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<title>Mary Rose may have sunk by French cannonball in 1545</title>
<description>London, Nov 18 : Academics have found that the ship known as Mary Rose may have been sunk by a cannonball shot by a French warship in 1545.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>French court refuses to annul Muslim</title>
<description>Sydney, Nov 18 : A French appeal court has refused to annul the marriage of a Muslim couple after the husband discovered his bride was not a virgin, the hubby&amp;#039;s lawyer has said.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:00:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Paris Hilton flirts with ex Stavros Niarchos as he plays with her hair</title>
<description>London, Nov 18 : American socialite Paris Hilton was spotted getting real cosy with her ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos as he stroked her hair at a party at Mokai nighclub in Miami on November 15 night. </description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Amalric wanted to be director, not actor</title>
<description>French actor Mathieu Amalric doesn&amp;#039;t care about winning awards because he cares more about being a director.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:01:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>French lawmaker kills girlfriend, self</title>
<description>A lawmaker in the French National Assembly Monday shot to death his mistress before killing himself, a spokeswoman at police headquarters in the eastern city of Metz said.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:01:08 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Former French PM ordered to stand trial</title>
<description>A former French prime minister has been ordered to stand trial over a political smear campaign against Nicolas Sarkozy before he became France&amp;#039;s president, a French judicial official says.Investigatin...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:03:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>English football at risk from French revolution</title>
<description>When Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, addressed the European  Parliament on July 10, before assuming control of the presidency of the  Council of the European Union, he set out the priorities...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:31:47 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>ETA Military Leader Arrested in Southern France</title>
<description>The alleged military leader of the Basque separatist organization ETA was detained in the Pyrenees region of Southern France Monday morning.    The news was announced by the French Minister of Interio...</description>
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<title>French Ex-pm To Appear Before Court Over Smear Campaign</title>
<description>P ARIS, Nov 18, 2008 (AFP) - Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin has been ordered to appear before a court in connection with an alleged smear campaign that targeted President Nicolas S...</description>
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<title>Duran Out, Olofsson In at France</title>
<description>CARR.PA ). On Nov. 18, CEO Jos&amp;eacute;-Luis Duran was ousted in a coup orchestrated by an unlikely pair of investors: French luxury mogul Bernard Arnault and U.S. investment group Colony Capital, whic...</description>
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<title>Bodmer and Delgado laid low for Lyon</title>
<description>Olympique Lyonnais have received a double injury blow, but while forward C&amp;eacute;sar Delgado will only be sidelined for a fortnight due to a groin strain, midfielder Mathieu Bodmer is likely to miss the ne...</description>
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<title>France plays down Taliban threat</title>
<description>MONTLUCON, FRANCE: French Defence Minister Herve Morin dismissed yesterday a threat by the Afghan Taliban to carry out attacks in Paris unless France withdraws its soldiers from Aghanistan.</description>
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<title>Deans tweaks Wallabies scrum for France clash</title>
<description>Australian coach Robbie Deans has made three changes, all in the pack, to his line-up for the Test match against France at the Stade de France on Saturday.  As expected Wycliff Palu comes in at number...</description>
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<title>Worried France to Host Another Financial Summit</title>
<description>German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to make sure aid to the U.S. auto industry will not put Europe&amp;#039;s own auto companies at a competitive disadvantage.Merkel&amp;#039;s comments came at a news confer...</description>
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<title>Two women face off to head French Socialist Party</title>
<description>Paris: The French Socialist Party, the main opposition grouping in France, emerged more divided than ever after a weekend of debate and discussion that failed to yield its next leader.  The party will...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:32:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Lyon complete job to set up Duisburg tie</title>
<description>Olympique Lyonnais booked their place in the UEFA Women&amp;#039;s Cup semi-finals for the second successive season after a 4-1 home win helped them to an emphatic 9-1 overall success against ASD CF Bardolino ...</description>
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<title>France decides not to deport group of 43 Afghans</title>
<description>PARIS : France has rejected a plan to carry out a joint charter flight with Britain to deport to Kabul 43 Afghans found without papers near Calais, officials said Tuesday.  Geoffroy Didier, an adviser...</description>
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<title>Suspected ETA chief handed to French</title>
<description>The suspected leader of the Basque separatist rebel group ETA, arrested in southern France, has been moved to the custody of anti-terrorist police near Paris, the Paris prosecutor&amp;#039;s office says.  ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:59:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>In Strasbourg, Zimbabwe PM-Designate Tsvangirai Seeks EU Assistance</title>
