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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page France News.Net http://www.francenews.net/ en-us Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:39 -0400 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:39 -0400 30 French football champions Lyon have announced the sale of goalkeeper Gregory Coupet to Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. http://www.francenews.net/story/378721 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:15 -0400 France News.Net http://www.francenews.net/story/378721 French anti-doping supremo Pierre Bordry issued a stern warning to riders on the eve of Tour de France cycling tournament to stay away from forbidden substances and methods. http://www.francenews.net/story/378715 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:00 -0400 France News.Net http://www.francenews.net/story/378715 Stock markets around the world reeled on Friday with the heaviest falls in Europe. http://www.francenews.net/story/378613 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:13:14 -0400 France News.Net http://www.francenews.net/story/378613 Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt arrived in Paris Friday as questions arose about the official story regarding her liberation. http://www.francenews.net/story/378604 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:00:24 -0400 France News.Net http://www.francenews.net/story/378604 Plumelec, France - Spaniard Alejandro Valverde stamped himself as a legitimate favourite for the 2008 Tour de France title by winning Saturday's first stage of the three-week race. The 28-year-old Val... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983150&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:25:46 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983150&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy (sahr-koh-ZEE') says that it is neither reasonable nor fair for the world's top eight industrialized nations to hold summits without including emerging na... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983159&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:06:45 -0400 WLOX http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983159&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 L USAKA, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa who is hospitalised in France will undergo a second medical review next week after suffering a stroke, his deputy announced Saturday. &#... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15984280&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:04:05 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15984280&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Wallabies playmaker Matt Giteau regained his mojo to spearhead an injury-hit Australia to a record 40-10 Test blitz of France at Suncorp Stadium.Giteau set up all four Australian tries and kicked eigh... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983273&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:03:20 -0400 SBS http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983273&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 The foreign ministers of France and Syria have met in Paris to prepare July 12 talks between Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Bashar Assad.Sarkozy's office announced the talks earlier this week in a maj... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983285&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:18:57 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983285&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 SAPPORO/PARIS (Reuters) - Thousands rallied in northern Japan calling for the G8 rich industrialized nations to be disbanded on Saturday while in Paris, member France called for the group to grow to i... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983268&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:37:52 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983268&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 LONDON (AFP) - British police arrested a man on Saturday in connection with the murder of two French students found brutally stabbed to death in a burnt out http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983284&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:36:30 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15983284&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 British police arrested a man in connection with the murder of two French students found brutally stabbed to death in a burnt out London flat.The 21-year-old suspect was arrested at in the street 3.40... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981494&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:54:05 -0400 SBS http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981494&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS — Two days after her rescue, six years after being captured by guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt arrived in Paris on Friday to thank the joyful nation that had champio... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981473&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:38:39 -0400 Gadsden Times http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981473&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 P ARIS, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union is to send a mission of experts to investigate toxic chemicals on board a Philippine ferry which sank carrying more than 850 people, French officials sa... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15982481&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:55:02 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15982481&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Credit Mutuel of France has bid for the German retail banking activities of US giant Citigroup. The sale of the unit, valued by analysts at between three and five billion euros, should be completed by... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981474&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:45:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981474&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Brest, France - The 95th edition of the Tour de France got underway on Saturday, with a regular stage and no short prologue for the first time in 42 years, and also without the defending champion. The... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981453&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:32:39 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15981453&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 France and Germany remained at odds on Friday over the wisdom of using national tax policies to alleviate the impact of record high oil prices on vulnerable people and other fuel users.'I will not giv... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15982904&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:26:32 -0400 General Sources http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15982904&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict will visit Paris and the shrine of Lourdes in southwest France in September, the Vatican said on Friday. The main purpose of the trip from Sept. 12 to 15 would be to comm... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979480&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:18:44 -0400 The China Post http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979480&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt faced a day of medical tests in Paris today after receiving a hero's welcome following her six year hostage ordeal, as video footage was released of her dr... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979522&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:14:06 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979522&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Instead, the letter by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran would be willing to open a comprehensive negotiation with Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief, and the six world... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979550&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:52:10 -0400 The News Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979550&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Like most weeks in late June and early July, pro cyclist Levi Leipheimer has been riding through valleys and mountains to log training hours on his bike. Only this year, his views are of the Wasatch... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979500&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:11:52 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979500&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 France’s central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for “serious shortcomings” in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979549&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:52:09 -0400 The News Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15979549&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (AFP) - Freed Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt faced a day of medical tests in Paris Saturday after receiving a hero's welcome following her six-year hostage ordeal, as video footage ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15978643&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:52:34 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15978643&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS: Arriving in France to a hero's welcome, Ingrid Betancourt said she cried a lot during her captivity in the Colombian jungle. "But today, she said, I cry with joy." French President Nicol... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977981&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:14:46 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977981&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (AFP) - The strange teenage cult of manga, the Japanese world of fantasy cartoons and their gaming and toy offshoots, came to Paris at the weekend, with tens of thousands of youngsters queuing ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977953&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:12:34 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977953&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (AP) - Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she is crying with joy about her arrival in France after six years held captive in the Colombian jungle. President Nicolas Sarkozy and first lady Ca... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977243&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:18:10 -0400 WISH TV8 http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977243&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 The freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and her families were greeted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at Villacoublay military airport in the southwest of Paris Friday Afternoon. &quo... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977256&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:12:53 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977256&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 81811368BREST - JULY 03: Cadel Evans of Austrialia and team Silence - Lotto during the presentation of the team on July 3, 2008 in Brest, France. Evens will compete in the 95th edition of the Tour de ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977245&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:12:29 -0400 Rocky Mountain News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15977245&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 July 4, 2008 - 5:06 p.m. PARIS (AP) - France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that l... