Eiffel Tower's first stairs sold at Paris auction
AP - Mon Dec 14, 2:30 pm ETA section of the Eiffel Tower's original staircase has sold for euro105,400 ($154,380) in an auction of Paris memorabilia.
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Air France A380 suffers new technical glitch
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 15, 11:50 am ETAir France says its only A380 superjumbo jet is grounded in New York because of a technical glitch, its second in less than a month.
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France’s Gas-Tariff Plan to ‘Depoliticize’ Pricing (Update1)
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 11:35 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- France’s plan to cede responsibility for regulated household gas pricing to the energy watchdog will boost transparency and help utilities cover their costs of supply, Altergaz SA Chief Executive Officer Robert Delbos said.
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Illegal Immigration in France: Calais Refugees
Time Magazine - Mon Dec 14, 11:33 pm ETHumanitarian workers are struggling to deal with problems that have been exacerbated by the recent raid near Calais
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Brown, Sarkozy united on new banking rules
FOX 11 Tucson - Thu Dec 10, 6:19 am ETBRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy presented a united front Thursday, agreeing that executive bonuses should be taxed more ahead of the European Union's first streamlined summit.
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France to Digitize Its Own Literary and Historical Works
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 6:38 pm ETThe announcement of a nearly $1.1 billion digitization project underscored the government’s desire to maintain control over French cultural heritage.
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Lourdes' bowling team rolls on despite no-win situation
Poughkeepsie Journal - Tue Dec 15, 3:07 am ETThe Our Lady of Lourdes boys bowlers keep rolling, even though with only three on the roster, the Warriors don't have enough to score as a team and thus are guaranteed to lose every match.
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1 term's enough for France's Carla Bruni
KIFI Idaho Falls - Mon Dec 14, 7:19 am ETFrench first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says it's up to her husband to decide whether to run for a second term in office in 2012 but says "one term would satisfy me."
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Europe November Car Sales Increase 27%, Paced by U.K., France
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 2:35 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- European car sales surged 27 percent in November, more than double the rate of increase posted a month earlier, as vehicle-scrapping incentives boosted demand in the U.K., France and Spain.
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France Would Embrace Siemens Investment in Areva, WSJ Reports
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 1:20 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- France would welcome investment from Germany’s Siemens AG in Areva SA, the state-controlled nuclear engineering group, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Sarkozy calls for tolerance but also cautions Muslims about France's identity
Washington Post - Wed Dec 9, 12:00 am ETPARIS -- Faced with swelling unease over the place of Muslim immigrants in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday for tolerance among native French people but warned that arriving Muslims must embrace Europe's historical values and avoid "ostentation or provocation" in the practice of...
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Chicago Sky selects Courtney Paris in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft
Chicago Tribune - Mon Dec 14, 11:50 pm ETThe Sky selected center Courtney Paris with the fourth pick in the Sacramento Monarchs dispersal draft Monday.
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2010 Scion xB
Carlist - Sun Dec 13, 6:37 pm ETLAS VEGAS, Nev. -- This is wild: It's Saturday evening on The Strip -- that glitter-gulch venue of Las Vegas Boulevard lined with over-the-top resort hotels and casinos sprouting replicas of the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower, the towering campanile from St. Marco's in Venice, even a pyramid from Egypt -- and traffic on the daylight-bright thoroughfare is jamming with way-cool cars pulsating ...
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Sarkozy reacts to minaret ban, asking believers not to be showy
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 7:02 am ETParis - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his first public reaction to the recent Swiss referendum in favour of banning the minaret, on Tuesday urged all believers not to be ostentatious. Christian, Jew or Muslim,... each one must guard against a...
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France Oct Balance Of Payments -EUR4.5B Vs -EUR4.3B In Sep
The Forex Market - Mon Dec 14, 3:09 am ETPARIS (Dow Jones)--France's balance of payments deficit widened in October to EUR4.5 billion from a shortfall of EUR4.3 billion in September, the Bank of France said Monday.
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Sky bound to improve with Paris
Chicago Sun-Times - Tue Dec 15, 1:56 am ETThe WNBA season doesn't start until June, but the Sky already has gotten better for 2010.The Sky chose center Courtney Paris with the fourth pick in the WNBA's dispersal draft of Sacramento Monarchs players Monday. The Monarchs folded in November.The 6-4 Paris, daughter of ex-NFL star Bubba Paris, was selected seventh overall in the 2009 WNBA draft out of Oklahoma and averaged 4.8 points and 4.1 ...
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France unveils 35-bln-euro public spending spree
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Sarkozy pushes for 30 percent emissions cut
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