<description>Zimbabwean prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday urged European leaders to boost humanitarian assistance to his impoverished and increasingly hungry country instead of ratcheting up san...</description>
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<title>France Wants Quartet Talks On Mideast</title>
<description>France will hold the rotating presidency of the European Union until December 31, and wants to find a way to push the peace process forward before handing over responsibility to the Czech Republic.</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:59:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France to host economic crisis meeting in January</title>
<description>Global Financial Crisis  Paris, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- France is planning to host a world summit on global economic crisis in January, the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday.  The meetin...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:05:55 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France condemns Moscow syringe attack</title>
<description>French and Russian newspapers have quoted Carine Clement as saying she was attacked with a syringe containing an unidentified liquid in the center of the Russian capital after being approached by two ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:20:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Armstrong Fears for His Safety at 2009 Tour de France</title>
<description>LONDON  Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year. The seven-time Tour champion, who is making a comeback after three years in retire...</description>
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<title>French fondness for farm subsidies falls afoul of&amp;hellip;</title>
<description>CAP ) is being decided this week. Disagreements over how far to go in decoupling subsidies from production have brought current EU president France in for criticism during debate in the European Parli...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:40:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>US has Sun King</title>
<description>French experts said on Tuesday they had proof that the Hope Diamond, a star exhibit in Washington&amp;#039;s Smithsonian Institution, is a legendary gem once owned by King Louis XIV that was looted in the Fren...</description>
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<title>France plans new conference on financial crisis</title>
<description>PARIS (AP) -- France will host a January meeting of world leaders and experts to look for ways out of the global financial crisis, the president&amp;#039;s office said Tuesday.</description>
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<title>France calls for EU to ease up on bailout rules</title>
<description>By RAF CASERTASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER    STRASBOURG, France -- France, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called Tuesday on EU regulators to show flexibility in applying state subsidy...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:30:45 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Taliban threaten France with attacks in video</title>
<description>A Taliban military leader threatened to carry out attacks in Paris unless French troops are pulled out of Afghanistan, in a video broadcast Monday on Al-Arabiya television.The video, which the Dubai-b...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:06:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>UAE Ambassador to France presents accreditation letter</title>
<description>Nov 18, 2008 - 08:37 - WAM Paris, Nov. 18, 2008 (WAM) -- New UAE Ambassador to France, Abdullah Nasir Sultan Al-Amiri, today presented his accreditation letter to the Director of Protocol Department a...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:45:15 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>ING To Delist Shares From Frankfurt, Paris, Swiss Exchanges</title>
<description>-(Dow Jones)- Dutch bank and insurer ING NV (ING) said Tuesday in a  press statement that it intends to concentrate the trading of its, depositary  receipts for, shares on the stock exchanges in</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:42:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Australia make three changes for France clash</title>
<description>LONDON - Australia coach Robbie Deans has made three changes to the side that beat England last weekend for the match against France in Paris on Saturday (2000 GMT).</description>
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<title>France make two changes to starting line-up</title>
<description>Sebastien Tillous-Borde and Sebastien Chabal have been drafted into France&amp;#039;s starting XV for Saturday&amp;#039;s Test against Australia in Paris.  Tillous-Borde comes in at scrum-half for the injured Jean-Bapt...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:03:25 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Australia name side for Paris assignment</title>
<description>Australia have made three changes to their starting XV for Saturday&amp;#039;s Test against France in Paris.  They all come in the forwards as coach Robbie Deans breaks up a pack that performed so well in the ...</description>
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<title>Armstrong afraid of being attacked by crowd at Tour de France</title>
<description>London - Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong says he is afraid of being attacked by spectators if he competes in the 2009 edition of the race. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to enter an unsafe situation b...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:52:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tired of Paris and Britney You</title>
<description>Click here to learn more about Hollywood&amp;#039;s overexposed celebrities at our partner site, Forbes.com.    But Hilton isn&amp;#039;t the only star to have worn out her public welcome. Audiences have tired of Britn...</description>
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<title>Spain Denies Us Intelligence Helped Find Eta Suspect</title>
<description>The NSA, which intercepts and analyses foreign communications, gave the information to Spain&amp;#039;s CNI intelligence service, which forwarded it to the police, said the paper, which did not identify its so...</description>
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<title>The Conference Board France Business Cycle Indicators</title>
