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 Friday, November 06, 2009
POLICE are trying to track down a security van driver suspected of making off with more than €10m in banknotes in broad daylight.
The incident, one of the biggest French bank robberies in recent year... (read more...) |  'Right to forget' law for web data
Friday, November 06, 2009
WEB users should be given more control over the personal information that sites collect and store about them, a parliamentary committee has recommended.
A group of MPs looking at a proposed law on di... (read more...) |  Nicolas Sarkozy on €21,000 a month
Friday, November 06, 2009
NICOLAS Sarkozy's monthly salary has fallen by 14% this year, suggesting that even the head of state is not immune from the economic crisis.
Figures revealed in parliament yesterday show the French p... (read more...) |  Marseille binmen call off strike
Thursday, November 05, 2009
BINMEN in Marseille have called off their strike and have begun clearing an estimated 10,000 tonnes of rubbish that have piled up on the streets for the past week.
The walkout at private collection f... (read more...) |  Marseille covered by week of rubbish
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
RESIDENTS in Marseille have found themselves surrounded by thousands of tonnes of rubbish as a strike by binmen nears its second week.
Local authorities in the city say the piles of waste lining the ... (read more...) | | | | | |
Regardless, the resolution was won convincingly with 118 nations voting for the report’s adoption. Big News Network.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:02:41 -0500London, November 7 : A bust of Julius Caesar, recovered from the Rhone riverbed, is now on display as part of an exhibition of artefacts discovered in the bed of the Rhone river over the last 20 years, at a museum in southern France. ANI Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:30:02 -0500Paris, November 7 : Mars Express recently flew over the boundary between Kasei Valles and Sacra Fossae and imaged the region, acquiring spectacular views of the chaotic terrain in the area. ANI Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:10:05 -0500Paris, November 7 : Reports indicate that the communications payload for Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, marking a key milestone for the project. ANI Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:10:01 -0500Abu Dhabi, Nov 6 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in 2008, WAM news agency reported. IANS Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:40:04 -0500Chris Cusiter has revealed how it took a while for his Scotland team-mates to process Andy Robinson's new dual-captaincy model. Monday saw Head Coach Robinson announce scrum-half rivals Cusiter and... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:38:16 -0500Constellation Energy Group closed a deal Friday to sell half its nuclear power business to a French utility, one week after Maryland regulators approved the $4.5 billion transaction with conditions.Th... Baltimore Sun Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:06:26 -0500Stirling Mortlock will take no part in Australia's tour of Britain and Ireland after suffering another injury setback. The former Wallabies captain had already been ruled out of the first match aga... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:20:02 -0500Bali, Indonesia - Marion Bartoli had to fight to the finish while Aavane Rezai was untroubled as the French pair won through into the final of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions Saturday. T... Earth Times Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:12:37 -0500A French bank security guard is on the run after vanishing with €11m of cash in his armoured van.The 39-year-old suspect made off with the cash while his two colleagues were collecting more money fr... Breaking News.ie Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:10:30 -0500WASHINGTON – French scientists mixed gene therapy and bone marrow transplants in two boys to seemingly halt a brain disease that can kill by adolescence. The surprise ingredient: They disabled t... The News Tribune Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:25:44 -0500Canterbury survived a late fightback from Wellington to defend their Air New Zealand Cup crown with a thrilling 28-20 win in Christchurch on Saturday. More to follow...The scorers:For Canterbury:Tr... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:44:35 -0500Ireland coach Declan Kidney is considering his front row options against Australia after Marcus Horan was ruled out of action until the New Year. Horan will be unavailable for up to eight weeks aft... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:44:33 -0500By Abdul Hadi Mayar KABUL, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- In a startling statement, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Wednesday that it is difficult for the international coalition "to occupy Afghani... SINA Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:47:10 -0500Sale director of rugby Kingsley Jones says his side lost their opening LV=Cup clash against Newport Gwent Dragons because they did not respect their opponents. The Sharks eventually went down 20-9 ... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:27:25 -0500South Africa assistant coach Dick Muir admitted he had never seen a Springbok front five so comprehensively outmuscled as they were in the shock 22-17 defeat to Leicester on Friday. The Tigers mark... Planet Rugby Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:27:24 -0500LYON, France -- French police are looking for the driver of a security van suspected of driving off with more than 10 million euros (US$14.85 million) after the man vanished, apparently after first cl... The China Post Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:18:20 -0500PARIS - French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with C11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said. Ly... C News Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:45:18 -0500But what about New York’s other boroughs? If they had their own great Avenues of the Elysian Fields, what would they be? Funny, Queens has been thinking the same thing for nearly a century, acco... International Herald Tribune Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:19:05 -0500Published Date: November 07, 2009 PARIS: French state overspending more than doubled in the first nine months of the year because of the economic crisis, officials said yesterday highlighting a budge... Kuwait Times Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:25 -0500-(Dow Jones)- There is no guarantee the final communique of the Group of 20 leading economies finance ministers will mention the issue of climate change, an official from the French finance ministry... Morning Star Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:29:04 -0500Former French president Jacques Chirac and current president Nicolas Sarkozy