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 Thursday, February 23, 2012
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A BOY has been bitten on the hand by a Bengal tiger after clambering up on to its trailer as a circus was setting up.
The 12 year old had been out skateboarding with a couple of f... (read more...) |  Crédit Agricole makes first loss
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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FRANCE'S third-largest bank, the semi-cooperative Crédit Agricole, ended 2011 in the red for the first time in its history - losing €1.47 billion over the year and posting a fourth... (read more...) |  Senate throws out VAT hike
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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THE government’s “social VAT” plan has been rejected by the Senate in the latest swipe in the parliamentary ping-pong between the left and right.
It was voted out 174 to 157 – alo... (read more...) |  Property market slows in capital
Thursday, February 23, 2012
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THE property market is slowing down in Paris and Ile-de-France.
According to a study by property website meilleursagents.com the time taken to sell properties has “doubled” compar... (read more...) |  Village on sale for €330,000
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
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AN ABANDONED village is on sale in the Haute-Vienne – for €330,000.
Anyone interested in becoming the new owner of Courbefy has just 10 days to make up their mind, after which it ... (read more...) | Mademoiselle title to vanish
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | Bardot calls on mayors to be brave
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | Less spent on health insurance
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 | November 11 is Remembrance Day
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 | Nice to have smoke-free beach
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 |
Real Madrid will be without French striker Karim Benzema for around three weeks after he picked up a groin injury in his side's 1-1 draw away to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League Tuesday. IANS Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:50:03 -0500A Russian couple engaged in a drunken brawl with French police on board a Brazil-bound plane in Paris, a media report said. IANS Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:30:06 -0500Top secret documents, which contained classified information related to British drones, were stolen by two men at the Gare du Nord station in Paris. ANI Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:20:21 -0500Halle Berry's fiance Olivier Martinez will soon be unveiling a fine dining restaurant in Miami, Florida that will serve French and Italian cuisine. ANI Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:50:34 -0500Marie Colvin, a reporter with the British daily Sunday Times, and a French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed in Syria's besieged city of Homs, the Sun reported Wednesday. IANS Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:20:50 -0500Benot Cheyrou told UEFA.com that Olympique de Marseille beat FC Internazionale Milano with an "Italian-style performance" while match-winner Andr Ayew hailed the home ... UEFA Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:22:51 -0500ABU DHABI // After being left out from the Olympic team's line-up against Australia, Hamdan Al Kamali returns to France this morning with the hope of winning a place in the Lyon side in Ligue 1 ... The National Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:21:57 -0500Basel keeps upsetting some of European soccer's biggest powers. Substitute Valentin Stocker scored in the 86th minute, giving the Swiss team a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday night in ... The National Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:21:47 -0500Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been freed from French police custody after two days of questioning about an alleged prostitution ring but faces a further grilling next ... The Telegraph Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:18:55 -0500Didier Deschamps, the Marseille manager, probably cursed his luck when the draw was made for the last 16 in December. Inter were fifth in Serie A and enjoying a run of three wins that would stretch ... The Guardian Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:54:00 -0500Andre Ayew gave Marseille a 1-0 win over 2010 champions Inter Milan in their UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg and cast further doubt over Claudio Ranieri's future on Wednesday.There was ... FIFA Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:50:58 -0500This player was created in August 2010 to take advantage of smart player technology. It is used in all embedded video on The Seattle Times as well as outside ... The Seattle Times Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:40:18 -0500In France, a man is a Mr. — or monsieur — all his life, but women are either mademoiselles or mesdames, depending on their marital ... The Seattle Times Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:37:58 -0500The governments of Britain and France are moving forward with plans to acquire a range of unmanned aerial vehicles. Of special short-term interest are medium-altitude, long-endurance vehicles and ... UPI Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:30:25 -0500Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- France Telecom SA, Europe’s highest- yielding former telephone monopoly, cut its dividend forecast and backed off from a promise to buy back shares, as it hoards cash ... Business Week Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:19:21 -0500France , Prime Minister François Fillon ordered the honorific - akin to "damsel" and the equivalent of "miss" - banished