<description>France Leading Economic Indicators and Related Composite Indexes for September 2008        NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board reports today that the leading index for France declin...</description>
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<title>French Draft Un Resolution Would Bolster Troops In Congo</title>
<description>The text of the draft also stresses that this temporary increase in personnel aimed at enabling MONUC to reinforce its capacity to protect civilians, to restructure its organization, to reconfigure it...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:10:24 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France calls for troop increase in DR Congo</title>
<description>France is pushing for an increase in the number of United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Fighting between pro-Government and rebel forces in the eastern part of the country has d...</description>
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<title>Covage picks Infinera to deploy nationwide network in France</title>
<description>Covage, a 50:50 joint venture between Axia Networks and VINCI Networks that was set up to explore network opportunities in France, has selected Infinera to supply a DTN optical system for its nationwi...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:53:16 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France to hold new economic-crisis summit in January</title>
<description>Paris - France is planning to hold another international summit on the economic crisis in January, the office of President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Tuesday. Sarkozy and former British prime minister To...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:40:40 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France Turns Shame Into Terror</title>
<description>In 1994, unknown people brought down President Juvenal Habyalimana&amp;#039;s plane killing him instantly. He was returning from Arusha after signing a peace agreement between his government and the Rwanda Pat...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:14:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Many steer clear of downtown Versailles</title>
<description>VERSAILLES &amp;mdash; Traffic is enough of problem in this city of 7,800 that more than half of the respondents in an instant poll taken Monday night acknowledged using side streets between two to five d...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:59:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>French parliament votes to limit tax breaks</title>
<description>By Abdiqani HassanBOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - A Saudi supertanker hijacked by pirates with a $100 million (66.6 million pound) oil cargo in the largest ever such seizure was approaching the north Som...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:08:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>France denies annulment in virginity case</title>
<description>PARIS -- A French appeals court yesterday refused a Muslim man&amp;#039;s request to annul his marriage because he discovered on his wedding night that his bride was not a virgin. The highly politicized case, ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:43:58 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/">The Globe and Mail</source>
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<title>Vieira returns to France squad after nine-month absence</title>
<description>PARIS, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Inter Milan midfielder Patrick Vieira has returned to fitness and is expected to join his national teammates here Wednesday evening as France hosts Uruguay in a friendly, ac...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:43:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Patient Savidan rewarded with France chance</title>
<description>For the first time in his career, Steve Savidan has been soaking up the surroundings of the French international set-up this week, with a first cap possibly beckoning against Uruguay at Stade de Franc...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:22:51 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>One rail strike postponed</title>
<description>TWO unions have postponed a rail strike until Friday night.The Fgaac and CFDT, who had been due to strike today, said that industrial action would be put on hold as discussions with the SNCF continue....</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:09:01 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.connexionfrance.com/">The Connexion</source>
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<title>France moves to raise pilot retirement age despite strike</title>
<description>PARIS: French lawmakers approved today  raising the retirement age of pilots from 60 to 65 despite a four-day strike  that caused havoc for Air France&amp;#039;s operations.    The French Senate  approved the ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:03:36 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/">Times of India</source>
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<title>PETA Urges Bordeaux Jail to Battle Obesity by Placing Inmates on Vegetarian Diet</title>
<description>-- In the wake of the release of 430-lb. inmate Michel Lapointe because he is too fat to fit on prison mattresses, PETA has sent a letter to Bordeaux Jail warden Michel Gagnon urging him to place all ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:01:08 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.peta.org/">PETA</source>
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<title>Taliban claims Afghan ambush that killed 10 French</title>
<description>11/17/2008, 8:27 p.m. EST  BEIJING (AP)  Flooding at a mine in central China killed one miner but rescuers pulled 33 other trapped workers to safety Tuesday after a 23-hour ordeal, a state news ...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:31 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.nj.com/">New Jersey Online</source>
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<title>Aldar sponsors Art Paris Abu Dhabi 2008</title>
<description>Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi&amp;#039;s leading property development, investment and management company is sponsoring Art-Paris Abu Dhabi 2008, the modern and contemporary art fair being held at Emirates Palace...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:45:06 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.ameinfo.com/">AME Info</source>
