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French 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.
FRANCE Formal ties eyed with North Korea PARIS | French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy to North Korea said Sunday that he had long talks with officials there about sensitive issues including nuclear proliferation and human rights. Jack Lang, a former French culture minister, returned from a five-day mission to explore possible diplomatic ties between France and the communist country ...
France raised expectations of its rugby clash with New Zealand next week by outgunning Samoa 43-5 at Stade de France on Saturday. The French started their autumn campaign by downing world champion South Africa 20-13 in Toulouse, then debuted two in making a dozen changes and were still too good for Samoa, running in seven tries to one.
Riyadh - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was expected to touch down in Saudi Arabia later Tuesday for an overnight visit to the kingdom. Saudi media said the top item on the agenda of a meeting with King Abdullah would be the stalled Middle East pea...
A marvelous painting of a gourmand at his table hangs in the Musée Carnavalet in Paris -- a portly, pink-faced figure happily gorging on a regal casserole, with a bottle of wine at one elbow and a luscious-looking soufflé at the other. It is traditionally believed to be a portrait of Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent Grimod de la Reynière, an aristocrat notorious in Napoleonic France for gratifying ...
PARIS, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Two former prime ministers recommended Thursday to President Nicolas Sarkozy that France spend $52 billion promoting economic growth.
FIFA said Friday the France v Ireland World Cup playoff would not be replayed despite pleas from the FA of Ireland following a handling offence in the build-up to France's goal in Wednesday's 1-1 draw in Paris.
Racing Metro put the absence of the influential Sebastien Chabal to the back of their minds as they dominated the 'battle of Paris' with a 20-18 victory over Stade Francais on Saturday.
Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, visited Qatar on Wednesday to help efforts to persuade the emirate to set up branches of major French universities and research bodies, an aide said.
France warmed up for their year-ending clash with New Zealand by cantering to a comfortable 43-5 win over Samoa in their second autumn Test match at the Stade de France here on Saturday.
ZURICH — FIFA ruled out the possibility of replaying the disputed France-Ireland World Cup qualifier on Friday, rejecting an Irish appeal to stage the playoff again after Thierry Henry handled the ball to set up the deciding goal in extra time.
* France run in seven tries to crush Samoa 43-5
France and Brazil have adopted a common policy for next week's global warming summit in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday.
PARIS — The first Air France A380 superjumbo took off from Paris on Friday, bound for New York with 380 passengers who had bid a total of $450,000 in a charity auction organized by the airline.
Ireland's government and football association asked for Wednesday's 1-1 draw in the second leg at Stade de France to be replayed. France advanced to next year's World Cup in South Africa 2-1 on aggregate.
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) -- France beat Samoa 43-5 in a rugby union test at Stade de France on Saturday; Scorers: France 43 (Francois Trinh-Duc 2, Dimiti Szarzewski, Vincent Clerc, Yannick Jauzion, Thierry Dusautoir, Benjamin Fall tries; Morgan Parra 4 conversions) def. Samoa 5 (Joe Tekori try). HT: 33-0.
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