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FRANCE: French-born Algerian 'wrong type' to head discrimination watchdog
France News Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:41:18 +0000
A candidate to head France's discrimination watchdog is "the wrong type of person" because of his Algerian roots and left-wing views, according to Gérard Longuet, a senior member of France's right-wing ruling UMP party.
FRANCE: Did the CIA poison a French town with LSD?
France News Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:08:10 +0000
A US journalist claims the CIA conducted secret experiments with LSD on the inhabitants of the French town of Pont-Saint-Esprit in 1951 resulting in a mysterious mass poisoning that led to psychotic episodes and five deaths.
FRANCE: Prime minister denies rift with President Sarkozy
France News Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:50:53 +0000
Media reports say French President Nicolas Sarkozy recently locked horns with his popular PM François Fillon, reports Fillon denies. But as Sarkozy’s ratings plummet, the reports could affect the ruling party’s chances in the upcoming regional poll.
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DEFENCE: Pentagon's alleged preference for US bids to have 'consequences'
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:36:05 +0000
EU suspicions that the Pentagon gave priority to a US manufacturer's bid for a tanker jet contract over European rivals was a serious matter that would have "consequences", France's minister for Europe, Pierre Lellouche, said on Wednesday.
FRANCE: Study shows how downloaders skirt anti-piracy laws
France News Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:28:04 +0000
A study on the effects of a French law aimed at reducing Internet piracy has shown that canny "pirates" have plenty of ways to bypass legislation.
FRANCE: Far-Right election poster ‘insults’ Algeria
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:20 +0000
France’s far-right Front National has upset Algeria, a former French colony, in its latest election poster denouncing "Islamism" and featuring a map of France decked in the North African country’s national flag.
FRANCE: Sarkozy ‘works up a sweat’ in faltering campaign
France News Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:35 +0000
Members of France's opposition have blasted President Nicolas Sarkozy’s involvement in the regional elections, claiming Sarkozy is over-stepping his mandate. Political analyst Stephane Rozes explains what is at stake for the embattled president.
FRANCE: Iranian assassin Ali Vakili Rad's parole ruling postponed until May
France News Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:01:17 +0000
A French judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to grant assassin Ali Vakili Rad parole until May. Rad was convicted of the 1991 murder of a former Iranian prime minister outside of Paris.
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FRANCE: Sarkozy urges international finance for nuclear energy
France News Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:33:02 +0000
France's Sarkozy Monday urged international financial institutions to help countries develop nuclear energy. Around 60 nations, including Syria and Libya, are attending a conference on harnessing nuclear energy in Paris
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IMMIGRATION: Moroccan domestic violence victim can return to France
France News Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:33:28 +0000
Speaking on International Women’s Day, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would welcome back a Moroccan teen without papers (pictured) who was deported after she went to the French police to file a domestic violence complaint.
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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: Female candidates show their mettle ahead of regional elections
France News Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:46:59 +0000
A proud day for French President Nicolas Sarkozy after one of his female ministers won a karate championship and another busted a café where the owner let his customers smoke inside: good PR for the government on International Women’s Day.
FRANCE: Total announces closure of Dunkirk refinery
France News Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:32:22 +0000
French oil giant Total has announced the closure of its Dunkirk refinery but vowed to protect workers, for whom it plans restructuring measures including a new fuel depot and training centre.
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RFI - FRANCE: Freak snow storm covers southern France
France News Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:54:20 +0000
Eight of France's departments were placed on snow alert Monday morning, when an unusually late cold snap caused heavy snowfall in the south of the country.Authorities are advising people not to travel, after around 250 motorists had to be towed from snow-blocked roads.
French politician brings Paris glamour to Iraq vote
France News Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:45:59 +0000
<p>Rachida Dati, the first Muslim woman to hold a top job in the French government, brought a touch of Parisian glamour on Saturday to Iraq's elections with a stroll along the Tigris river in Baghdad.</p><p>Dati was in the Iraqi capital in her capacity as a European MP observing the elections to help ensure the second parliamentary vote since Saddam Hussein's ouster in 2003 is free and fair.</p>
Sarkozy announces loans for crisis-hit French farmers
France News Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:05:54 +0000
<p>French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Saturday an extra 800 million euros in subsidised loans for farmers hit by the financial crisis, taking to 1.8 billion euros a package for the sector.</p><p>"The money will be there to finance everything to allow you to tide over the financial crisis," he said at the Paris agricultural show during a round table meeting with farmers' unions.</p><p>"I will do for the French agriculture sector -- a strategic and key sector -- what we have tried to do for the financial crisis," he said.</p>
FRANCE: Prime minister attends mass for victims of storm Xynthia
France News Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:54:17 +0000
French Prime Minister François Fillon joined mourners at a mass in the cathedral of Luçon on Thursday and gave a brief speech in honour of the 53 people killed by last week’s storm Xynthia, 29 of whom died in the hard-hit Vendée region.
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ECONOMY: Sarkozy says state to lead French industrial renaissance
France News Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:31:06 +0000
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy harked back to the best tradition of French dirigisme on Thursday as he unveiled policies aimed at tightening the government’s hold on state companies and reversing the decline of French industry.
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Australia iron ore, coal exports hit record: official data
France News Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:26:02 +0000
<p>Australian exports of iron ore and coal hit record levels in the final quarter of last year thanks to strong demand from Asia, official figures showed.</p><p>Iron ore exports reached 98 million tonnes and coal shipments passed 74 million tonnes, mainly to South Korea, Japan and China, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) said.</p><p>"The record volumes of bulk commodity exports in the December quarter were underpinned by demand from steel mills and power stations in Japan, the Republic of Korea and China," said ABARE deputy executive director Paul Morris.</p>
Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:46:10 +0000
<p>The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others.</p><p>In its 2009 report on human rights abuses worldwide, the State Department highlighted how the Internet has become a battleground for supporters and opponents of fundamental rights like freedom of expression and assembly.</p>
All Black Ellison heading to Japan: report
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:46:37 +0000
<p>All Black utility back Tamati Ellison has turned his back on next year's Rugby World Cup to take up a lucrative contract in Japan, a report said Friday.</p><p>The 26-year-old, who plays for the Wellington Hurricanes in the Super 14, will leave for Japan when the competition ends in late May, the Dominion Post newspaper said.</p><p>Ellison's agent Bruce Sharrock confirmed the move, saying he had made the decision for the right reasons, the newspaper said.</p>
US lawmakers urge Obama to save NASA moon program
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:46:33 +0000
<p>A group of US lawmakers Thursday urged the US administration to save NASA's Constellation project aimed at returning Americans to the moon in the next generation of space travel.</p><p>"Space exploration has been the guiding star of American innovation," the lawmakers -- 10 Republicans and five Democrats -- said in a letter to the NASA administrator Charles Bolden.</p><p>"It is imperative that the United States remain the world's leading spacefaring nation," they added.</p>
US household wealth jumps for first time since recession
France News Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:26:07 +0000
<p>American household wealth jumped in 2009 for the first time since a brutal recession struck the country, underscoring the impact of an economic recovery, data from the central bank showed Thursday.</p><p>The net worth of US households -- the difference between their assets and liabilities -- stood at 54.18 trillion dollars at the end of last year, a 5.4 percent increase from the previous year, the Federal Reserve said.</p>
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