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<title>Unclaimed roo mysteriously shows up on French road</title>
<description>EVREUX, France -- A young kangaroo mysteriously wandered onto a road in a small northwestern French town on Sunday where he was caught by a local resident, the fire department said.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:49:25 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/">The China Post</source>
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<title>French GDP set to contract by 0.5 percent in last quarter</title>
<description>PARIS -- The French economy is likely to contract by 0.5 percent in the last quarter of the year, the Bank of France forecast in a first estimate on Monday, putting growth for the year at 0.9 percent....</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:50:33 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/">The China Post</source>
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<title>Germany to extradite arrested Rwanda presidential aide to France</title>
<description>responded [AFP report] Monday that Kabuye&amp;#039;s arrest and extradition is in effect putting Rwanda itself on trial and that French officials issued the warrant for political reasons. AP has</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:30:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Status of economy better than forecast, French say</title>
<description>French economic growth may not be as bad as some forecast, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said, while adding that she doesn&amp;#039;t know how long the global economic crisis will last.  &amp;quot;On growth...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:42:29 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.sltrib.com/">Salt Lake Tribune</source>
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<title>French Socialists fail to pick leader at congress</title>
<description>REIMS, France -- France&amp;rsquo;s main opposition party has failed to select a new leader and promote a platform at its annual convention, plunging the party into disarray as it seeks to challenge President...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:48:31 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.chinapost.com.tw/">The China Post</source>
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<title>France unveils plan for solar power development</title>
<description>PARIS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The French government Monday presented details of a plan by 2011 to build at least one solar power plant in each region with a combined strength of 300 megawatts.  &amp;quot;Solar is...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:53:24 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://english.sina.com/">SINA</source>
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<title>Did a French cannonball scupper the Mary Rose New TV show sets out theory</title>
<description>The remains of the Tudor warship Mary Rose as it sits in an atmospherically controlled dry dock in Portsmouth&amp;#039;s historic dockyard. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA   A new and perhaps blindingly obvious expl...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:36:35 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">The Guardian</source>
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<title>French Court Fines Power Grid For Harming Animals</title>
<description>FRANCE: November 18, 2008   PARIS - A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a pr...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:54:55 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.planetark.org/">Planet Ark</source>
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<title>Court restores marriage of non-virgin bride</title>
<description>A Muslim couple whose marriage was annulled on the grounds that the bride had lied about her virginity were yesterday declared &amp;quot;still married&amp;quot; by a French court of appeal.Overturning a decision handed...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:36:50 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">guardian.co.uk</source>
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<title>Paris Las Vegas to Launch 2nd Annual Beaujolais Nouveau Celebration</title>
<description>LAS VEGAS, NV, November 14, 2008. Paris Las Vegas will light the 50-story replica of the Eiffel Tower red at midnight on the morning of Thursday, November 20th to launch the weekend of Beaujolais Nouv...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:46:38 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.hotelexecutive.com/">Hospitality Newswire</source>
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<title>French Wind Farm Firm Theolia Blown Off Course</title>
<description>FRANCE: November 18, 2008   PARIS - French alternative energy firm Theolia announced a strategy turnaround on Monday as it scales down its ambitions and reduces costs to focus on cash generation amid ...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:54:56 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.planetark.org/">Planet Ark</source>
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<title>Eurogroup head raps Sarkozy over economic government idea</title>
<description>Addressing the EU parliament in Strasbourg, Juncker said he was trying, modestly to lead the work of he finance ministers, which Mr. Sarkozy does not think is at a high-enough level.</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:00:51 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.ttc.org/">The Tocqueville Connection</source>
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<title>Fight against terrorism is a battle to restore rights of the Tamil people, says New Envoy to France</title>
<description>Paris, 18 November, (Asiantribune.com): The current military operation to liberate the remaining parts of the Northern province from the clutches of the terrorists is in fact a battle to restore the r...</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:37:33 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.asiantribune.com/">Asian Tribune</source>
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