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974789&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:21:12 -0400 Canadian Business http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974789&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Cancer patients from the French islands of St-Pierre-Miquelon, off the south coast of Newfoundland, say they were the last to know about breast cancer testing mistakes in the labs of Eastern Health. ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974637&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:20:45 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974637&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (AP): With the high price of fuel raising the cost of flying, Air France is looking into replacing some of its short-haul European flights with high-speed rail service in partnership with a Fren... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974772&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:35 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974772&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Wallabies coach Robbie Deans says tonight's second Test against France in Brisbane will be the perfect preparation for the Tri Nations series. Australia won the opening Test 34-13 in Sydney last Satu... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974778&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:04:19 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974778&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 46, – a cause célèbre in France – looked radiant as she stepped on to the tarmac amid loud applause to meet Mr Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni, who both embraced her warmly. Mr Sarkozy, who had... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974784&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:41:09 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974784&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 With fuel prices raising the cost of flying, Air France is looking into replacing some of its short-haul European flights with high-speed rail services. The French flag carrier is in talks with train ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974771&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:12:44 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974771&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS: Syrian opposition parties called on Friday for a protest rally to mark President Bashar al-Assad's visit to Paris next week, to demand a halt to rights abuses in the country. http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974810&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:48:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974810&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Italy's Culture Ministry says France has handed over 50 pieces of pottery dating back to as far as the fourth century B.C. that were looted from southern Italy. The earthenware includes Greek-st... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974783&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:44:50 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974783&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Spain´s Atletico Madrid on Friday signed French international goalkeeper Gregory Coupet, seen here in action in June 2008, from champions Lyon for 1.5 million euros, Lyon announced. http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974806&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:18 -0400 Soccer Way http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974806&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Another starry location is to be added to the list of the world's most famous film festivals, following the lead of Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Edinburgh: the Highland town of Nairn. A major new fe... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974603&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:23:12 -0400 The Herald http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974603&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 The French media has continued to express as sigh of "relief" following the release of Franco-Columbian hostage Ingrid Betancourt while at the same time paying a glowing tribute to the effor... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974808&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:21:15 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15974808&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Detectives investigating the murders of two French students in London fear they were tied up and tortured for computer games and the codes to their bankcards. The cards and two Sony PSP consoles... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973867&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:23:26 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973867&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Ireland and France look set for a Sunday afternoon showdown after both nations opened their junior international Round Robin campaigns with victories at the National Stadium in Dublin. France beat It... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973162&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:08:01 -0400 RTE http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973162&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 The two French students who were bound up and brutally murdered at a bedsit in south London may have been tortured for their bank and credit card pin numbers, police said yesterday.Laurent Bonomo and ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973866&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:39:43 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15973866&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 One of France's big three banks, Societe Generale shocked the financial world in January by announcing the losses, incurred as it was forced to unwind more than 50 billion euros of unauthorised deals ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971961&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:05:03 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971961&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 P ARIS, July 4, 2008 (AFP) - European Union energy ministers on Friday vowed to place energy efficiency at the heart of plans to ease the soaring cost of fossil fuels and help meet the EU's goals on c... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15972875&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:45:18 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15972875&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Other difficult areas besetting the so-called climate and energy package include carbon leakage, or the threat that high-polluting EU industries relocate to countries with lower restrictions, and meas... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971963&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:05:02 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971963&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Two days after her rescue, six years after being captured by guerrillas in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt arrived in Paris on Friday to greet a joyful nation that had adopted her as one of it... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971017&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:49:47 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971017&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Legendary French singer Charles Aznavour is being named an honorary officer of the Order of Canada. A look: Born: May 22, 1924, Paris Birth Name: Chahnour Varinag Aznavourian Heritage: ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971029&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:27:57 -0400 CNews http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15971029&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Charles Aznavour, seen here at the Cannes film festival in 2002, will receive the Order of Canada on Saturday. He performs for Quebec City's 400th birthday celebrations on Sunday. http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15970951&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:27:36 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15970951&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Damiano Cunego preparing for the Tour de France. Photograph: Christophe Ena/AP Naming a possible winner for this year's Tour is mainly a matter of figuring out who is the last man standing. Overall ... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967952&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:06:19 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967952&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 (Recasts with Air France confirmation, stock reaction) PARIS, July 4 (Reuters) - Air France KLM (AIRF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's biggest airline by revenues, confirmed on Friday it was... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968013&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:22 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968013&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Pope Benedict XVI will meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy and representatives of the country's Jewish community during a stop in Paris on his September pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lo... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967934&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:54:21 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967934&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS -- A judge has ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on manslaughter charges in the 2000 crash of a Concorde jetliner that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said Thursday. F... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967681&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:44:41 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967681&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 The mayor of the French city where the Brangelina twins will be born says they can have French citizenship if they choose. Mayor Christian Estrosi says no matter what nationality the twins go for, th... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968035&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:28:20 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968035&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel will leave for Paris on Sunday to take part in the European Union-Mediterranean summit following an invitation by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, an official s... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967764&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:53:42 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967764&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, two French exchange students who were killed in London. Photographs: Met police/Getty The two French students found stabbed to death after a fire at a London flat m... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968036&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:51:07 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15968036&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 , the day the new company will make its stock- market debut. In its statement, Suez said that teams have been working "for several months on the various options and have stepped up exchanges and coo... http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967966&cat=e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:37:48 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.francenews.net/?rid=15967966&cat=e597bd109c960ae3