism will be screened in movie theaters in France.
Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelMcClatchy-Tribune Regional News May 6--A new NIS 3 million campaign aimed at increasing the number of incoming French tourists is about to be launched in France by the Ministry...
Hotel Online |
French foreign minister urges UN to force aid on Myanmar
"The situation in the delta sounds more and more horrendous," she said, adding that many people had died when the storm struck them while they were sleeping, and either inundated them or swept them ou...
International Herald Tribune |
Autodesk wraps up purchase of two French companies
. San Rafael-based Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) didn't say what it paid for Paris-based Kynogon, which makes software used in making video games. Autodesk sells software used in three-dimensional m...
San Francisco Business Times |
Quebec publisher demands Habs spin more French tunes for Bell Centre crowd
MONTREAL - A prominent Quebec publisher is calling on the government to force the Montreal Canadiens to spin more French-language tunes for the Bell Centre crowd. Michel Brule, publisher of Les E...
CNews |
Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Visits The French Special Operations Command
He Was Received By Cos Commander Admiral Jean-pierre Martinez And The Head Of International Relations Who Briefed Shaikh Nasser On The Organisations Duties And Responsibilities. Shaikh Nasser Haile...
Bahrain News Agency |
Air France-KLM April passenger traffic up 2.6 pct; load factor down 2.3 points
PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Air France-KLM said passenger traffic rose 2.6 percent in April, but load factor slipped 2.3 percentage points to 80 percent as capacity increased by 5.4 percent. The group...
Congoo |
New agency to promote French nuclear know-how
P ARIS, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - The French government said Wednesday it plans to create a new agency in charge of offering French nuclear expertise to countries wishing to develop civilian nuclear power. ...
The Tocqueville Connection |
France vigilant that WTO deal does not hurt poor
PARIS – France will be on the look out to make sure any deal at the World Trade Organisation is in the interests of poor countries hit by soaring food prices, the French farm minister said on We...
San Diego Union-Tribune |
French Development Organization To Give $200 Million Aid To Pakistan
The assistance from the development organization of the French government will be utilized in energy, urban development and agricultural projects in the country, the statement, quoting Pakistan Fina...
Morning Star |
French authorities investigate Alstom
Alstom has become the latest of Europe's industrial companies to be caught up in allegations of corruption after it emerged that the turbine-to-trains group is under investigation in France and Switze...
Congoo |
Postcards of a Good Life in France
Posted on: Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 06:00 CDT By Alan Riding For close to three decades, Patricia and Walter Wells have been fixtures of the American expat scene in Paris, Patricia as an acclaimed expe...
RedOrbit |
Total Reports 9.0-pct Quarterly Profits Rise
P ARIS, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - French oil group Total on Wednesday reported that adjusted first quarter net profit had risen by 9.0 percent on a 12-month basis to 3.254 billion euros, but operating profi...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Food briefs | French fete for Patricia Wells, and more
Boat Street Cafe (3131 Western Ave., # 301, Seattle, 206-632-4602) May 14 for a Cooks & Books Visiting Chef Series dinner celebrating the latest offering from the French cooking expert and her lon...
The Seattle Times |
Signing of a Joint Venture Between French And Local Electronic Engineering Companies
The French group "Altran Technologies" and the Tunisian company "Telnet", have decided to sign a joint venture that will lead to the creation of a company offering electronic engin...
All Africa |
Stars step up to Cannes | Billy and Boll | Honoured, I
Stars step up to CannesTrash was relieved to see the late inclusion of Fernando Meirelles's Blindness as opening-night film at Cannes, where it was also given a competition berth. Blindness stars the ...
The Guardian |
French oil giant Total reports 18 percent increase Q1 profit amid record energy prices
Emma Vandore May 7, 2008 - 06:13 a.m. PARIS (AP) - French oil company Total SA said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit jumped 18 percent amid record-high energy prices. The world's fourth...
Canadian Business |
Jason Solomons on French film Couscous, released in the UK on 20 June
Eagerly awaited French film Couscous tells the heart-warming, and heart-breaking, story of one man's struggle to save his immigrant family from poverty by opening a fish restaurant...
The Guardian |
New Airbus setback as talks fail on sale of French factories
Paris - As with its German sites, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has failed in its attempt to sell two French factories, Airbus's parent company EADS announced on Wednesday. EADS said in a pres...
Earth Times |
Alstom says infrastructure boom boosts annual profits by half
P ARIS, May 7, 2008 (AFP) - French engineering giant Alstom reported a 56-percent rise in net profit for its last financial year on Wednesday and said orders had reached record high levels because of ...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Babacan demanded just behavior from French representative
French Presidency will be “balanced, objective” Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan conveyed Turkey's displeasure with French efforts to erase the word "accession" from the common declara...
Turkish Daily News |
France awards Kylie top cultural honour
PARIS - Agence France-Presse France awarded Kylie Minogue its highest cultural honour in a Paris ceremony Monday at which the country's culture minister praised the Australian singer for her battle ag...
