India stunned favourites France to enter the semifinals of the 15th world junior men's squash championship for their best-ever result in the competition.
Big News Network.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:40 -0400

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not meet the Dalai Lama during the latter's upcoming visit to France, the Elysee Palace has said.
Big News Network.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:00:36 -0400

London, Aug 7 : A blonde named Carla has claimed that she had an affair with French President Nicolas Sarkozy while he was on an official visit.
Big News Network.com Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:01:07 -0400

Cheese, pastries, foie gras - France's culinary delights are full of dietary sins.Now child obesity is rising and the myth is fading that the French can eat anything and stay thin. So the Government i...
The New Zealand Herald Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:58:00 -0400

He's a tiny torero, a bullfighter with a baby face. But 10-year-old Michelito has become the symbol of a debate much bigger than himself.French anti-bullfighting campaigners say the boy, who came from...
Examiner Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:45:51 -0400

Brussels is yet to set a date for membership talks to begin for Macedonia, which was made an official EU candidate in December 2005, four years after it narrowly averted a civil war with its large eth...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:06:15 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of French troops have deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in a key southern province wracked by the Taliban-led insurgency, NATO said Thursday.
USA Today Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:27:35 -0400

On Tuesday at the Vitis Squash club in Zurich, India stunned favourites France in a match that went down to the wire. First on court was the flamboyant Vikram who came with all guns blazing. Showing n...
KeralaNext Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:31:10 -0400

France and Rwanda severed diplomatic ties in 2006 after a top French judge accused Rwandan President Paul Kagame of involvement in the April 1994 killing of president Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, whos...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:06:16 -0400

FRANCE: August 8, 2008 PARIS - Radioactive gas emissions from a nuclear plant in southeast France were higher than normal in June and July but there was no threat to public safety, nuclear authoriti...
Planet Ark Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:59:00 -0400

PARIS: France's constitutional council approved the main elements of a law dismantling the 35-hour working week on Thursday, but imposed amendments to rules on overtime.
Times of India Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:24:18 -0400

Paris - A bombshell of a report by Rwanda this week implicating high-ranking French officials in the arming and training of Hutu forces that committed genocide in Rwanda – could have been issued l...
Christian Science Monitor Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:39:00 -0400

Arcachon, which counts some 350 oyster producers employing around 1,000 workers, has suffered a series of problems in recent years with repeated bans due to safety concerns.
Reuters Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:25:59 -0400

France's Olympic handball team expects video analytics to give it a boost against opponents. The French started using software combining videos of all the players in the world with match statistics to...
eWeek Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:15:29 -0400

PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy's effort to extend France's famously short workweek may be beside the point, if a study released Wednesday is anything to go by. The idea of the leisure-mad,...
The Register-Guard Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:55:52 -0400

A military coup of this nature is unacceptable against a democratically elected president, commission spokesman John Clancy told reporters in Brussels, hours after the junta promised to quickly hold n...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:11 -0400

F RANKFURT, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) - The ECB recognised on Thursday that eurozone economic activity was weakening, but stayed focused on inflation as president Jean-Claude Trichet signalled its main lendin...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:13 -0400

The French government is considering raising taxes on unhealthy foods to as much as 19.6 per cent, an official confirmed Wednesday. No decision has been made, but an expert report advocating an incre...
CBC News Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:15:12 -0400

BEIJING (Reuters) - Intricate spy software has helped France's handballers improve their game and head coach Philippe Bana was hoping to see the dividends at the upcoming Olympics.
Reuters Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:05:16 -0400

B RUSSELS, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) - European grain harvests will improve this year, the EU predicted Thursday, in line with northern hemisphere trends that are pushing down world prices after months of foo...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:13 -0400

The upcoming Beijing Olympics is a great sports gala and will achieve a huge success of world renown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday. In a written interview with Chinese journalists b...
People's Daily Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:53:36 -0400

PARIS: About 20 pro-Tibet demonstrators burst into a branch of the UPS delivery firm in Paris to condemn sponsors of what they called "the shameful Olympic Games." The protesters, from a group ...
Times of India Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:52:43 -0400

The ruling, a copy of which was sent to AFP, bans all gatherings from Thursday at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) to Friday at midnight (2200 GMT) within a fixed perimeter surrounding the Chinese embassy and consu...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:32 -0400

The Olympic Games is more important than races like Tour de France, said a New Zealand cyclist on Thursday. "For me, I am given a chance to represent my country, and Beijing Olympics is the top c...
People's Daily Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:11:15 -0400

Crop yields also vary country by country with, for example, total wheat yield per hectare expected to hit 9.2 tonnes in Ireland but just 2.1 tonnes in Portugal, although the Portuguese figure would re...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:29 -0400

S OFIA, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) - Bulgaria and the European Commission have agreed on an action plan to pay back farmers hit by an EU agricultural subsidy freeze, the government in Sofia said Thursday.
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The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:27 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ Hundreds of French troops have deployed to train and mentor Afghan security forces in a key southern province wracked by the Taliban-led insurgency, NATO said Thursday.Meanwh...
Newsday Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:31:32 -0400

