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Friends of Syria to meet Saturday in Doha France
PARIS (Reuters) - The main nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on Saturday in Doha to discuss assistance for the Free Syrian Army following recent successes by government forces, a French foreign ministry official ...
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Paris Exhibit Captures Mandelas Journey
PARIS -- The fragile health of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been making headlines in recent days. But a new exhibition in Paris takes a step back - looking at Mandela's evolution from political prisoner to one of the world's most beloved and respected politicians. Produced by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, the show kicks off a year of cultural events in ...
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Paris tackles rudeness to tourists with new manual
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:29pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - One of the world's most visited cities but also famous for its rudeness, Paris has embarked on a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists. Waiters, taxi drivers and sales staff in the French capital all too often come off as impolite, unhelpful and unable to speak foreign ...
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For the modern coffee experience Paris looks to America
Thomas Hamlett, a Virginia native, pours a perfect cup at Paris coffee shop Sugarplum Cake Shop. Cafs are a centerpiece for daily life in Paris, as integral to French culture as a fresh baguette, a glass of wine, or, at least according to Americans, a black beret. Yet somehow, coffee in France is almost uniformly bad. Beans are left out in the open air, machines aren't properly maintained, ...
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Boeing and Airbus in Paris sales battle
If Boeing can develop a 777 that can fly for 20 hours, then why bother flying through Dubai? Most EK traffic is transfer passengers. 20 hours nonstop ...
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First Holistic World Safety Award at the International Paris Air Show Le Bourget Wednesday June 19th 2013
June 19, 2013 /CNW/ - For the first time, the Swiss independent rating agency ATRA - Air Transport Rating Agency has awarded the five best Airlines in the World according to their holistic safety profile during an event organized during the ...
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Florida unveils business deals at Paris Air Show
French connections to Florida. Scott, who traveled to France on Friday as part of a weeklong Enterprise Florida trade mission, has made three business-related announcements: •Lyon, France-based Vision Systems, which supplies aircraft and automotive components, intends to spend $1.2 million to open a subsidiary ...
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Paris returns stretch of riverbank to pedestrians
PARIS -- Paris has given back a stretch of its riverbank to pedestrians - and just in time for summer.Mayor Bertrand Delanoe inaugurated the 2.3-kilometer (1.4 mile) stretch along the Seine River between the Royal and Alma bridges on the Left Bank on Wednesday. Once a road with buzzing traffic, it's now a liberating walkway with athletic activities, restaurants, a floating garden, a picnic ...
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Obama French President Discuss Afghanistan After Summit
By Claudette RouloAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 President Barack Obama held a private meeting yesterday with French President Francois Hollande in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, following the annual G-8 conference. Speaking to the reporters following the meeting, Obama said the two leaders discussed the progress made by Afghanistan's security forces, now in the ...
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Qatar France set to discuss Rafale jet deal
Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said ahead of President Francois Hollande's state visit this week to the Gulf Arab ...
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Attention called to Russian rights record
The International Federation for Human Rights said the U.N. Human Rights Council needs to weigh in on the targeting of civil organizations in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin backed legislation last year requiring non-governmental organization to register as "foreign agents" if they receive some of their funding from foreign countries. The rights federation, known by its ...
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Statement by Russian US French presidents on Karabakh conforms to Azerbaijan’s position
BAKU, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The statement on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement made by the co-chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group conforms to Azerbaijan’s position, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry spokesman Elman Abdullayev said on Wednesday. Commenting on the G-8 summiteers’ statement on the Karabakh settlement, Abdullayev said, "Azerbaijan reiterated that it opposes the status quo, ...
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Marine Le Pen seeks to strengthen Russian-French relations
MOSCOW, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Leader of the French opposition party, National Front, Marine Le Pen said she sought to strengthen relations with Russia. Opening the meeting with Le Pen on Wednesday, Russian State Duma speaker Sergei Naryshkin said: "This was your first trip to Russia in such format. The agenda is rather vast and includes meetings with the parliamentarians, political ...
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Floods close Lourdes Catholic pilgrimage site in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in south-western France killed a woman and forced the closure of the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site at Lourdes on Wednesday, less than a year after flash floods caused millions of euros of damage to the shrine. Video footage showed frothy water a metre (3 feet) deep swirling around the Lourdes grotto, a hillside site where the Virgin Mary was said to have ...
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VOD Shows Steady Growth in France for 2013
PARIS – As physical DVD sales continue to fall in France, the VOD market is expected to grow 17 percent in 2013, according to a study released Wednesday by international market research firm GfK conducted for French television station ...
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Judge sentences Frenchman who impersonated airline pilot
A judge in Philadelphia sentenced a Frenchman to time served for pretending to be a commercial airline pilot and entering the cockpit of a U.S. Airways jet. Philippe Jeannard, 61, of La Rochelle, France, was arrested March 20 after using the fraudulent identification card of a former Air France employee to board the U.S. Airways plane, Philly.com reported. No one was injured or endangered by ...
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Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban Urges FTC Action in the US
CCFC Praises France Baby TV Ban; Urges FTC Action in the US WASHINGTON - August 19 - Yesterday, ...
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UPDATE 1-Apax LBO France in talks to sell Maisons du Monde - sources
Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:26am EDT * Deal could be finalised in the coming weeks - sources By Matthieu Protard PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Private equity firms Apax Partners and LBO France have started exclusive talks to sell French furniture store chain Maisons du Monde to Bain Capital, two sources close to the matter said on Wednesday. "LBO France, Apax Partners, and Nixen are in exclusive ...
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First Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy to be fully built in France
LE BOURGET, France, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - The first Mistral helicopter carrier for Russia’s Navy will be fully built in France, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Paris Air Show currently underway at Le Bourget, Borisov told journalists, "The after end of the first Mistral helicopter carrier will be built in France and not in Russia as it ...
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Reed Expositions France Deploys Violin Memory for an In-Memory Infrastructure
Reed Expositions France purchased additional Violin Memory Arrays to enhance its core IT infrastructure. Following considerable performance improvements in its billing application from its first Violin deployment, Reed added Violin 6000 Series Memory Arrays to consolidate more applications. Eighteen months after the installation of the first Violin Array, a second was added to support a new ...
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France eyes higher recovery from tax dodgers in 13
PARIS: France's cash-strapped government hopes to net up to 2.5 billion euros ($3.35 billion) this year as it hunts down tax dodgers who stash cash in secret bank ...
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Floodwaters in southern France kill 70-year-old woman
A 70-year-old woman died after being swept away by floodwaters in southern France, officials said Wednesday. The woman and her husband tried to escape from their car and were caught in floodwaters uphill from Lourdes in Pierrefitte-Nestelas. Emergency personnel rescued the husband. New thunderstorms hit towns along the foothills of the Pyrenees, worsening floodwaters plaguing the region this ...
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Piracy forces Comoros into French military coop
After an 11-year suspension, France and Comoros have signed a new military cooperation agreement in response to the ever-approaching Somali pirates. At the same time Comoros condemned France in the ...
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Obama says US not spying on German French US emails
BERLIN (AFP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that US spies were not "rifling" through emails of Germans, French or American citizens, in a defence of National Security Agency surveillance programmes.Obama defended the sweeps of global phone and Internet data during a visit to Germany, where they have caused concern, and said a balance must be struck between ensuring the ...
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Air France-KLM orders 25 wide-body Airbus A350s
Visitors walk among planes displayed at the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, Wednesday June 19, 2013. Visible at foreground is a Bombardier Global 6000 jet.(AP Photo/Remy de la ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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