from official forms and registries. The use of ... New York Times Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:05:03 -0500The US-born Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik have been killed by shelling in the Syrian city of Homs. A veteran war correspondent, Colvin worked for the ... guardian.co.uk Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:59:27 -0500The president of the Turko-French inter-parliamentary friendship group, who resigned due to intense pressure from the Turkish public following the passage of a bill through the French lower house of ... Turkish Press Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:33:21 -0500Excerpts: Iran to expand nuclear program. Iran wants talks. Iran halts oil to Britain and France February 20, 2012 +++SOURCE: Saudi Gazette 20 ... IMRA Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:07:06 -0500A prostitute has claimed that Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to get her a visa to work in the US during his time as head of the International Monetary Fund, it has ... The Telegraph Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:28:09 -0500A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A-’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" to Assurances Mutuelles de France (AM), ... Insurance Journal Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:59:24 -0500The business of Nascar is getting back on track after a multiyear slide that saw many sponsors and fans abandon the sport. TV ratings rose 10% in 2011, attendance at the track stabilized and ... Forbes Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:52:23 -0500French police released former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Wednesday after nearly 30 hours in custody for questioning about a suspected hotel prostitution ... The Seattle Times Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:35:43 -0500MARSEILLE, France — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open 13 by beating Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 6-2 Wednesday. The top-seeded Frenchman did not face a break point, winning ... The Seattle Times Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:31:24 -0500Internazionale Andre Ayew scored with the last touch of their Champions League clash to inflict a fourth straight defeat on Inter Milan and pile the pressure on coach Claudio Ranieri.Inter were ... Soccernet Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:26:13 -0500American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces hit the house they were ... RTB News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:25:07 -0500A picture taken on September 27, 2007 shows French film legend and animal rights activist Brigitte Bardot posing at the Elysee palace in Paris after a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. ... Canada.com Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:15:29 -0500LILLE, France -- Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was freed from a French police station on Wednesday after two days of questioning about a series of sex parties. Prosecutors said that Mr. ... National Post Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:10:31 -0500Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, shown in a tournament last November, was among second-round winners Wednesday at the Open 13 tournament in France. Tsonga is the No. 1 seed for the event. UPI/David ... UPI Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:08:36 -050022 February 2012 During the assault on the rebel stronghold in the district of Bab Amr in Homs, the Syrian army took more than 1,500 prisoners, mostly foreigners. Of these, a dozen French nationals ... Infowars Ireland Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:53:21 -0500Bashar al-Assad .Their deaths came on a day in which, according to activists, more than 80 people were killed in the besieged district of Bab al-Amr in the city of Homs, which has been under daily ... guardian.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:42:51 -0500World Press Photo award for Battle for Libya , his series from the Libyan uprising.Born in Lorraine in the east of France, Ochlik had always wanted to be a war photographer. He made his name aged ... guardian.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:42:44 -0500PARIS — Winemakers from Yamanashi Prefecture held their first tasting event of the Koshu variety Monday in Paris, winning high acclaim from local sommeliers for their extremely delicate ... Japan Times Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:36:28 -0500) as French policy leaders indicated their intention to continue a ban on genetically modified corn crops in 2012. The French Environment Ministry is asking the European Union to terminate use of ... Nasdaq Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:12:16 -0500WAM Al Ain, Feb 22th, 2012 (WAM) -- French Ambassador to UAE Alain Azouzou has hailed the bilateral cooperation between UAE and France describing it a long standing bond. Delivering a cultural ... WAM Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:45:35 -0500Forget what you learned in French class about "madame" and "mademoiselle." The French government now says women’s marital status shouldn’t matter, at least when it ... Globe and Mail Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:10:45 -0500Gender-bending model Andrej Pejic has scored his first major men's beauty campaign for Jean Paul Gaultier. But has he been cast as a boy, or a ... The Telegraph Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:09:43 -0500News ) said Wednesday it intends to adjust its shareholder remuneration policy, after reporting lower earnings and revenues for both the fourth quarter and full-year 2011. The Paris-based owner of ... RTT News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:04:12 -0500Issue of Khojaly genocide is to be discussed at the National Assembly of France. The statement came from secretary general of the Youth Forum