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Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich banned for 2 years

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:30:09 -0500

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich was Thursday banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for two years and stripped of his third-place finish in the 2005 race for blood doping.

Eva to play lead in '300' sequel

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:20:22 -0500

French actress Eva Green has been signed on to play the lead in "300" sequel.

29th annual French Quarter fest comes April 12-15

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:10:07 -0500

By STACEY PLAISANCEAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Just shy of its 30th year, the French Quarter Festival has grown into one of the largest free music festivals in the country. When the ...

Nicolas Sarkozy unveils series of right-wing social policies

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:02:55 -0500

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled a series of conservative social reforms on Thursday, including plans to force the jobless to accept offers of work, just days before he is due to ...

French Senate votes over Armenia genocide

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:40 -0500

French senators on Tuesday passed a bill outlawing the denial of the Armenian genocide, with a seething Turkey slamming the move and warning of consequences while Armenia hailed a day "written ...

Baku doubts Paris’ role

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:35:39 -0500

Azerbaijan considers ending France's position in the Minsk Group, charged with the task of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh problem, saying that Paris' neutrality is in question, Ambassador ...

France’s Sarkozy calls on Turkey to ‘face its history’

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:35:31 -0500

Turkey to "face its history" in reference to Armenian genocide claims stemming from the 1915 incidents.France collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, but it later faced up to that ...

Jay-Z and Kanye West's 'Paris' video

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:16:16 -0500

The great thing about Jay-Z and Kanye West's new "Good Friends in Paris"* video is that it accurately captures the dizzying thrill of their "Watch the Throne" tour, which I ...

an enticing behind-the-scenes look at Paris cabaret

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:14:26 -0500

When he last made a movie in Paris, master documentarian Frederick Wiseman created a delicate ode to the art of ballet with 2009's "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet." Now he's ...

Spain protests over French drug cheat skits

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:36 -0500

France Spain has launched a diplomatic protest over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied tennis great Rafael Nadal is a drug cheat."I spoke last night and this morning with our ...

French Leaders Visit Congress

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:28 -0500

In a display of bilateral engagement on Capitol Hill in Washington, French policymakers and members of the Congressional French Caucus convened two roundtable discussions on February 7 to trade best ...

French, U.S. Commerce Chiefs Meet

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:12:26 -0500

Frdric Lefebvre, French Commerce Minister Meets with Acting U.S. Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Washington, February 9, ...

Out-of-sorts Bartoli reaches Paris quarter-finals

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:40 -0500

Home favourite Marion Bartoli shook off some first-set rustiness to defeat Croatian Petra Martic 7-5, 6-1 here on Thursday and take her place in the WTA Paris Open ...

France turns to Grand Slam-winning halfbacks

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:49:27 -0500

LONDON (AP)—His hand forced by necessity, France coach Philippe Saint-Andre will turn to the halfback combination that carried the team to its last Six Nations Grand Slam against Ireland on ...

Guerlain perfumer regrets 'imbecilic' remarks, racism trial hears

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:30:03 -0500

French perfumer Jean-Paul Guerlain, centre, told the court he was from another generation and that he deeply regretted his remarks he made in a TV interview. Photograph: Remy De La ...

'Paris Je t'aime' Producer Settles With 'Love Berlin' Makers

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:28:28 -0500

, would be composed of separate love stories set in a single city, each shot by a different director. Initially the producers of the Berlin film argued their project, which had ...

French presidential rivals shake hands before battle

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:22:21 -0500

Socialist frontrunner Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy have shaken hands at an event attended by France’s political elite. The pair were like best friends on ...

Pospisil to meet Tsonga in Davis Cup opener against France

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:56:51 -0500

VANCOUVER -- Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil will open Canada's Davis Cup World Group tie against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Friday. The draw for the event Thursday also pitted Milos ...

News.va to Open French, Portuguese Editions

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:43:47 -0500

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 24, 2012 (Zenit.org).- The www.news.va Web site will soon be available in French and Portuguese, announced Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, during a press conference today to ...

For a royal film shoot, book Versailles -- where else

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:39:24 -0500

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Air France flights back to normal Friday

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:39:10 -0500

French flag-carrier Air France said it expected its services to return to normal Friday after a four-day strike that saw hundreds of fights cancelled at airports across the country. But the ...

2C warming goal now 'optimistic' - French scientists

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:39:10 -0500

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Earls the only change for France clash

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:39:02 -0500

Declan Kidney has made just one change to his starting XV for Saturday's crucial Six Nations showdown against France at the Stade de France (8pm) with Keith Earls replacing Fergus ...

Nicolas Sarkozy prepares official declaration of candidacy

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:24 -0500

French President Nicolas Sarkozy took another big step towards confirming he will stand for re-election on Thursday, taking a populist turn with promises of referendums on jobs and ...