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will not meet the Dalai Lama during the latter's 11-day stay in France in the coming week, the Elysee Palace said in a communique Wednesday. The communique was release...
People's Daily Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:59:36 -0400

P ARIS, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) - Veolia Environnement, a French international utility group with interests in waste management, energy and transportation, reported a 1.5-percent rise in net profit in the f...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:27 -0400

Portugal Wednesday told its citizens in Mauritania to go to the French embassy there in case they need assistance after the coup in Mauritania. "We have been contacted by Portuguese citizens who ...
People's Daily Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:59:33 -0400

Iran 's response to an incentives package aimed at defusing a dispute over its nuclear program as insufficient as negotiators from six major world powers plotted their next move.
Examiner Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:04:18 -0400

And the bank, known as the guardian of the euro, also left its other two key rates - - the deposit rate and the marginal lending rate - - at 3.25 percent and 5.25 percent respectively.
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:06:30 -0400

PARIS — Cheese, pastries, foie gras — France's culinary delights are full of dietary sins. Now child obesity is rising and the myth is fading that French people can eat anything and stay t...
The Seattle Times Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:24:51 -0400

France's trade deficit widened sharply in June to a record €5.64bn, exacerbated by the higher cost of oil and energy imports and weaker car exports.The trade gap - up from a revised €4.7bn in May ...
Financial Times Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:13:31 -0400

A former senior Chinese diplomat on Wednesday said that China and France should be more careful in their relations so they can avoid further "unpleasant" experiences. "Every country has...
People's Daily Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:10:36 -0400

A seventh person has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of two French students. A 19-year-old man from Ramsgate, Kent, is being held on suspicion of murder, Scotland Yard said.
ITN Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:03:31 -0400

U NITED NATIONS, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said Wednesday that despite Iran's ambiguous response to an offer of incentives to halt its uranium enrichment there was "pot...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:02:49 -0400

R IGA, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - Latvia rejected Wednesday claims Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis had flouted European Union sanctions against Belarus by hosting its premier at a secret meeting, saying the EU...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:02:47 -0400

ANTHONY Mundine has flown to France to offer support to friend and NRL runaway Sonny Bill Williams. Mundine turned up at Williams's second rugby union training session at Toulon and embraced his frie...
Courier Mail Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:59:49 -0400

B RUSSELS, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - The EU presidency on Wednesday condemned human rights violations committed against the Kurdish minority in Iran and urged Tehran to scrap the death penalty.   ...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:02:48 -0400

LONDON (AP) - British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of 2 French students in London. Police say the man was taken into custody on Wednesday in Margate, 7...
ABC 7 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:49:44 -0400

B RUSSELS, Aug 6, 2008 (AFP) - Belgian-French banking group Dexia on Wednesday reported a 32-percent drop in net profit in the second quarter owing to a poorly performing US bond insurance unit. ...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:02:48 -0400

. What the Tong Sang government and Tahiti's tourism industry are hoping for is that 2009 will be the first of several years of alternate cruising between six months in French Polynesia and six mont...
Pacific Magazine Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:34:31 -0400

F RANKFURT, Aug 7, 2008 (AFP) - Eurozone interest rates will likely remain on hold Thursday as ECB governors get to grips with both rising inflation and a possibility the 15-nation bloc could be headi...
The Tocqueville Connection Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:02:48 -0400

PARIS - French champions Lyon hope to get their quest for an eighth successive Ligue 1 title off to a good start when they host Toulouse on Sunday in the opening round of the season.
Khaleej Times Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:47:54 -0400

-(Dow Jones)- France's government Wednesday unveiled plans to raise state-regulated gas and electricity rates, in a move that one analyst said could be the beginning of the end for below-market powe...
Morning Star Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:25:47 -0400

The spokesman added that the government plans a 6% rise in power tariffs for medium-sized businesses. He also said the average rise in power tariffs, including a 2% rise for households and small bus...
Morning Star Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:25:40 -0400

(GSZ.FR), should be limited to just under a quarter of a euro cent a kilowatt hour, or an average rise of 5% for households heated with natural gas, the statement said. The government has asked the ...
Morning Star Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:25:31 -0400

Fourteen years after the shocking and bloody Rwandan genocide in 1994, a Rwandan independent investigation commission has formally accused France of being directly involved in the killing, putting the...
People's Daily Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:01:26 -0400

PARIS – French President Nicolas Sarkozy's effort to extend France's famously short work week may be beside the point, if a study released Wednesday is anything to go by. The idea of the leis...
San Diego Union-Tribune Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:01:34 -0400

Toulouse defender Herita Ilunga could leave the club after being linked with a move to Newcastle United. Ilunga only moved to Toulouse from St Etienne last summer, but is expected to be a back-up p...
Sky Sports Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:28:52 -0400

Kigali -- France played an active role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, a report unveiled yesterday by the Rwandan government says. The 500-page report alleges France was aware of preparations for the gen...
The Globe and Mail Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:25:35 -0400