Provides the latest RSS feeds for Paris News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Paris Guardian.com http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/10/id/fab36d240e1883d4/ en-us Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:12:54 -0400 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:12:54 -0400 30 n of girl power for a sociology study earned UBC student Katherine Lyon newfound confidence as a scholar and a spot in a leading graduate program. Lyon credits her undergraduate honours thesis on the ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566223/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:35 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566223/ THE EU will be holding its collective breath today as French president Nicholas Sarkozy and other top officials meet the Russian president to persuade him to remove troops from Georgia. Foreign minist... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566222/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:36 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566222/ FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy has told employees at Aker Yards France that the French state is ready to acquire Alstoms 25% stake in the yard in the event that the group decides to sell it, writes ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566228/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:32 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566228/ Ben Verwaayen's first morning in the job as the new chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) on Sept. 2 provides a hint of how rapidly things are set to change at the troubled Paris-based maker of tele... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566221/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:37 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566221/ In France, Carrefour has launched a new long-term pricing operation, "les prix pouvoir d'achat" (prices to give spending power), whereby prices will be lowered on 300 national brands, including Coca-C... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566225/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:33 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566225/ Election Commission's (EC) efforts towards a consensus on registration of political parties before the parliamentary polls seem unlikely to succeed as the BNP-led four-party alliance remains opposed t... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566226/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:30 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566226/ Axa Real Estate Investment Managers (Axa REIM) has set up its Asian headquarters in Singapore. About 18 months after making its strategic move into Asia, Axa REIM has already invested nearly 25% of th... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566227/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:20:30 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17566227/ O TTAWA, Sept 7, 2008 (AFP) - Canada's conservative prime minister launched snap general elections Sunday to try to firm up his minority government, in what is expected be a heated ideological contest... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17565524/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:47:52 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17565524/ PARIS: France, the 1998 world champion, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a nightmare start to its 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.On a night when reputatio... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17565244/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:23:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17565244/ Italian flag carrier Alitalia has managed to find a way to tackle its bankruptcy by gathering private suitors to recapitalise in the airline. The Italian government, which owns 49.9 percent of Alita... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17561325/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:40:53 -0400 Travel Blackboard http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17561325/ France is likely to become the first country off the block to sign a deal with India to provide nuclear reactors, when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embarks on a high profile visit to the United State... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562629/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:39:15 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562629/ St Kilda coach Ross Lyon says his side will be desperate to earn back some respect when it meets Collingwood in an AFL semi-final at the MCG on Saturday. Geelong demolished the Saints by 58 points in ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562631/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:39:14 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562631/ As Peugeot UK looks to maximise the fleet potential of its expanding range of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles, Phil Robson has been appointed director of fleet and used vehicle operations... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562630/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:39:14 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562630/ FRENCH energy giant EDF is set to resume meetings with key British Energy investors today amid increasing speculation that the firm could strike a deal to take over Britain's largest nuclear company w... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562633/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:39:11 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17562633/ PARIS - New Zealand halfback Byron Kelleher scored three tries for Toulouse in their 20-6 victory over Biarritz in the French Top 14 championship on Sunday. Reigning champions Toulouse played well rat... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560139/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:07 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560139/ JERUSALEM, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Syria are reportedly planning to hold their new round of indirect peace talks in Turkey in mid-September, but Washington has indicated that it will not get in... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560141/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:06 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560141/ By Nabi Abdullaev, Anatoly Medetsky / Staff WritersFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy is visiting Moscow on Monday to urge President Dmitry Medvedev to pull Russian troops out of Georgian territory surr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560140/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:06 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560140/ Three Jewish teens were attacked by a group of Muslim African immigrants in Paris on Saturday evening, a French police spokeswoman said Sunday. The Jewish teens, ages 17 and 18, who have been identifi... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560142/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:04 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560142/ Three counselors from the Bnei Akiva youth movement were attacked not far from the organization's central branch in Paris on Saturday afternoon. The boys, aged between 17 and 18, had just finished the... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560143/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:09:03 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17560143/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy and top executives of the European Union are headed to Russia and Georgia to ensure a ceasefire agreement reached a month ago is met - and to seek a more long-lasting ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17557722/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:58:49 -0400 VOA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17557722/ Last month's ceasefire agreement centred around the creation of 'buffer zones' between Russia and the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia which are now effectively controlled by t... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17558140/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:45:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17558140/ PARIS, Sept 7 (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Sunday she expected 2009 to end better than it would start and said France would keep its budget deficit below the EU-impose... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17558141/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:45:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17558141/ PARIS : A decision by a French court to postpone a robbery trial involving a Muslim defendant until the end of the holy month of Ramadan has set off a new fracas here about whether France's fierc... