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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France's Maxime Mermoz withdraws from NZ test
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 23, 10:11 am ETFrance center Maxime Mermoz has pulled out of Saturday's rugby test against New Zealand with a thigh injury and will be replaced by veteran winger Cedric Heymans. Mermoz has a right thigh strain and will be rested, the French rugby team's press officer Lionel Rossigneux said Monday. France is looking for its third straight win when it plays the All Blacks at Marseille's Stade Velodrome,...
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Vivendi issues euro1.2 billion in bonds
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 2:59 pm ETFrance's Vivendi SA said Tuesday it has issued euro1.2 billion in bonds. The Paris-based media and entertainment giant said the two-part bond issue aims to "increase the average maturity of the debt ... and to maintain a good balance between bonds and credit lines."
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Clint Eastwood honored in France
UPI - Mon Nov 16, 11:41 am ETPARIS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has presented U.S. actor and filmmaker Clint Eastwood with the Legion of Honor medal for his contribution to cinema.
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WWII Veteran from Wilm. to receive highest honor from France
WECT 6 Wilmington - Tue Nov 24, 3:47 pm ETA WWII Veteran from Wilmington will be one of three to be honored by France.
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NASCAR moves to keep France info from Mayfield's lawyers
USA Today - Tue Nov 24, 5:38 pm ETNASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from the ex-wife ...
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Rugby-France centre Mermoz out of New Zealand test
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 23, 9:11 am ETFrance centre Maxime Mermoz has pulled out of Saturday's test against New Zealand in Marseille because of a sore right thigh muscle, the French team said on Monday.
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French Stocks: Axa, Carrefour, Legrand, Pierre & Vacances
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 1:35 pm ETNov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- France’s CAC 40 Index sank 28.55, or 0.8 percent, to 3,784.62, paring yesterday’s advance. The SBF 120 Index slid 0.7 percent. The following shares rose or fell in Paris. Stock symbols are in parentheses.
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Sarkozy urges Middle East peace talks ahead of Riyadh visit
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 17, 12:00 pm ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived on Tuesday in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King Abdullah after warning of an extremist backlash if Middle East peace talks do not commence soon.
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Irish demand replay with France
Asbury Park Press - Sat Nov 21, 5:56 pm ETDUBLIN — Ireland appealed to France and FIFA on Thursday to replay their World Cup playoff after an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry set up the deciding goal.
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Reburying Albert Camus: A Political Ploy by Sarkozy?
Time Magazine - Tue Nov 24, 12:33 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 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to Appear in Woody Allen Movie
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 8:28 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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Bruni-Sarkozy says 'yes' to Woody film proposal
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 6:46 am ETWoody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
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Brown, Lula, Merkel, Sarkozy Plan to Attend UN Climate Summit
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 22, 10:25 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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Bruni-Sarkozy Says Yes To Woody Allen Film
WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley - 2 hours 29 minutes agoWoody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.
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Varied events accompany Versailles Christmas parade
Lexington Herald-Leader - Wed Nov 25, 1:31 am ETThe 2009 Versailles Christmas parade, "Holiday Memories," will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 5, tra
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