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nytimes.com - 7/7/2009

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Repair work being conducted on the Grand Commun, next door to the palace of Versailles. The French government has provided stimulus money to help finance the renovation.

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breitbart.com - 6/30/2009

Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stance

— breitbart.com — Al-Qaeda's North Africa wing threatened on Tuesday to take revenge on France for its opposition to the... burka, calling on Muslims to retaliate against the country, the US monitoring service SITE Intelligence reported. Earlier this month, President ... (more) Qaeda warns France of revenge for burka stance

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corner.nationalreview.com - 7/13/2009

Two French Lessons

— corner.nationalreview.com — A couple of things you can learn if you're in France: First, the meaning of "universal." It... doesn't mean what you think if you're a poor person in France, where "universal" health care is arguably better than elsewhere in the EU. It means about 75 ... (more) Two French Lessons

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huffingtonpost.com - 7/2/2009

Air France Flight 447 Did Not Break Up, Fell Intact Into Sea: French Investigator

— huffingtonpost.com — LE BOURGET, France — A French investigator says Air France Flight 447 did not break up in... flight but plunged vertically into the Atlantic Ocean. Alain Bouillard, leading the investigation into the June 1 crash for the French accident investigation agency BEA, also says life vests found ... (more) Air France Flight 447 Did Not Break Up, Fell Intact Into ...

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France's Stimulus Bill Already Underway
The Latest on Air America — ... now it will start to bite,” said Hervé Boulhol, head of the France desk at the [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] Unemployment, currently at 8.9% (compared to the US’s 9.5%) is expected to reach 11.2% by the end of 2010. And France’s generous unemployment benefits (66% of previous income, plus benefits) are going to produce quite a strain on the country’s future finances. But for now, baguettes and berets are looking like solid investments. You can read more here

Faster, Johnny! Spend faster!
SCSUScholars — ... New York Times reporter Nelson Schwartz finds the French are doing a better job of spending stimulus money than their counterparts in Washington. It's a fascinating story of how bureaucrats who've perfected the art of government waste got an extra $34 billion to fritter away, but Schwartz focuses on the rather paltry $100 million devoted to restoring the even more extravagant state-funded projects of pre-revolutionary France. He also hints at some anecdotal evidence that the money is having an impact. ...

Eurostimulus
Weekly Standard Blog — ... New York Times reporter Nelson Schwartz finds the French are doing a better job of spending stimulus money than their counterparts in Washington. It's a fascinating story of how bureaucrats who've perfected the art of government waste got an extra $34 billion to fritter away, but Schwartz focuses on the rather paltry $100 million devoted to restoring the even more extravagant state-funded projects of pre-revolutionary France. He also hints at some anecdotal evidence that the money is having an impact. ...

Speaking of France
Firedoglake — ... The French have a $37bn stimulus plan going strong. About $100mn is going to rehabilitation of its chateaux and castles and other parts of its heritage. Most of that money is being spent right now, and will vastly improve French infrastructure. Here, when it was revealed that the stimulus bill included $50mn for the arts, republicans were ...