of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Elshad ... News.Az Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:58:01 -0500Most of the Baku residents stand for exclusion of France from the mediators in the Karabakh peace process following the recent adoption by French Senate of the law criminalizing denial of the ... News.Az Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:57:42 -0500(MENAFN) Air France-KLM said that during this summer season, it would limit capacity increases on its flights to 0.6 percent, reported Reuters.The Franco-Dutch airline added that it would reduce ... MENAFN Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:54:19 -0500(MENAFN) French Budget Minister, Valerie Pecresse, said that between 75,000 and 120,000 new jobs would be created in the country following the implementation of the social value-added tax (VAT), ... MENAFN Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:53:49 -0500PARIS -; Forget what you learned in French class about "madame" and "mademoiselle." The French government now says women's marital status shouldn't matter, at least ... CTV Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:36:17 -0500Jean-Francois Cope, secretary- general of the UMP, told CNBC, "the question for us is of course to have a real strategy of reduction of public spending and of our deficit and this is the main ... CNBC Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:30:31 -0500A new circular from the prime minister's office orders officials to phase out the use of mademoiselle on administrative documents. Until now, a woman has been required to identify herself as a ... The Independent Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:11:08 -0500Chief Executive Stephane Richard told Reuters in an interview. "The economic and competitive environment does not lend itself to major transactions," Richard said on Wednesday. "We ... General Sources Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:01:22 -0500Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- France Telecom SA may spend about $2 billion to buy most of billionaire Naguib Sawiris’s stake in their Egyptian wireless venture and delist the ... General Sources Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:00:41 -0500Senegalese musician Youssou Ndour has called for peaceful protests after the judicial ruling that allowed the president to seek a third term in ... IOL Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:56:00 -0500PARIS - General Motors is in talks about a possible tie-up with the French automaker P. S. A. Peugeot Citroën, a French government official said ... International Herald Tribune Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:51:15 -0500Coco Chanel in 1937. Mademoiselle was the preferred form of address for the French couturier, who died aged in 1971. Photograph: Lipnitzki/Roger Viollet/Getty ... guardian.co.uk Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:42:44 -0500Euthanasia has become a leading issue in the French presidential election: President Nicolas Sarkozy opposes its legalization, while Franois Hollande, a Socialist, supports it. Writing in ... Catholic Culture Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:36:01 -0500Beginning this spring, everyone who gets behind the wheel of a car in France will have to have a single-use breathalyzer kit in their car to test their alcohol level before driving off. Don't ... The Triangle Business Journal Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:31:32 -0500The term "mademoiselle" is about to disappear from French paperwork. Under pressure from campaigners, the government has decided that women will not have to choose how to describe ... BBC Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:28:51 -0500AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday when rockets fired by government forces ... Baltimore Sun Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:47 -0500PARIS — French police interrogated former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for a second day Wednesday in a probe into a suspected hotel prostitution ring in France and ... Deseret News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:27:41 -0500The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Jean de Gliniasty, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ... Neftegaz Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:06:31 -0500CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban; Urges FTC Action in the US WASHINGTON - August 19 - Yesterday, ... progressive newswire Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:56:26 -0500Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer ... afrol News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:50:23 -0500The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of ... afrol News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:50:05 -0500Sacre bleu! Supermodel, first lady, fashion plate, psychology devotee, pop and political paramour caught in grey-sweatshirted reality TV-viewing shocker! For, in a move that must be regarded as ... The Telegraph Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:33:48 -0500Certainly, the recognition of the Khojaly genocide by the Turkish parliament may have a great political significance. First of all, the political assessment of this genocide by the Turkish ... News.Az Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:22:36 -0500UK News: London, A French council has banned the word "Mademoiselle" the term, which is the French equivalent of "miss" from official documents as they feel it discriminates ... KeralaNext Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:13:58 -0500Six Nations matches . The 23-year-old Clermont star, who will win his 37th cap in Edinburgh, believes the Scots had come such a long way in recent years that he would not rule them out of ending a ... General Sources Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:32:36 -0500 |
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