arrive for a ceremony at the Sorbonne university in Paris yesterday. Photograph: Michel Euler/Reuters... Irish Times Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:49:16 -0500It was sleaze all right, but sleaze of a refined and exclusive kind. Throughout their long heyday, the brothels of Paris were as alluring and luxuriously chic as any gentlemen's club or aristocratic s... The Independent Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:10 -0500PARIS (AP) - French police conducted a nationwide search Friday for a security driver who vanished with euro11 million ($7.4 million) in cash from a bank in the central city of Lyon, authorities said.... Find Law Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:41 -0500The Dragons pushed themselves to the front of the field of the LV= Cup with a 20-9 win over Sale at Rodney Parade on Friday. The Dragons, unbeaten at home since March, took an early lead through a ... Planet Rugby Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:44 -0500Leicester Tigers made history on Friday, beating South Africa 22-17 at Welford Road after a thrilling finale. A Tigers XV shorn of five England players and eight others through injury and unavailab... Planet Rugby Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:47:43 -0500PARIS: France voiced concern Friday over the fate of a Tunisian journalist and vocal critic of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting a woman and faces t... The Daily Star Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:39:08 -0500LONDON: French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde criticized as “over the top” Friday a fellow minister’s comments that Britain’s main opposition party’s EU policies were... The Daily Star Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:38:51 -0500France veteran Patrick Vieira has lashed out after he was left out of Raymond Domenech's squad for the World Cup qualifying play-offs against the Republic of Ireland. The former captain is struggling... RTE Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:13:21 -0500"), has completed the sale of its interest in the Paris Hills Phosphate/Vanadium Property, located in Bear Lake County in Idaho, USA to a subsidiary of Stonegate Agricom Ltd. ("... Market Wire Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:09:53 -0500American Andy Roddick has withdrawn from the Paris Masters tournament starting on Sunday, organisers said. The world number six is nursing a knee injury that forced him to retire from the Shanghai Ma... ABC Australia Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:57:20 -0500Computer giant Apple Inc will open its first French store beneath the Louvre museum on Saturday just two weeks. Apple has placed its first store in a prized position in the bowels of the Louvre museum... World Bulletin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:01 -0500Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Paris next week on different days for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, officials said on Friday. F... World Bulletin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:59 -0500Laying on of Hands at Shekinah Glory Evangelical Group Meeting, 29 May 2008, Paris, France. Photograph: © Philippe Lissac/Godong/Corbis As the piano strikes up, the congregation sways, palms to the... The Guardian Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:39:17 -0500PARIS (Reuters) - The last two tickets to the World Tour finals are still to play for at the Paris Masters tournament starting on Sunday, with Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Spaniard Fernando Verdasco... Reuters Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:18:38 -0500PARIS - Disabled with severe cerebral palsy, 32-year-old Anne Lamic spends her days in southeastern France mostly in bed, surrounded by stuffed animals and dolls. She cannot speak or walk, and she so... Star Tribune Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:15:28 -0500Martin Johnson insists England have banished their disciplinary problems and are ready to show just how far they have advanced in the last 12 months against Australia on Saturday. England were auth... Planet Rugby Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:55 -0500England prop Phil Vickery will miss the start of the Six Nations despite undergoing successful neck surgery earlier this week. The Wasps front row requires a minimum three months of rehabilitation ... Planet Rugby Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:12:54 -0500Abu Dhabi, Nov 6 : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in 2008, WAM news agency reported... New Kerala Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:11:49 -0500AFP, PARIS Saturday, Nov 07, 2009, Page 18 Patrick Vieira has failed to impress France coach Raymond Domenech, who left the Inter midfielder out of his squad for two World Cup qualifying playoff m... Taipei Times Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:30:30 -0500PARIS: France pledged yesterday to help Poland develop nuclear power plants and deepen co-operation on energy policy, a move which could help Poland lessen its dependence on natural gas from Russia.Po... New Zealand Herald Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:37:21 -0500I will press Mahmud Abbas to obstinately continue his work for peace, that is, for the creation of a Palestinian state, Kouchner told a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutog... The Tocqueville Connection Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:18 -0500B RUSSELS, Nov 6, 2009 (AFP) - Belgian commentators on Friday voiced concern at a seemingly unstoppable wave of backing for their country's prime minister Herman Van Rompuy to be offered the new EU pr... The Tocqueville Connection Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:12:17 -0500? Remains of one of the oldest known marsupials have been recovered in Charente-Maritime by a palaeontologist team from the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (CNRS) and the University o... Science Daily Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:10:00 -0500The €9.99 ($14.89) package offers the same features plus access to Deezer's full service on compatible mobile devices, including iPhone, Android devices and some Blackberry devices. Users also ge... Hollywood Reporter Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:04:01 -0500Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged France on Friday not to block Turkey's bid to join the European Union. Davutoglu gave a lecture at the International Diplomatic Academy of Paris on Frida... World Bulletin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:26:29 -0500France's central government budget deficit more than doubled over the first nine months of this year to reach 125.8 billion euros (187.5 billion dollars) due to shrinking tax revenues, the budget mini... Breitbart Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:22:02 -0500 |
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