Turkish Daily News |
Petacchi to miss Tour de France after CAS ban
MILAN - Reuters Italy's Alessandro Petacchi will miss this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned him until Aug. 31 for testing positive for excess salbutamol in t...
Turkish Daily News |
New Report Gives a Rare Insight into the Telecoms Market in French Polynesia
Posted on: Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 00:00 CDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90851) has announced the addition of French Polynesia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statist...
RedOrbit |
PSG reach the Coupe de France final
Paul Le Guen's Paris Saint-Germain FC are on course for a remarkable cup double after reaching the Coupe de France final with a 1-0 victory at second-division Amiens SC on Tuesday. PSG will have the ...
Soccer Way |
Air France pilot showing off to boy has near miss at 33,000ft
A pilot narrowly escaped a collision with another aircraft at 33,000ft after showing off off mid-flight to a boy in the cockpit, it was claimed yesterday. Passengers on the Air France flight from Manc...
Congoo |
Bush vows to help Panama clinch free trade agreement
W ASHINGTON, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - President George W. Bush said Tuesday he would do his best to get Congress to approve a pending free trade agreement with Panama, after meeting with its President Mart...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Suez reports strong sales, reaffirms targets
P ARIS, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - French private energy group Suez said Tuesday that sales rose strongly in the first quarter and it was on track to achieve its 2008 earnings targets.    &#1...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Russian Central Bank accounts unfrozen in France
MOSCOW, May 6 (Itar-Tass) -- None of the French assets of the Russian Central Bank is now frozen, a bank source told Prime Tass referring to the Tuesday decision of a French court concerning the Noga ...
Itar Tass |
Let them eat brioche! Barnsley baker sells bread to the French
France may be famed for its fabulous bread but a British baker has secured a surprising contract - to ship thousands of loaves across the channel. It is not the first request from France for the ba...
BBC |
One Year On, the French Turn Against President Sarkozy
Posted May 6, 2008 PARIS—French President Nicholas Sarkozy erupted onto the international scene as the man of the moment, the hyperactive pro-American leader who would wake France from its slumb...
U.S. News & World Report |
Thomson Financial News journalists to vote on strike
Thomson Reuters, a new leading provider of financial data, was created on April 17 following the takeover by Canada's Thomson Corp of British-based media giant Reuters for 8.7 billion pounds (11.5 bil...
The Tocqueville Connection |
French get behind entrepreneur
Craig Meek likens iVistra technology to the visual imagery used in the film Minority Report. Photo / Martin Sykes Technology entrepreneur Craig Meek has won European backing for his firm iVistra and i...
New Zealand Herald |
EU concerned over political stability in Turkey, calls for reform
A NKARA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union said Tuesday that a legal bid to ban Turkey's ruling party threatened the country's political stability and urged Ankara to accelerate its reform drive ...
The Tocqueville Connection |
France pledges not to snag Turkey
Turkey has so far opened accession talks in only six of the 35 policy areas candidates are required to complete amid a trade row over Cyprus and strong opposition to its membership in several other EU...
The Tocqueville Connection |
In Russia, disputes over access roads thwart opening of French stores
The huge glass-fronted windows of Auchan, a French supermarket chain, gleam from the new Troika shopping mall in northeast Moscow. Inside, rows of goods are stacked on pristine shelves, ready to be so...
International Herald Tribune |
French flasher betrayed by cannabis leaf tattoo
He had kept his head covered by a T-shirt but the woman noticed the cannabis leaf on his thigh and was later able to point him out because of the tattoo.
The Tocqueville Connection |
Veolia reports 7.1-percent rise in operating profit, stocks falls
The results disappointed investors but the group said it stood by its targets for the whole year that sales, free cash flow and net profit would rise by at least 10 percent.
The Tocqueville Connection |
Sarkozy Refuses To Judge Achievements In First Year In Power
L ES ANGLES, France, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy, battered by dismal poll ratings that risk undermining his drive to transform France, refused Tuesday to judge the achievements of hi...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Alstom announces contract for tilting trains for Virgin rail
P ARIS, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - French engineering group Alstom said on Tuesday it had won a contract worth 1.8 billion euros (2.78 billion dollars) to supply four Pendolino tilting trains to Virgin rail ...
The Tocqueville Connection |
Writer Pens Guide To The Sexiest Women In Paris
But the man who co-authored Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's most recent book insists it is all in the best possible taste.Dismissing "Anglo Saxon-style political correctness", he declares the free...
Sky News |
UN says aid agencies made to wait for Myanmar visas
G ENEVA, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - UN aid agencies waited Tuesday for visas for disaster response teams to travel to cyclone-hit Myanmar Tuesday amid rebukes that an early warning system could have saved li...
The Tocqueville Connection |
France seeks to avert eurozone tensions with Germany
P ARIS, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - France aims to avoid conflict with Germany by keeping a low profile on the prickly issues of the euro's strength and the ECB as its presidency of the European Union approac...
The Tocqueville Connection |