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17557575/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:34:15 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17557575/ PARIS -- He's not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe's best bet for making peace between Russia and Georgia. Paris, unlike Washington... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17556352/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:26:34 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17556352/ MOSCOW (AFP)--One month to the day after the start of their conflict, Russia and Georgia were Sunday awaiting a visit by French President Nicolas Sarkozy aimed at shoring up an uneasy truce in the Cau... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17556354/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:26:32 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17556354/ Austria and France want to wipe out some bad memories from the European Championship when they open their World Cup qualifying campaigns on Saturday.Co-host Austria and France underachieved at Euro 20... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555145/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:21:54 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555145/ N EW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said. Mr. Jacquet, who lived in New York and Paris, died of cancer Thu... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555796/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:11:08 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555796/ The Francophones still want to stretch out into the Flemish side, said Joris Van Hauthem, from the far-right Vlaams Belang party, at a rally with about 400 supporters in Wezembeek-Oppem, on the outski... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555797/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:41 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555797/ The commission urged the Sunday Times to come forward with any tape recordings and other relevant information it might have on the allegations, published after a six-month investigation by the paper. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555800/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:40 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555800/ The leader of the opposition reminds me of a professor who crosses out all the work of a student, but then gives him a passing grade, a sarcastic Harper said, while one well-known columnist wrote of t... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555799/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:39 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555799/ -(Dow Jones)- French Prime Minister Francois Fillon Sunday ruled out the possibility of a stimulus package to boost the country's flagging economy and vowed to press on with structural reforms. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555141/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:46:23 -0400 Morning Star http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17555141/ PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy hopes to set a date and place for the launch of international talks on South Ossetia and Abkhazia when he travels to Moscow on Monday, an off... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554521/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:04:00 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554521/ Datamonitor's industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the fruit & vegetables industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textua... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554527/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:55 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554527/ Three Jewish councilors from the Bnei Akiva youth movement were attacked not far from the organization's central branch in Paris on Saturday afternoon. The boys, aged between 17 and 18, had just finis... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554528/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554528/ LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A New York judge has ruled that an investor class action can go forward against Alstom SA and two former executives, with claims that the French power and transport com... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554522/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:04:01 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554522/ --With Muslims dedicating their time during the fasting month to become closer to Allah, the Noble Quran is becoming a best-seller in France during Ramadan. 'We sell between 10 to 15 copies of the Nob... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554530/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554530/ France, the 1998 world champions, suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to lowly Austria on Saturday to endure a nightmare start to their 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.On a night when reputations c... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17553907/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:05:05 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17553907/ CLAIREFONTAINE, France (Reuters) - Defender Philippe Mexes said on Sunday he was to blame for France's humiliating 3-1 defeat by Austria in a World Cup qualifier. Mexes added that the players stood by... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554523/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:59 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554523/ NEW DELHI: Armed with the India-specific waiver from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is now ready to face the world. Later this month, he will go on a 10-day visit tha... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554525/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:57 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554525/ High Representative and EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák today met with senior French officials in Paris to inform them of BiHâ??s progress in meeting the five objectives and two condi... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554532/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554532/ THE QUESTION OF SPAIN versus Bordeaux isn't as far-fetched as it might seem. Back in the 19th century, when the phylloxera epidemic devastated France's vineyards, the Bordelais trekked over the Pyrene... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554531/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:51 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17554531/ London (PTI): Eleven years after Princess Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris, the company which owns the ill-fated Mercedes has demanded it back in a bid to exploit the vehicle's history. The wr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552952/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552952/ PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Moscow on Monday to tell Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to comply with a month-old peace plan for Georgia or risk damaging relation... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552953/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552953/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy is convinced Syrian President Bashar Assad is serious about pursuing peace talks with Israel in the coming months, French officials said yesterday. The head of the Mid... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552956/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:51 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552956/ THE BEST WAY TO LOURDES, FRANCE From LAX, connecting service, requiring a change of planes and a change of airports, is available on Air France TELEPHONES To call the numbers below from the U.S., dial... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552954/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552954/ Turkish media reported that both countries were pleased with the half-day trip on Saturday, Sept. 6, and described it as a good start for resumption of relations. 'While the region is in the midst of ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552955/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:50 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552955/ Moscow's cooperation is vital for any such mission to be able to get into the breakaway Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, or the surrounding buffer zones which Russia controls, they said... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552508/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:03:19 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17552508/ New Delhi, Sep 6 : External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday thanked the US, Britain, France and Russia for pushing the unique waiver for India in the NSG and underlined that the nuclear dea... