French News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:30 CST 60 By Lisa Bryant French President Nicolas Sarkozy is urging the world community to embrace nuclear energy as an indispensable tool in the fight against global warming. Mr. Sarkozy also called for poor countries in particular to have access to nuclear power. France is among the world's top users and exporters of nuclear power. Roughly two-thirds of French electricity is derived from it. So it may http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13fo7k09u/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/french-president-sarkozy-pushes-use-of-more-nuclear-energy-207064-eng.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13fo7k09u/%2Ahttp%253A//economie.moldova.org/news/french-president-sarkozy-pushes-use-of-more-nuclear-energy-207064-eng.html France's CGT union threatened Tuesday to restart a strike at oil giant Total's French refineries to protest the closing of a site in northwest France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11std84j9/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/ap/100309/eufrancetotal.html?.v=1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:57:24 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11std84j9/%2Ahttp%253A//biz.yahoo.com/ap/100309/eufrancetotal.html?.v=1 PARIS - The French economy grew by 0.4%t in the first quarter of 2010, a slightly slower pace than previously forecast, the central bank said on Monday. The Bank of France had forecast first-quarter growth of 0.5% in its previous forecast in early February. The Read more http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=134mrv2u9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/businessdetail/9-business/33077-french-growth-lower-than-expected Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:49:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=134mrv2u9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.malaysianmirror.com/businessdetail/9-business/33077-french-growth-lower-than-expected France has put aside some $1 billion to buy 14 Soyuz carrier rockets from Russia, French satellite launch firm Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall said Tuesday. "We have ordered 14 Soyuzes from the Russian Federation; the contract's cost is about $1 billion. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1203dkirk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.spacedaily.com/pageone/spacedaily-2010-03-09.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:49:44 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1203dkirk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.spacedaily.com/pageone/spacedaily-2010-03-09.html MINNEAPOLIS -- The play of Roddy Beaubois this season and particularly of late has perked up the ears of the French Federation, which runs the French national basketball team that will compete in the World Championships this summer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12mvbk23u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/08/2024598/roddy-beaubois-draws-interest.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:44:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12mvbk23u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/08/2024598/roddy-beaubois-draws-interest.html RUMOURS French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni are both having affairs are gaining momentum in France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=130bq8bdq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C26829786-5006003%2C00.html?from=publicrss Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:12:18 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=130bq8bdq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0%2C22049%2C26829786-5006003%2C00.html?from=publicrss The Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra (QPO) is set to present a selection of Jordanian, Russian and French music at its next concert on March 13. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13ikp88li/%2Ahttp%253A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cuno=2%26itemno=347774%26version=1%26templateid=36%26parentid=16 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13ikp88li/%2Ahttp%253A//www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cuno=2%26itemno=347774%26version=1%26templateid=36%26parentid=16 LONDON: A French resistance heroine who saved scores of Allied lives and survived a Nazi firing squad has died at 105 in a British care home, its manager said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=1367c195b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/agent-rose-french-resistance-heroine-dies-20100309-pvv2.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:06:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=1367c195b/%2Ahttp%253A//www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/agent-rose-french-resistance-heroine-dies-20100309-pvv2.html Ipsen, a global biotechnology specialty care group and Menarini, the first Italian pharmaceutical Group in the world with a significant pan-European presence, announced the launch of Adenuric (febuxostat) in France where they will co-promote the drug. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1207orf11/%2Ahttp%253A//www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=54435 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1207orf11/%2Ahttp%253A//www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=54435 The French have long been considered masters of cuisine but Britons spend longer in the kitchen and prepare a wider variety of international food, according to a survey out Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qeob2af/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlukafp/britainfrancefoodoffbeat20100309003813 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:35:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qeob2af/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100309/wlukafp/britainfrancefoodoffbeat20100309003813 William Bonnet of France (L) sprints to win the second stage of Paris-Nice cycling race between Contres and Limoges March 9, 2010. Bonnet won the stage ahead of Peter Sagan of Slovakia (R) and Luis-Leon Sanchez of Spain (C). http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11m2hsrp8/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/100309/22/259jr.html.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:50:00 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11m2hsrp8/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/100309/22/259jr.html.html France plans to sell 50-year bonds for the first time in five years to take advantage of demand for long-dated securities and minimize its financing risk. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=124rk5mnl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090%26sid=al09kGdKha3g Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:53:57 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=124rk5mnl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090%26sid=al09kGdKha3g South Africa have cancelled plans for France to play a midweek tour game in the country on June 17 due to logistical problems. