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  • Hilton makes boyfriend wear suggestive T-shirt
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    Socialite heiress Paris Hilton made his boyfriend Benji Madden wear a T-shirt with the word 'Obey' written on it and paraded him in front of paparazzi to defuse rumours that he has dumped her.

  • Air France-KLM says ready for stake in new Alitalia company
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    Air France-KLM said Thursday it is ready to take a minority stake in a new company being set up to help relaunch the near-bankrupt Italian flag carrier Alitalia."Air France-KLM confirms...

  • EU leaders considering sanctions against Russia
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    Moscow/paris, (RIA Novosti) European Union countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said Thursday.

  • Russia Urges Eu Not To Impose Sanctions
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    Earlier Thursday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said some EU states were considering imposing sanctions when they held their emergency summit on the Georgian crisis in Brussels on Monday.

  • New model determines when conservationists should manage species
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    Canberra, : A research team from Australia, France and the UK has used mathematic modelling to determine when conservationists should manage species.

  • EU mulls action against overcharging mobile operators
    The Tocqueville Connection
    Telecoms specialist Levi Nietvelt at the BEUC European consumers association said that when the EU cap on voice calls was introduced, a lot of operators resorted to billing whole minutes and not the...

  • France says EU considering sanctions against Russia
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    European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Thursday.

  • French bank profits hit by economic slowdown
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    Weak second-half earnings reported by major French banks on Thursday showed them now suffering from an economic slowdown in addition to further losses from the US subprime mortgage crisis. France's...

  • Sarkozy unveils new capital gains tax to fund welfare
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    I will finance this new RSA by creating an extra tax of 1.1 percent ... on revenues from inheritance and investments, said Sarkozy in the town of Change in northwest France.



  • Poland, Baltic state presidents call snap Georgia meeting
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    The presidents of Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Estonia and Latvia's prime minister visited Georgia shortly after the start of the crisis expressing their support and asking Russia to...

  • EU appeals against WTO banana rulings
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    Although the United States does not export bananas to the EU itself, three of the largest producers with plantations in Latin America are - Chiquita, Del Monte and Dole.

  • Veolia Plans To Sell Two French Dalkia Units - CGT Union
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    Veolia declined to comment. The two units are Clemessy, an electrical installations business with 5,000 French staff, and Crystal, a climate engineering operation employing 750, the CGT said in a...

  • French Banks Stung By Further Credit Crisis Losses
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    Dow Jones) -- France's third- and fourth-largest banks reported slumping results from the credit crunch on Thursday, with Credit Agricole revealing a 94% profit drop...

  • EU Considering Sanctions Against Russia
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    ... shrugged off the threat of sanctions, saying it was made "just because they're upset that the 'little pet' of certain Western capitals didn't fulfill their expectations." Lavrov suggested the...

  • France says sanctions considered against Russia
    The Star
    European Union leaders are considering imposing sanctions against Russia ahead of a summit on Monday to discuss the situation in Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner...

  • In Brussels, French elite find favorable real estate values
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    Brussels : In much of the French-speaking world, the acronym Sans Domicile Fixe. But in Brussels, the letters have come to refer to a certain sector of the city's...

  • France ready to impose sanctions on Mauritania junta
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    France said on Thursday it was ready to impose sanctions against members of Mauritania's new ruling junta after it failed to release ousted president Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh...

  • ECB says money supply growth eased in July
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    Unicredit Markets economist Marco Valli said that with economic growth close to zero and headline inflation beginning to slow, the latest news of a gradual deceleration of growth in money supply and...

  • EU Considering Sanctions Against Russia - France
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    ... is facing an avalanche of condemnation from the West over its decision to recognize the independence of two Georgian secessionist regions at the heart of the conflict that erupted in the ex-Soviet...

  • France to assume responsibilities in Afghanistan
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    French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that France would assume its responsibilities in Afghanistan. "A military withdrawal would be followed by the return of Taliban and al Qaeda...

  • EU countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said on Thursday.
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    Eu countries are considering imposing sanctions on Russia over the Georgia crisis, the French foreign minister said on Thursday. "Sanctions are being...

  • Sales rose in France; Sharp declines in Germany and Italy
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    Eurozone retail sales fell for the third consecutive month in August: Sales rose in France; Sharp declines in Germany and Italy By Finfacts Team 2008 - 9:51:13 AM ...

  • Major TVA nuclear contractor to improve its French facility
    The Tennessean
    French nuclear engineering giant Areva, which is a major TVA contractor, said Wednesday that it will invest about $29.2 million to improve health and environmental monitoring at a reactor complex it...

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