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17550594/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:41:29 -0400 New Kerala http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17550594/ A recent Grand-Am race LAT PHOTOGRAPHIC NASCAR Holdings will acquire the Grand-Am Road Racing Association from NASCAR's ruling family, the Frances, the series announced. The move 'will allow for resou... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551252/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:23 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551252/ Dhaka, Sept 7 (bdnews24.com) - The Election Commission will invite the BNP again after it refused to join the ongoing third-round dialogues on Sunday, the chief election commissioner has said. 'We'll ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551253/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:22 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551253/ The Iranian nuclear program is a dangerous gamble which may lead to a 'catastrophic' Israeli military strike, French President Nicholas Sarkozy warned on Thursday. French President Nicholas Sarkozy at... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551249/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:26 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551249/ French fashion house Lacoste presented its 2009 spring collection aimed at the well-heeled young as Tropical Storm Hanna doused the city with heavy rain. New York authorities warned Friday evening of ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551247/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:29 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551247/ The leaders of France, Syria, Turkey and Qatar met in Damascus Thursday to discuss the burning issues of peace between Israel and Syria, Iran's nuclear program, and the situation in Lebanon. The four-... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551251/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:24 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551251/ New Delhi (PTI): After clinching a deal with ASEAN on a Free Trade Agreement, negotiations will resume this week for a market-opening pact between India and EU, ahead of summit-level talks between Pri... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551245/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:31 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551245/ The Jerusalem Municipality spokesman's office was somewhat surprised by my query about the naming of a street after Isaac Mose (Adolphe) Cremieux. I was told that those on the naming committee who had... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551250/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:27 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551250/ From Kelvin Ebiri, Port Harcourt Gunmen in two separate incidents kidnapped an Opobo chief and released two French nationals who were abducted by gunmen thirty-four days ago at Onne, Eleme Local Gover... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551248/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:25 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551248/ Nissan will unveil a new electric concept car and a new production city car, as well as a heavily revised version of the existing Note compact car, at the 2008 Paris Motor Show. The Nuvu electric conc... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551254/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:20 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551254/ to provide a bouquet of Shariah compliant funds to its customersDubai, September, SALAMA, the world's largest Takaful and Re-Takaful Group ties up with BNP Paribas Investment Partners, one of the lead... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551246/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:30 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551246/ After winning the US Open mixed doubles title, ageless wonder Leander Paes is hungry for more and now wants to win the French Open title with partner Cara Black next season. At 35, Paes's cabinet boas... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551257/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:19 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551257/ (PARIS) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy heads for Moscow on Monday hoping to persuade the Kremlin leadership to accept a European Union observer mission in the Georgia conflict zone and a date for ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551256/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:35:18 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17551256/ The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival organisers surprised the advertising fraternity on September 3, 2008, when it announced that it had withdrawn the Bronze Lion that was awarded to TB... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549061/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:57 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549061/ Two French sailors on board MV Bourbon that were kidnapped from a Bush Bar in Onne on August 2, 2008 have regained their freedom in what the Joint Task Force said happened without the payment of ranso... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549065/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549065/ Syria Bloomberg reported that French cement maker Lafarge and major oil company Total will sign deals to increase their activities in Syria. According to the agreement, Lafarge which will establish tw... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549062/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:56 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549062/ BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is optimistic that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will on Monday make progress in his discussions with Russia about a peace plan with Georgia. 'I h... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549059/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:59 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549059/ Bharti Axa Mutual Fund has devised a new way to persuade investors to switch to the online model. The fund house is launching a plan under its maiden equity scheme, wherein investors opting to receive... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549064/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:54 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549064/ LONDON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Germany and Italy reaped victories on the road but France fell on Saturday when 24 European zone qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup took place. Germay dismantled Lie... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549060/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:58 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549060/ While the concept of the hypermarket is not new to Bahrain, the opening of the iconic this month will introduce the Kingdom's first Carrefour to the market when it opens in September.Considered worldw... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549067/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549067/ French construction company Bouygues the developers of Highway 2000 will be undertaking the restoration of the Bog Walk Gorge at no cost to the government. The gorge was destroyed last week by Tropica... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549066/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:53 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549066/ TEHRAN (AFP) â?? Iran on Saturday played down French President Nicolas Sarkozy's warning this week that it risked being attacked by Israel because of its controversial nuclear programme. 'This regime... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549068/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:52 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17549068/ ministers at the end of their meeting in Avignon, France (AFP Photo / DominIque Faget) September 6, 2008, 23:52 French president Nicholas Sarkozy is flying to Moscow and Tbilisi next week to assess th... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546876/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:43:01 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546876/ (KHARTOUM) - The French government presented to Sudan a plan that may lead to blocking investigations by the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a news report. French Presidential Advisor... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546878/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:43:00 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546878/ west African country's southern oil region have been freed. The military says the two workers seized Aug. 3 from a nightclub in the Niger Delta region were released late Friday. France's Foreign Minis... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546182/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:45 -0400 The China Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546182/ Unconvincing wins for Italy, England and Portugal were all overshadowed Saturday when France started its attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a humbling 3-1 defeat at Austria. While Italy w... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17545980/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:35:29 -0400 CBC News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17545980/ PARIS- Stade Francais regained top spot in the French Top 14 championship on Saturday following a 26-11 win at Perpignan with Bayonne, 17-6 winners over Clermont on Friday, in second spot. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546278/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:10:03 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17546278/ Unconvincing wins for Italy, England and Portugal were all overshadowed Saturday when France started its attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a humbling 3-1 defeat at Austria.While Italy won... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17544523/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:19:42 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17544523/ Dhaka, (The Daily Star): Detained former premier Khaleda Zia's parliamentary adviser and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and former Awami League (AL) state minister Obaidul Qader were released f... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17544997/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:16:23 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17544997/ The government's hopes of selling nuclear generator British Energy to the French have sparked back into life. Negotiations are still delicate, but on the balance of probabilities, it looks as though s... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543336/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:49 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543336/ US stars are set to descend on the posh French resort of Deauville for the Festival of American Cinema which this year pays tribute to maverick African-American director Spike Lee. Ed Harris, Samuel L... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543338/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:44 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543338/ With the announcement of her pregnancy by an unnamed man, France's sharp and ambitious justice minister has given the nation what it loves best: the chance to laugh at its prurient, prudish Anglo-Saxo... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542687/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:51:12 -0400 The Guardian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542687/ President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has enlisted some of Britains leading architects for one of his most daring projects. He wants to make Paris more like London. Proposals now emerging reflect the Fr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543337/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:47 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543337/ Andreas Ivanschitz celebrates scoring against France. Photograph: Georg Hochmuth/EPA Andreas Ivanschitz scored one goal and set up two others as Austria opened their qualifying campaign with an impr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542754/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:51:38 -0400 The Guardian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542754/ Clothing chains French Connection, Primark and Next all report results this week ahead of the vital Christmas quarter for the high street. Analysts predict profits at the ailing French Connection... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542898/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:52:09 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542898/ SAO PAULO - Workers at a Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co Ltd. plant in southern Brazil ended a four-day strike Friday after winning a salary increase. But about 4,500 workers at a Volkswagen AG factory... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543339/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:43 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543339/ Hamburg - A last-minute goal from Antonio de Natale gave world champions Italy a 2-1 win at Cyprus, but defeated 2006 finalists France crashed 3-1 in Austria Saturday in World Cup qualifiers in Europe... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543342/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:40 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17543342/ United Nations, 07 September, (Asiantribune.com): The United Nations has admitted it made an "error" in permitting three representatives of the Tamil Centre for Human Rights (TCHR) , a pro-LTTE organi... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542899/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:09:41 -0400 Asian Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17542899/ U.S. dollar exchange rates dramatically ended more than eight months of doldrums this past week by returning to the 80-81 French Pacific franc level for the first time since late December at http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540332/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:22:43 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540332/ As Rachida Dati, France's glamorous but enigmatic Justice Minister, clattered, in a haze of expensive Dior perfume, down the polished marble steps of her magnificent office on the Place Vendme (so con... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17541417/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:15:26 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17541417/ Above the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honor in Paris, an assistant leads me along a winding corridor of glass cubicles into an entirely white room. This is the office of the editor of French Vogue, but how ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17541416/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:15:27 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17541416/ LONDON - Unconvincing wins for Italy, England and Portugal were all overshadowed today when France started its attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup with a humbling 3-1 defeat at Austria.While Ita... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540702/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:11:01 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540702/ Austria beat France 3-1 in opening match in World Cup qualifying Group 7 Philip Mexes scores own goal and gives away decisive penalty in French defeat Lithuania shock Romania 3-0 to top group after op... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540706/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:07:51 -0400 CNN http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17540706/ Michio Hayashi Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent PARIS--Keio University's Business School and France's prestigious ESSEC Business School have agreed to launch a double degree program in which students can... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17539353/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:44:12 -0400 Congoo http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17539353/ Sonny Bill Williams may soon be getting a visit from Graham Henry. The All Blacks coach says there are now so many talented Kiwis playing abroad it justifies a trip to Europe so he can meet and greet... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17538803/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:21:31 -0400 Stuff http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17538803/ Six young Indian designers on a common quest to marry ancestral tradition with contemporary design are being showcased at Europe's biggest home fair in Paris this week. Chosen "to honour the flourishi... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17538804/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:06:55 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17538804/ Patrick Vieira has revealed he is hopeful of making his France comeback in October. The Inter Milan midfielder missed his country's three group games at Euro 2008 due to a thigh problem, and had ad... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17534871/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:08:53 -0400 Sky Sports http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17534871/ The bank overseeing the relaunch of Italy's ailing national airline Alitalia denied a report Friday that it had offered a 10-20 percent stake to Air France-KLM, the ANSA news agency said."There is abs... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17533969/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:00:14 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/fab36d240e1883d4/id/17533969/