French parfumier Guerlain on trial over 'race slurs'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:23 -0500

Asked in an October 2010 interview about how he created the Samsara scent, Mr Guerlain replied using a racial slur - the French term ...

the fashionable way to fake it in the bedroom

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:22 -0500

A tidal wave of excitement no doubt swept through the label-loving locales of Marbella, Miami and Essex last night when news that Louis Vuitton had launched a range of condoms went 'viral' ...

Kerber sets up Sharapova Paris showdown

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:31:55 -0500

Maria Sharapova will face Angelique Kerber for a place in the WTA Paris Open semi-finals, after the German ninth seed beat Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-3 4-6 6-3 to reach the last eight on ...

Yachvili out of France's clash with Ireland

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:40 -0500

France will be without scrumhalf Dimitri Yachvili for their RBS 6 Nations home tie against Ireland on Saturday, the French rugby federation (FFR) said on ...

Ireland under-20s to face France is named

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:22 -0500

Watch Live WEB-ONLY coverage of the RBS Under-20 6 Nations Championship meeting between France and Ireland at Stade des Alpes in Grenoble from ...

FRANCE | The open wound of the Rwandan genocide

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:26:25 -0500

Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of ...

Yachvili pulls out of Paris clash

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:25:48 -0500

France scrum-half Dimitri Yachvili has been ruled out of Saturday's Six Nations tie with Ireland because of a back problem. Yachvili will be replaced in the starting line-up by Morgan Parra, ...

Injured Mattek-Sands of US loses in Paris

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:19:23 -0500

Mattek-Sands struggled through a lower-back injury at 3-2 in the third set, sobbing during the changeover and calling a therapist to massage her left hip and ...

Spanish Govt May Sue French TV for Doping Skit

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:09:51 -0500

MADRID (AP) - The Spanish government is considering legal action against a French TV station that poked fun at alleged ties to doping by athletes.

Famed French perfume 'nose' Guerlain faces racism trial

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:07:00 -0500

Jean-Paul Guerlain. AFP photo French parfumier Jean-Paul Guerlain, for decades the "nose" behind the world-famous perfume brand, was to go on trial Thursday on racism charges after ...

French revolution film launches 2012 Berlin festival

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:02:26 -0500

made its world premiere last night as it marked the start of the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival. The French-language period drama, starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, is one of 18 ...

Berry asking judge if she can move to France

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:36:44 -0500

Halle Berry has asked the judge overseeing her custody battle for permission to move to France with her daughter Nahla. The Oscar winner wants to relocate from Los Angeles to her French fiance ...

U.S. squeezes French-led satellite maker over China

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:56:19 -0500

Over more than three decades, Bill Gross became the barometer by which other bond traders are now judged. But the very recipe that enabled Gross to dominate his industry may now be conspiring ...

Khalaf Al Habtoor meets with Serge Dassault in Paris

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:06:27 -0500

On a recent trip to Paris, Khalaf Al Habtoor, the Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, met with Serge Dassault, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Dassault ...

Dom for homohets opprettholdt i Strasbourg

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:51:43 -0500

Stockholm (NTB-TT): Høyesterett i Sverige krenket ikke ytringsfriheten da fire menn i 2006 ble felt for hets mot homofile. Det avgjorde Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolen i Strasbourg ...

French law forbidding denial of Armenian genocide sent to Constitutional Council

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:13:53 -0500

On January 31a law penalising the denial of the Armenian genocide was referred to France's Constitutional Council by 77 senators and 65 deputies, who aim to have the law pronounced ...

Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit meets Nicolas Sarkozy

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:05:28 -0500

An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas ...

Latest economic data released for Germany and France

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:51:25 -0500

The German national statistics office has reported that German trade reached an export surplus record which estimated of €158 billion. As the world's second-biggest exporter behind ...

Ex-French budget minister probed on award-job swap

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:46:30 -0500

PARIS -- Three investigating judges have filed preliminary charges against former Labor Minister Eric Woerth for "passive influence peddling" after becaming ensnared in a scandal ...

France warned deficit targets off without more cuts

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:59:35 -0500

RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC in ParisOPPOSITION CLAIMS that the French president is holding back austerity measures until after the spring election have been strengthened after the country’s ...

B.C. parents lobby for changes in French language education in public schools

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:55:26 -0500

A parent group in B.C. is calling for a new approach to French-language education that would ensure anglophone and allophone families have the same right as francophones to have their children ...

Clerc concerned over Paris pitch

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:48:26 -0500

France wing Vincent Clerc fears the current cold snap in Paris could make the Stade de France pitch dangerous in the Six Nations game against Ireland. Temperatures are expected to be well below ...