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12q9ln67p/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09032010/63/south-africa-cancel-france-tour-fixture.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:35:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12q9ln67p/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/09032010/63/south-africa-cancel-france-tour-fixture.html A New Zealand mountaineering expedition on the Antarctic Peninsula has been beaten in the race to be first to scale one of the biggest ridges in the region by a group of French climbers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=139h73vnr/%2Ahttp%253A//nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6915456/nz-mountaineers-beaten-by-french-on-antarctic-ridge/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=139h73vnr/%2Ahttp%253A//nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/6915456/nz-mountaineers-beaten-by-french-on-antarctic-ridge/ CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has arrived in South Africa ahead of his appearance in the Cape Argus cycling race. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=134slgo3h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-cyc-armstrong-south-africa%2C0%2C5487093.story Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:15:52 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=134slgo3h/%2Ahttp%253A//www.latimes.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-cyc-armstrong-south-africa%2C0%2C5487093.story Camera crews from a French television show and the E! network are in Honolulu to follow Duane "Dog" Chapman, star of A&E's highest-rated series, "Dog the Bounty Hunter." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12vtpqam6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100309/BREAKING04/100309064?source=rssbreaking Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:15:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12vtpqam6/%2Ahttp%253A//www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100309/BREAKING04/100309064?source=rssbreaking When it comes to taking on Somali pirates, France is emerging as the most effective naval force. French officials announced Sunday that the French frigate Nivose had captured 35 suspected Somali pirates and four mother ships since Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=147ng65sa/%2Ahttp%253A//www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0308/Somali-pirates-Does-France-have-the-most-effective-navy-against-the-buccaneers Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:41:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=147ng65sa/%2Ahttp%253A//www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0308/Somali-pirates-Does-France-have-the-most-effective-navy-against-the-buccaneers Almost 30 years after he was first named to receive the Commander of Arts and Letters award, Stevie Wonder accepted it from the French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand, Agence France-Presse reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12ddoroq8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/arts/music/08arts-STEVIEWONDERBRF.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:44:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12ddoroq8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/arts/music/08arts-STEVIEWONDERBRF.html The French navy has captured 35 suspected pirates off the coast of Somalia in what French officials are hailing as the most successful mission since the European Union began monitoring the seas in 2008. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11to5tj9l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2840134.htm Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11to5tj9l/%2Ahttp%253A//www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/09/2840134.htm French Football Federation (FFF) president Jean-Pierre Escalettes says he has never identified Bordeaux manager Laurent Blanc as the favourite to succeed Raymond Domenech as coach of France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12ver31sn/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/spsoccerafp/fblwc2010fradomenechblanc20100308193214 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:25:39 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12ver31sn/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/spsoccerafp/fblwc2010fradomenechblanc20100308193214 Dubai The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Autorite des Marches Financiers of France (AMF), the French securities regulator. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=139jqqrfa/%2Ahttp%253A//www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidGN07032010080304/DFSA%2520inks%2520accord%2520with%2520French%2520regulator Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=139jqqrfa/%2Ahttp%253A//www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidGN07032010080304/DFSA%2520inks%2520accord%2520with%2520French%2520regulator Algeria has formally complained to France about a French far-right party's use of an Algerian flag in a campaign poster that reads "No to Islamism," the foreign minister said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11m4kbusk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C588462%2C00.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11m4kbusk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C588462%2C00.html IT SPEAKS volumes of Etoile FC's confidence that they printed T-shirts with the words 'League Cup Champions' before yesterday's final. It was also with typical swagger that the French newcomers snagged their first piece of silverware in Singapore, becoming only the second foreign side to win the League Cup following Brunei DPMM's success last year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12dnd244o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory499368.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:53:58 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12dnd244o/%2Ahttp%253A//www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Sport/Story/STIStory499368.html France Telecom has already stopped several practices identified as being particularly disruptive, like forcing employees to change jobs and closing work sites. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11v4ht0dh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/technology/09telecom.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11v4ht0dh/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/technology/09telecom.html Seven-time Tour of France winner Lance Armstrong believes, at 38, he has little chance of beating arch-rival Alberto Contador of Spain to win an eighth title this year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=133bagla7/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/spwlafp/cyclingespfrausaarmstrongcontador20100308124856 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:42:28 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=133bagla7/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/spwlafp/cyclingespfrausaarmstrongcontador20100308124856 The hunt for the Air France jet that disappeared in the Atlantic last June will be one of the most sophisticated searches ever this month. