Sarkozy wants Camus in Pantheon
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 3:44 pm ETPARIS, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy is pressing to re-inter the remains of Albert Camus, one of France's greatest 20th-century writers, in the Pantheon in Paris.
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Sarkozy Wins Bid to Install Ally as EU Financial-Services Chief
Bloomberg - 1 hour 10 minutes agoNov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy won his bid to install an ally as the European Commission’s next financial-services regulator, fueling British concern that traders and hedge funds will face stricter rules.
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UN, France push climate at Commonwealth summit
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 11:09 pm ETUN chief Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are to fire early shots in a global climate debate to start in earnest next month by dominating a Commonwealth summit opening in Trinidad on Friday.
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Sarkozy, Lula Seek Financial Tax to Aid Environment (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 27, 6:50 am ETNov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said they will seek an international tax on financial transactions with proceeds going to an environmental fund.
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Sarkozy hails US, Chinese climate proposals
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 6:20 pm ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil Thursday for a one-day meeting on climate change and Amazon forest conservation, hailed new US and Chinese proposals on combating global warming as "extremely encouraging."
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Sarkozy, Amazon leaders to issue rainforest plea
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 26, 4:35 pm ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Brazil Thursday to urge nations straddling the Amazon basin to adopt tough measures to combat climate change and preserve rainforests.
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Sarkozy, Lula to Seek International Financial Transactions Tax
Bloomberg - Thu Nov 26, 5:14 pm ETNov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, said they will propose an international tax on financial transactions with proceeds going to an environmental fund.
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Sarkozy Welcomes U.S., China Climate-Change Proposals
INO News - Fri Nov 27, 2:10 am ET(RTTNews) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has welcomed the new U.S. and Chinese proposals on combating global warming, calling them as "extremely encouraging" in making the Copenhagen Climate-Change summit a success.
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to Star in Woody Allen Film
Showbiz Spy - Fri Nov 27, 4:25 am ETCARLA Bruni-Sarkozy — the woman who’s married to French President Nicolas Sarkozy — is set to star in Woody Allen’s new film. The French First Lady has accepted Woody’s offer to appear in his as-yet untitled project, but admits she could be “completely useless”. Woody first approached Carla last year after he met the supermodel-turned-singer and told [...]
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France hopes for better trade links to China
INO News - Fri Nov 27, 7:27 am ET(AP:PARIS) China said Friday that restored political contacts at the highest level with France means economic relations, which some feared could be hurt by recent diplomatic tensions, can improve.
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US, China climate proposals 'encouraging': Sarkozy
INDOlink - Thu Nov 26, 11:48 pm ETManaus (Brazil), Nov 27 (AFP) New US and Chinese proposals on combating global warming are "extremely encouraging" French President Nicolas Sarkozy said at a one-day climate change meeting here.
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Georgian Foreign Minister says he will press France for security guarantees
Sun-Sentinel - Thu Nov 26, 7:49 am ETPARIS (AP) — Georgia is very worried about the possible sale of French warships to Russia and intends to press the issue of security guarantees in France, the country's foreign minister said Thursday.
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France-Russian deals called breakthrough in economic relations
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours 42 minutes agoRAMBOUILLET, France — Russian businesses and the government signed at least 25 agreements with French companies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Friday, proclaiming "a real breakthrough" in economic relations between the two nations.
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Russia's Putin: France backs South Stream pipeline
San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Nov 27, 5:09 am ETFrench electricity giant EDF will join Russia's Gazprom in supporting the South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Friday. The announcement came amid talks Putin is holding with French officials on expanding... Prime minister - Vladimir Putin - Russia - France - Business
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Russian PM Putin in France for economic talks
Newsday - Fri Nov 27, 6:21 am ETPutin in France seeking greater French investment in Russian economy
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Putin in France for economic talks
Newsday - Fri Nov 27, 6:06 am ETPrime Minister Vladimir Putin in France seeking greater French investment in Russian economy
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