French former government minister charged with corruption

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:23:32 -0500

Liliane Bettencourt and ex-budget minister Eric Woerth, who has been charged with corruption. Photograph: Fred Dufour/Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty ...

Teachers' unions raise concerns about English program in French schools

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:11:51 -0500

Two teachers' unions took the Quebec government to task on Wednesday over its intensive English program for Grade 6 students in French schools. The Quebec government announced last year that ...

Lyon win extra-time thriller

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:56:33 -0500

Olympic Lyon required extra-time to beat Bordeaux 3-1 and progress to the quarter-finals of the Coupe de France on Wednesday. Olympic Lyon required extra-time to beat Bordeaux 3-1 and progress to ...

How Brits can benefit from French subsidies

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:00 -0500

Simon Calder is Travel Editor at Large for The Independent, writing a weekly column, various articles and features as well as filming a weekly video diary. Every Sunday afternoon, Simon presents the ...

Shalit Meets With Sarkozy

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:14:12 -0500

In a rare public outing, Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier released by Hamas in October after more than five years in captivity, was received by President Nicolas Sarkozy of France at the Elysee ...

France's First Mormon Temple Sparks Controversy

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:05:26 -0500

The United States may get its first Mormon president this year, if Republican candidate Mitt Romney prevails in his bid. But in France, the Mormon faith is viewed with deep suspicion and a project ...

Former French minister quizzed over alleged Sarkozy-L'Oreal heiress link

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:07 -0500

A former minister was quizzed over allegations he took cash-stuffed envelopes from France's richest woman to illegally fund Mr Sarkozy's 2007 presidential ...

Paris court to rule on whether sex toys are 'erotic' or 'pornographic'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:06 -0500

A Paris court is to rule on whether sex toys are erotic or pornographic after religious groups complained the sale of the items 100 yards from a school breaks French ...

stay indoors during the cold weather

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:04 -0500

A French health minister tried to tweet her way out of embarrassing blog advice that homeless people should not go outdoors during the ice-cold snap in ...

Kanye West to return to Paris Fashion Week

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 -0500

Photo: Getty They say once bitten, twice shy, but fear is not an emotion that majorly factors in the psyche of your average hip hop legend. Notably not Kanye West's at any ...

‘Civilization talk’ causes French MPs to storm out

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:18 -0500

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his ministers stormed out of parliament in protest Feb. 7 after an opposition legislator appeared to compare Interior Minister Claude Gueant to ...

Shalit family welcomed by Sarkozy, French Jewish group in Paris

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:04 -0500

Former IDF soldier Gilad Shalit meets Sarkozy, Carla Bruni at Elysee Palace; Gilad's parents received as guests of honor at annual gala dinner of Representative Council of French Jewish ...

France's Newt Gingrich - By Eric Pape

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:31 -0500

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Do French and Eskimo moms know better

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:05 -0500

The French turn their children into adventurous eaters and the Chinese excel at potty training. Should American parents be more global in their ...

Sharapova, 2 Americans win in Paris

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:20 -0500

PARIS — Top-seeded Maria Sharapova defeated Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-1 Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Open GDF Suez. Sharapova broke for a 4-3 lead in the first ...

India holds safety review with France in Jaitapur plant

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:03:49 -0500

Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), and presented before him the safety assessment report of the EPR nuclear reactor that was necessitated by the nuclear accident in Fukushima. According to Bigot, ...

Valenciennes send Lille out

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:44 -0500

Two goals in eight second-half minutes saw Valenciennes past Les Dogues, who won the league and cup double last season.Mathieu Dossevi met Dusan Djuric's free-kick at the near post to open the ...

France Details Financial Tax Proposal, Hopes To Set Precedent

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:38:27 -0500

PARIS – The French government Wednesday gave details of a financial transaction tax it hopes will bring in over EUR1 billion (US$1.3 billion) a year in revenue and drive away speculative ...

Angela Merkel needs all the help she can get | Timothy Garton Ash

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:15:32 -0500

Helmut Kohl , had envisaged advancing the European project through a European monetary union, but it was Franois Mitterrand's France that insisted on pinning Germany down to it, in the context ...

‘Why French Children Don’t Throw Food’ Author Says American’s Need to Learn French Parenting Skills

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:50 -0500

A controversial new book claims American moms and dads have a thing or two to learn from French parents when it comes to raising children. 'Bringing Up Bebe' author and American mother ...

Paris and London priorities, Davis Cup in doubt

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:49:05 -0500

Novak Djokovic captured his third Australian Open title. Belgrade (dpa) – World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic said Wednesday the French Open and Olympic Games were his priorities ...

Air France to cancel 40% of long-haul flights

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:13 -0500

A passenger walks past check-in counters during the third day of a French airline strike in the Nice airport, southeastern France, on Wednesday. ...

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