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12i412qkt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-03-08-airfrance08STU.htm?csp=34 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12i412qkt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/NEWS/usaedition/2010-03-08-airfrance08STU.htm?csp=34 The usually sun drenched shores of south-eastern France have been coated in a layer of thick snow. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=138dtj82s/%2Ahttp%253A//bigpondnews.com/articles/Environment/2010/03/09/BeachesinFrancecoveredinsnow437773.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=138dtj82s/%2Ahttp%253A//bigpondnews.com/articles/Environment/2010/03/09/BeachesinFrancecoveredinsnow437773.html Israel will officially announce on Tuesday that it is seeking French help to construct a nuclear power plant, the infrastructure ministry spokesman said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=131rl7ubg/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/wlmideastafp/mideastisraelfrancenuclear20100308191501 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=131rl7ubg/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/wlmideastafp/mideastisraelfrancenuclear20100308191501 French students are deserting the Sorbonne because of the once elite university's reputation for militancy, strikes and abandoned lectures. They are also increasingly snubbing the country's prestigious Grandes Ecoles system for a new educational El Dorado - Britain. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13s8qm6e4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/why-french-are-skipping-the-sorbonne-for-britain-1918362.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13s8qm6e4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/why-french-are-skipping-the-sorbonne-for-britain-1918362.html PARIS (Reuters) - France condemned Iranian authorities for preventing a prominent female poet and activist in her 80s from travelling to Paris to attend an event marking International Women's Day on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=145qebtcb/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T021550Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467451-2%26sec=Worldupdates Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=145qebtcb/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/9/worldupdates/2010-03-09T021550Z01NOOTRRTRMDNC0-467451-2%26sec=Worldupdates Britons now spend longer in the kitchen than the French and cook a wider range of cuisine, a new survey reveals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qvjhdpm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Britons-39spending-longer-in-the.6132924.jp Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qvjhdpm/%2Ahttp%253A//www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Britons-39spending-longer-in-the.6132924.jp This time last month, our household grew by one: a 16-year-old French girl named Charlotte Soutif , one of two dozen students from LycACe Paul-Louis Courier in Tours who were doing an exchange with Richard Montgomery High in Rockville. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13bbb2tp3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030702223.html?wprss=rssmetro/dc Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13bbb2tp3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/07/AR2010030702223.html?wprss=rssmetro/dc PARIS, March 8 (Reuters) - Below are company-related news and leading stories from French and Benelux newspapers which could have an impact on the region's markets or individual stocks. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12scakrt0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7780688%26subject=markets%26action=article Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12scakrt0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews%26articleid=7780688%26subject=markets%26action=article An image of the Virgin Mary has been crying tears of oil, its owner has claimed, in a story that has drawn hundreds of visitors to the man's home in France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=13nke6d40/%2Ahttp%253A//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7393754/Virgin-Mary-icon-crying-tears-of-oil-in-France.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=13nke6d40/%2Ahttp%253A//www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7393754/Virgin-Mary-icon-crying-tears-of-oil-in-France.html France urged international financial bodies to finance a new era of global nuclear power on Monday and pitched its own reactor technology as the model to follow. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12mn3i6u5/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/tsafp/energynucleariaeafrance20100308124456 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:29:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12mn3i6u5/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100308/tsafp/energynucleariaeafrance20100308124456 French business confidence fell in February on concern that growth may slow as President Nicolas Sarkozy 's government phases out economic stimulus measures. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=124o56u8u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090%26sid=a6rmNszMh.n4 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=124o56u8u/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601090%26sid=a6rmNszMh.n4 SPAIN proved there is life without Rafael Nadal by sweeping aside Switzerland to set-up a mouthwatering Davis Cup quarter-final clash with France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12jmh7pnv/%2Ahttp%253A//theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C%2C26819840-2722%2C00.html?from=publicrss Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12jmh7pnv/%2Ahttp%253A//theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C%2C26819840-2722%2C00.html?from=publicrss A heroine of the French resistance who saved more than 100 lives has died at her English care home aged 105. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12toff3tu/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100309/tuk-french-resistance-heroine-dies-aged1-dba1618.html Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12toff3tu/%2Ahttp%253A//uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100309/tuk-french-resistance-heroine-dies-aged1-dba1618.html The French Defense Ministry claims one of its frigates has seized 35 pirates, four "mother ships" and six skiffs in various sweeps off the coast of Somalia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=1235vri35/%2Ahttp%253A//www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120318%26sectionid=351020501 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:15:20 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=1235vri35/%2Ahttp%253A//www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=120318%26sectionid=351020501 Sebastien Loeb of France has won the Mexico Rally for his fourth victory in the race and the 55th of his career. Loeb finished the three-day rally ahead of Petter Solberg of Norway and Sebastien Ogier, also from France. All three were driving Citroens. Sunday's victory for the six-time defending series champion gives him a six-point lead at the top of the drivers standing ahead of Mikko http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12d2m3brj/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-mexicorally%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:02:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12d2m3brj/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/nascar/news?slug=ap-mexicorally%26prov=ap%26type=lgns French member of the European Parliament and former justice minister, Rachida Dati, French ambassador to Iraq Boris Bouillon (left) and deputy speaker of the French parliament Maurice Leroy walk by the Tigris river in Baghdad yesterday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13leri43s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100307/world-news/french-politician-brings-paris-glamour-to-iraq-vote Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:33:11 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13leri43s/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100307/world-news/french-politician-brings-paris-glamour-to-iraq-vote TOULON, France, March 7 (UPI) -- Julien Benneteau finished off a French Davis Cup first-round series win over Germany with a straight-set win. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=136p8ieik/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/SportsNews/2010/03/07/France-tops-Germany-in-Davis-Cup-4-1/UPI-32941267977652/ Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=136p8ieik/%2Ahttp%253A//www.upi.com/SportsNews/2010/03/07/France-tops-Germany-in-Davis-Cup-4-1/UPI-32941267977652/ Udaipur, March 7 : Police in Rajasthan's Udaipur City is probing the death of a 24-year-old French woman, who was found under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11llje2g4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-65768.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11llje2g4/%2Ahttp%253A//www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-65768.html Doubles specialists Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau combined to fire France into the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup on Saturday with a battling four-set win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas in Toulon. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11vmkgo2m/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100307/spnm/ustennisdavis1 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:38:21 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=11vmkgo2m/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100307/spnm/ustennisdavis1 Thierry Henry says France is still searching for their identity three months out from the World Cup. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=137k2tukn/%2Ahttp%253A//bigpondnews.com/articles/Sport/2010/03/07/FrancestillsoulsearchingsaysHenry437237.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=137k2tukn/%2Ahttp%253A//bigpondnews.com/articles/Sport/2010/03/07/FrancestillsoulsearchingsaysHenry437237.html The General Assembly last week approved a tax break for the French Lick Casino Resort, a move that won't reduce state revenue but adjusts the distribution of local taxes from the gambling operation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12j8iultv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.courier-journal.com/article/20100306/COLUMNISTS07/3070323/1025/rss02 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:32:55 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12j8iultv/%2Ahttp%253A//www.courier-journal.com/article/20100306/COLUMNISTS07/3070323/1025/rss02 ABU DHABI - Experts and researchers from the Marine Research Centre (MRC), Ministry of Environment and Water, paid an orientation visit to the French scientific vessel Tara which is docking at the Abu Dhabi seaport en route to Oman and Pakistan. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13njn9uca/%2Ahttp%253A//www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/March/theuaeMarch200.xml%26section=theuae%26col= Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13njn9uca/%2Ahttp%253A//www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2010/March/theuaeMarch200.xml%26section=theuae%26col= French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the European Union must support Greece or risk destroying the euro as PM George Papandreou heads for Paris to ask for support. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12o7lq5mr/%2Ahttp%253A//www.businessday.com.au/business/greece-finds-french-friend-20100307-pqpi.html Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:15:40 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12o7lq5mr/%2Ahttp%253A//www.businessday.com.au/business/greece-finds-french-friend-20100307-pqpi.html PARIS (AP) -- Results from the 27th round of the French first-division football league (home team listed first): Saturday's Games Auxerre 1, Valenciennes 0 Boulogne 0, Lyon 0 Lens 1, Paris Saint-Germain 1 Nice 2, Nancy 3 Rennes 1, Monaco 0 Sochaux 1, Toulouse 0 Saint-Etienne 1, Lille 1 Sunday's Games Grenoble 1, Le Mans 1 Marseille 1, Lorient 1 Bordeaux 1, Montpellier 1 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12c7jdv17/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-frenchresults%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:03:34 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12c7jdv17/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-frenchresults%26prov=ap%26type=lgns France advanced to the Davis Cup quarterfinals after Michael Llodra and Julien Benneteau defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber and Christopher Kas 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 on Saturday for an insurmountable 3-0 lead. Benneteau converted the French duo's second match point with a forehand volley winner. Benneteau and Llodra played together for the first time in Davis Cup and broke their opponents four times. