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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Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy?
Time Magazine - Tue Nov 24, 3:39 am ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to move Albert Camus' ashes to the famed PanthÉon in Paris as a way of revering the writer and philosopher. His critics, however, see more tactical motivations
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France's Sarkozy apologises to Ireland, dismisses replay
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Thu Nov 19, 8:11 pm ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy apologised to Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen for France's controversial victory over Ireland in their World Cup play-off on Wednesday, but would not agree to a replay.
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France’s Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to Appear in Woody Allen Movie
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 8:35 am ETNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- France’s First Lady, the model- turned-singer Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, agreed to appear in Woody Allen’s next film, according to an interview on Canal Plus television yesterday.
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Historic sights visited during European trip
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Fri Nov 20, 2:33 pm ETRecently, my students and their parents and I took a trip to Europe.We visited Paris, Avignon, Nîmes and Carcassonne in France and Barcelona, Spain. The highlights of the trip include visits to the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame, Versailles palace and the catacombs in Paris.We also visited some Roman ruins in Nîmes, including a Roman amphitheater where gladiators once fought.In Barcelona ...
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Sarkozy’s Popularity Rating Falls to 36 Percent, Ifop Poll Says
Bloomberg - Sat Nov 21, 11:51 am ETNov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s approval rating fell in November close to the lowest since his 2007 election, an Ifop poll for French newspaper Le Journal du Dimanche showed.
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Brown, Lula, Merkel, Sarkozy Plan to Attend UN Climate Summit
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 10:40 am ETBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will also go to the summit, Michael Helbo , a spokesman for Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen , said today by phone. More leaders will confirm their attendance, Helbo said.
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Rama Yade, the minister who says 'no' to Sarkozy - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 9:12 am ETParis - She is young, black, strikingly attractive and France's most popular politician - but perhaps Sports Minister Rama Yade's most eye-catching feature is that she repeatedly says no to President Nicolas Sark...
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Walkway Over the Hudson will be the “Eiffel Tower of North America”, says chairman
Mid-Hudson News - Thu Nov 19, 6:33 am ETKINGSTON – Could the Walkway Over the Hudson be as much of a draw to the Hudson Valley as the Eiffel Tower is to Paris? Walkway Chairman Fred Schaeffer believes it could.
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Ondimba's Visit to Paris Raises Question on France's Policy Toward Gabon
Voice of America - Wed Nov 18, 6:24 pm ETGabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba is paying a working visit to France this week. Mr. Bongo is expected to lunch with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday, amid criticism that France's old and controversial relationship with Africa has not really changed.
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France Sarkozy: Climate Summit Should Deliver Binding Rules
Nasdaq - Thu Nov 19, 1:17 pm ETBRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- The international summit on climate change in Copenhagen in December must deliver a political agreement that contains precise CO2 emission reduction targets and binding rules, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday.
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TEAM PROFILE: Stop-start France looking to ignite in South Africa
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Nov 24, 1:11 am ETParis - After an eventful and controversial qualifying campaign, France head to South Africa in 2010 hoping to put the disappointment of losing in the final to Italy last time around in Germany behind them. Against all the odds, Raymond Domenech is s...
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Camus children torn over possible transfer of author to Pantheon in Paris
Sun-Sentinel - Mon Nov 23, 12:04 pm ETPARIS (AP) — Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.
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France, Belgium, GDF-Suez Sign Convention On Power Supply
Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 10:17 am ETPARIS -(Dow Jones)- France, Belgium and French utility GDF Suez SA (GSZ.FR) said Tuesday they signed a three-party convention to ensure the continuity and security of power supply in France and Belgium.
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France's Domenech says he never thought of quitting
Sports Illustrated - Tue Nov 24, 2:04 pm ETPARIS (AP) -- France coach Raymond Domenech says he never thought about quitting despite being heavily criticized by fans.
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Cason Point: New indicator attempts to gauge our gratitude
Ventura County Star - Sat Nov 21, 7:29 pm ETThis Thanksgiving I know what I am thankful for. The French. You, no doubt, were thinking the same thing. The latest news out of Paris is most amusing. And couldn’t we all use une ha-ha about now?French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed that instead of measuring the national well-being by its gross domestic product, he wanted an indicator that gauged the happiness quotient of his ...
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