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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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Paris Jackson testifies in Michaels wrongful death trial
Conrad Murray sends audio letter to Paris Jackson from cell Paris Jackson has testified in her father Michael Jackson's wrongful death lawsuit via video link. The 15-year-old aspiring actress is currently recuperating in hospital following a failed suicide attempt earlier this month, but was still required to give evidence in the legal battle that the Jackson family have brought against ...
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Chris Froome on the Tour de France Free from pain in neck after Bradley Wiggins exit
Chris Froome believes the injury-enforced absence of Bradley Wiggins from the Tour de France leaves Team Sky with a "clarity" of leadership that will benefit their bid for another British yellow jersey, describing the frequently tense debate over which of the two riders would lead the race as a "pain in the ...
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Elderly woman killed in French floods
FLASH floods in southwestern France have killed an elderly woman as the inundated grotto at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes remains closed for a second ...
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Report French military training Syrian rebels
French military officials are training rebels fighting to bring down the Assad regime in the current Syrian conflict, according to a report by Army Radio.The army-run radio station reported that French officers stationed in Jordan and Turkey are currently training the rebels in warfare tactics and weapons usage. Army Radio quoted "experts with access to the information" in their ...
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Paris in bid to improve image
PARIS tourist chiefs are trying to rid the city of its reputation for being rude, overbearing, unpleasant and ...
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Airbus wins A350 order from Air France-KLM
Air France-KLM has been at loggerheads with suppliers over issues mainly including maintenance of the plane's Rolls-Royce engines ever since the deal was first mooted in 2011. Air France and Rolls had clashed over conflicting ideas for engine supply ...
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Lourdes sanctuary closed pilgrims evacuated amid heavy floods in southwest France
The sanctuary of Lourdes flooded, in Lourdes, southwestern France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. French rescue services and police are evacuating hundreds of pilgrims from hotels threatened by floodwaters from a rain-swollen river in the Roman Catholic shrine town of Lourdes. (AP Photo/Bob ...
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Paris Jackson testimony seen in Jackson trial
Jackson was strong, healthy and active in April, but was so weak by June that Prince, then 12, had to help his father walk up stairs, Chase ...
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AEG Live lawyers play video clips of depositions of Prince and Paris Jackson
Jackson was strong, healthy and active in April, but was so weak by June that Prince, then 12, had to help his father walk up stairs, Chase ...
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Frances Societe Generale opens NE China branch
The Societe Generale (SG), a French multinational banking and financial services company, opened its seventh branch on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday in the city of Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province."The operation of the Harbin branch is another milestone in SG's 32-year-presence in China," said Jackson Cheung, CEO of SG China Ltd.The expansion of SG ...
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Paris Jackson Hasnt Had Any Birthdays Since Michaels Death Chef Testifies
August 30: Prince Jackson, La Toya Jackson, Prince Michael Jackson II and Paris Jackson attend the St. Paul Saints Vs. The Gary SouthShore RailCats baseball game in Gary, ...
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Paris Jackson ‘testifies in father’s death lawsuit’
Paris Jackson has reportedly testified in her father's wrongful death lawsuit. Paris and her brothers Prince and Blanket have been cared for by their paternal grandmother Katherine Jackson since their dad Michael Jackson died in 2009. Katherine has brought a lawsuit against concert promoters AEG Live, claiming bosses pushed Michael into rehearsing for his This Is It tour. He was preparing ...
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Syria crisis France open to Iran attending Geneva talks
o Hollande says Iran welcome at Geneva if it is constructiveo G8 communique on Syria barely papers over crackso Violence spills over into Lebanon in clashes in ...
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4 detained in beating of French man
/enpproperty--> Friction on the dance floor, rather than racism, is behind a physical conflict outside a bar in downtown Shanghai last week in which a French man suffered a head injury and bruises, police said on Tuesday. In a telephone interview, a spokesman for the Shanghai Public Security Bureau said that four Chinese men have been detained in the alleged attack on the French man, ...
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Jacko’s girl Paris testifies
Michael Jackson’s daughter, Paris - still in the hospital recovering from a suicide attempt - testified in her father’s wrongful-death trial via a prerecorded video yesterday.The 15-year-old, who is suing promoter AEG Live along with her grandmother and siblings, was questioned under oath in October about her former nanny, Grace Rwaramba. The family claims that AEG fired Rwaramba - ...
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First Ghana France Higher Education Conference opens
Accra, June 18, GNA - Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemeng, Minister of Education on Tuesday said Government welcomes discussions on the need for a Council for Higher Education and Research solely dedicated to the core business of Universities and Research institutions in ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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Paris Jacksons suicide attempt reignites family feud
A source told the Radar Online that everyone in the family was invited to Taj Jackson's wedding but Randy and Jackie chose not to attend.The source further revealed that tensions still exist between the brothers, sisters and their mother Katherine and many have turned on each other.Katherine, who lost full guardianship of the children when she was in Arizona unable to be contacted by family ...
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Analysis French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande
PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in ...
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French Alcatel-Lucent cuts costs plans asset sales
IP networking products and very high-speed broadband in both fixed and mobile. These promising new products will be managed to maximise growth, while other older fixed and mobile products will be "managed for cash", the company said. Alcatel-Lucent competes with ...
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Sufouh Tram test run held in France
Trials of Al Sufouh Tram to be operated in Dubai were held in France on a 700-km-long test track.Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), watched the technical test in the facilities of Alstom Company in France. During the trial run, which was done at various speeds, tests on the safety system, electric propulsion of the coaches, ...
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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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