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12d292nu4/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-france-germany%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:27 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12d292nu4/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-france-germany%26prov=ap%26type=lgns France's increasingly embattled coach Raymond Domenech turned his fire not for the first time on the French supporters after they regularly cried for him to resign and booed the players during his side's 2-0 defeat by European champions Spain on Wednesday. The 58-year-old became the first France coach in 42 years to oversee defeat at home to the Spanish, who at times made the 2006 World Cup http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11vlpbsp4/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90871/6909363.html Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:52:15 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11vlpbsp4/%2Ahttp%253A//english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/90871/6909363.html Responding to United Nation's France Ambassador, Gerard Araud's, comment on UN inaction on Sri Lanka's civilian slaughter that the UN Secretary General cannot intervene against the wishes of a UN member state, Professor Boyle, an expert in International Law and a professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, told TamilNet that the French statement is "simply wrong and deliberately http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11peidbc8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13%26artid=31305 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:32:56 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=11peidbc8/%2Ahttp%253A//www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13%26artid=31305 Maurice Manificat of France won a men's 30-kilometer pursuit Saturday after holding off Lukas Bauer of the Czech Republic in the final sprint for his first World Cup victory. The 23-year-old Manificat was the only skier to stay with Bauer after the ski change at 15K and then pulled away over the last kilometer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12csjkuh0/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-worldcup%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:03:30 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12csjkuh0/%2Ahttp%253A//sports.yahoo.com/olympics/news?slug=ap-worldcup%26prov=ap%26type=lgns Mr. Salmide was a former German naval officer who defied orders to blow up the French port of Bordeaux. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=121cq5vvk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/europe/07salmide.html Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=121cq5vvk/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/europe/07salmide.html THE French wine industry has been accused of trying to cover up a blight that is cutting a swathe through some of the country's top vineyards. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qu26qiq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lifeandstyle/foodanddrink/wine/article7052514.ece Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12qu26qiq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lifeandstyle/foodanddrink/wine/article7052514.ece PARIS: French Sports Minister Rama Yade waded into the row over the fate of national team coach Raymond Domenech on Friday, saying he deserved the boot after Les Bleus' disastrous showing in Euro 2008. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12jaroe19/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/3/7/sports/5813796%26sec=sports Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12jaroe19/%2Ahttp%253A//thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/3/7/sports/5813796%26sec=sports Cycling boss Pat McQuaid said Saturday he was not surprised by the French anti-doping agency's (AFLD) announcement they would not be cooperating with the International Cycling Union (UCI) at next week's Paris-Nice race. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12ilihkeq/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/spwlafp/cyclingfradoping20100306204910 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12ilihkeq/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/spwlafp/cyclingfradoping20100306204910 ALHAMA DE MURCIA, Spain - Team RadioShack boss Johan Bruyneel wants to play down Lance Armstrong's rivalry with Alberto Contador at the Tour de France. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12a29cnq3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.heraldnet.com/article/20100305/SPORTS/703059732/1099/sports Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:15:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12a29cnq3/%2Ahttp%253A//www.heraldnet.com/article/20100305/SPORTS/703059732/1099/sports Hornets entertain French champions Lezignan in the third round of the Carnegie Challenge Cup, at Spotland tomorrow. Victory would see them into the draw for the next round alongside clubs from the Super League, which in turn would give them the opportunity of a money-spinning tie against the big boys. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13fec9grt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/rochdalehornets/s/1194781hornetsfrenchtest?rss=yes Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:15:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=13fec9grt/%2Ahttp%253A//www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/sport/rugbyleague/rochdalehornets/s/1194781hornetsfrenchtest?rss=yes France set-up a potential Davis Cup quarter-final blockbuster against defending champions Spain after extending their 72-year stranglehold over Germany on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12dossdgd/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/spwlafp/tennisdavis20100306172728 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:26:50 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=12dossdgd/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/spwlafp/tennisdavis20100306172728 An Egyptian court postponed a final ruling on a verdict that prevents France Telecom SA from gaining full control of the Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services, the country's biggest mobile-phone company by subscribers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1243lqrcl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104%26sid=aeGz51oS7sQE Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:15:17 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522france%2522/SIG=1243lqrcl/%2Ahttp%253A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104%26sid=aeGz51oS7sQE A French judge has issued a national arrest warrant for U.S. cyclist Floyd Landis in connection with a case of data hacking at a doping laboratory, a prosecutor's office said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12oonl6i9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2010-02-15-landis-warrant-updateN.htm?csp=34 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12oonl6i9/%2Ahttp%253A//www.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2010-02-15-landis-warrant-updateN.htm?csp=34 French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Saturday an extra 800 million euros in subsidised loans for farmers hit by the financial crisis, taking to 1.8 billion euros a package for the sector. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12vl5o19m/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/bsafp/franceagriculturepoliticseconomy20100306205423 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:16:08 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522french%2522/SIG=12vl5o19m/%2Ahttp%253A//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100306/bsafp/franceagriculturepoliticseconomy20100306205423