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Camus' children torn over Pantheon transfer bid (AP)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:43:12 +0000

AP - Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Paris' Pantheon, the final resting place of other French greats like Voltaire and Victor Hugo.

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Tempest over Thierry Henry's handball in Ireland-France soccer match: Get over it.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Irish fans should give up their hopes of a rematch and simply accept, no matter how much it hurts, that France won by breaking the rules.

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Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win to France (AP)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:37:53 +0000

AP - Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad — and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robbed."

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US should follow France, boost nuclear power: senator (AFP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:56:59 +0000

AFP - The United States should consider following France's lead and ramping up use of nuclear power in an effort to contain global warming, a senior US senator helping craft climate change legislation said Tuesday.

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Suspect physicist discussed attacks on French army (AP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:00:29 +0000

AP - A French nuclear physicist discussed possible terrorist attacks targeting France's army in e-mail exchanges with North Africa's al-Qaida branch before his arrest last month, the Paris prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

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Police: French bank heist suspect turns himself in (AP)

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:24 +0000

AP - A French armored car driver suspected of stealing euro11.6 million ($17.4 million) in cash has turned himself in to authorities in Monaco following a massive manhunt, police in France and Monaco said.

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Syrian president says Israel doesn't want peace (AP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:07:15 +0000

AP - Syrian President Bashar Assad urged France on Friday to support Turkish mediation efforts to get momentum in the Middle East peace process.

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Sarkozy: No place for burqas in France (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:57:32 +0000

AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says there is no place for full face and body veils such as the burqa, or for the debasement of women, in France.

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German chancellor helps French mark end of WWI (AP)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:24:24 +0000

AP - For the first time since World War I, the leaders of Germany and France held a joint ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the end of the conflict, saying it is now time to celebrate their countries' reconciliation and friendship.

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France's Kouchner urges Abbas not to step down (AP)

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:20:25 +0000

AP - France'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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Jefferson authorizes Louisiana Purchase, Nov. 10, 1803

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:03:30 +0000

On this day in 1803, Jefferson signed legislation authorizing the U.S. to buy Louisiana from Napoleonic France.

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