Skeptics question French President Sarkozy's Facebook post suggesting he saw Berlin Wall fall
Sun-Sentinel - Mon Nov 9, 1:20 pm ETPARIS (AP) — Where was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell?
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New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorcés
The Jackson Sun - Sun Nov 8, 7:56 pm ETPARIS — The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair. In France, nearly one out of two marriages ends in divorce, according to the country’s National Institute of Demographic Studies.
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Chirac's memoirs show restraint on Sarkozy
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 3, 11:55 am ETFormer French President Jacques Chirac released his memoir Tuesday, calling his successor Nicolas Sarkozy "nervous, in a hurry, ready for action" _ comments notable for their restraint given the two men's tense relations. Commentators eagerly pored over the... Nicolas Sarkozy - Jacques Chirac - United States - Dominique de Villepin - France
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Nadal happy to be back in Paris
AP via Yahoo! Sports - 52 minutes agoRafael Nadal returns to Paris for the first time since his fourth-round exit at the French Open. Nadal says he is happy to return to a city where he won the Grand Slam four times. He says he doesn't hold a grudge toward the French crowd, who mostly supported Robin Soderling in the upset of Nadal in May.
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Divorce fair held in Paris
WABC-TV New York - Sun Nov 8, 1:59 pm ETA new fair in Paris targeted France's 260,000 annual divorces.
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Rugby-South Africa team to play France
Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - 2 hours 53 minutes agoSouth Africa coach Peter de Villiers on Tuesday named the following team for the international against France in Toulouse on Friday.
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France's Nuclear Reputation Takes More Hits
IEEE Spectrum - Mon Nov 9, 4:40 pm ETThe French nuclear industry is accustomed to getting high marks from critical observers, whether trade journalists, business school scholars, or historians like Gabrielle Hecht, author of The Radiance of France . The country’s standardized method of designing and building reactors, its national commitment to this one technology in particular, and the country's well-known traditions of scientific ...
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Davydenko through in Paris, closer to London
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 6:54 am ETRussia's Nikolay Davydenko eased into the third round at the Paris Masters by beating Germany's Benjamin Becker on Tuesday and took a step closer to securing an ATP World Tour Finals place in the process.
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S.Africa rugby XV to play France named
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 6:58 am ETSouth Africa coach Peter de Villiers has made four changes to his starting lineup for the Test match against France in Toulouse on Friday night.
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France's Kouchner urges Abbas not to step down
AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 6:20 am ETFrance's foreign minister on Tuesday urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas not to step down and vowed to press that point during a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories in the coming days.
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Berlin Rebuffs Sarkozy's Attempts To Deepen Franco-German Cooperation
Free Internet Press - Tue Nov 3, 5:11 pm ETFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is trying to play up France's friendship with Germany, partly in an attempt to distract attention from domestic issues. But officials in Berlin fear that the problems between the two countries are actually increasing.
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In the land of the Snow King: France's ski resorts
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 9, 10:20 pm ETParis - France was once home to the Sun King Louis XIV but if you go to the French Alps you may feel as if you are in the land of the Snow King as between Les Menuires and Tignes there is a wintersport paradise with hundreds of pistes that lead down ...
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France says force not option for Iran
UPI - 58 minutes agoPARIS, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The French foreign minister Tuesday dismissed a military option to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis, saying resorting to force would be catastrophic.
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Blake beats Santoro in Paris Masters' first round
Sports Illustrated - Sun Nov 8, 11:49 am ETPARIS (AP) -- James Blake of the United States has beaten Fabrice Santoro of France 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Paris Masters.
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France Marks Anniversary Of Berlin Wall's Fall
NPR - Tue Nov 10, 5:33 am ETSome of the most spectacular celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall took place on Monday night...in Paris. It was seen by many observers as an attempt by the French to make up for their distinct lack of enthusiasm for German unification 20 years ago. As the Wall fell in 1989, the French government was deeply concerned by the specter of resurgent German power.
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France plans to cut powerful judges down to size
FOX 12 Idaho - Thu Nov 5, 8:19 am ETFrance's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand...
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