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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/e597bd109c960ae3/ en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:48 -0400 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:23:48 -0400 30 French First Lady Carla Bruni's starring role in a Woody Allen movie is under threat, as the legendary director is having second thoughts about casting her. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/614090/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:40:02 -0400 IANS http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/614090/cs/1/ French and British officials have discussed a nuclear deterrence-sharing scheme but Britain has opposed the idea 'so far' on grounds of political unacceptability, a media report said Friday. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613923/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:50:01 -0400 IANS http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613923/cs/1/ After finally getting Carla Bruni's nod to act in his film, Woody Allen is now considering leaving the French First Lady for his next flick. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613896/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:07 -0400 ANI http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613896/cs/1/ A French lawmaker from President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party is raising demands to legalise brothels, more than 60 years after Paris banned them. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613810/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:30:13 -0400 ANI http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613810/cs/1/ Two persons, who were detained in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan, have reportedly been freed by the Paris police. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613740/cs/1/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:10:04 -0400 ANI http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/613740/cs/1/ PARIS (Reuters) - French police displayed video surveillance images on Friday of five suspects in the killing of a police officer by a group believed to belong to the Basque separatist movement ETA.Je... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33301004/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:49:42 -0400 West Australian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33301004/ and Lyon were pitted against fellow French side Bordeaux in the draw made here Friday. The first legs are scheduled for March 30/31 with the second legs on April 6/7. The semi-final draw was als... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33301812/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:41:53 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33301812/ While there was a mixed reaction after Olympique Lyonnais and FC Girondins de Bordeaux were drawn together, both sides agreed on one positive: the guaranteed semi-final presence of a French side. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298459/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:59:47 -0400 UEFA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298459/ Paris - Investigators have identified two more members of the Spanish Basque separatist group ETA who were allegedly involved in Tuesday's killing of a French policeman near Paris, French and Spanish ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33297924/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:39:02 -0400 Earth Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33297924/ (Michael Steele/Getty Images) Lyon midfielder Jeremy Toulalan lashed out Friday at members of France's 1998 World Cup-winning team for their criticism of the current national squad. Toulalan told Le ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298472/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:27:15 -0400 CBC News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298472/ LONDON (Reuters) - England captain Steve Borthwick will miss Saturday's final Six Nations championship match against France at the Stade de France (7:45 p.m.) after failing to recover from an injured ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298467/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:19:54 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33298467/ (From L-R) Finance Ministers, Elena Salgado of Spain, Anders Borg of Sweden, Christine Lagarde of France and George Papaconstantinou of Greece, talk at the start of a European Union finance ministers ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295390/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:37:55 -0400 National Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295390/ A French mystery writer is being sued for defamation by the owners of the well-known Parisian fabric store where she set her latest crime novel. Lalie Walker's psychological thrillers are often set a... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295331/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:37:37 -0400 CBC News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295331/ PARIS -- The Paris Club has agreed to cancel all of the debt owed to it by Afghanistan, in a deal worth $1.026 billion, the group of sovereign creditors said in a statement on Wednesday. Afghanistan ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295404/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:36:01 -0400 National Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295404/ US Middle East envoy George Mitchell will hold talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Paris on Saturday, a spokesman said, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. M... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295752/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:03:24 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33295752/ Céline Lesage arrives at the courthouse guarded by police. Photograph: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images A mother who killed six of her newborn babies and hid their bodies in bin liners has been ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33293094/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:36:45 -0400 guardian.co.uk http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33293094/ G20 summit ."Look at the profit of the banking sector this year following the crisis: this is unacceptable. We must be strongly determined to balance this within the G20," Kouchner said in a... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33292837/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:28:36 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33292837/ French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Friday criticised excessive bank profits following the global slump and said tougher financial regulations would be the key issue at this year's G20 summit.... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33292851/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:15:24 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33292851/ London, March 19 : French and British officials have discussed a nuclear deterrence-sharing scheme but Britain has opposed the idea 'so far' on grounds of political unacceptability, a media report sai... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33290616/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:39:02 -0400 New Kerala http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33290616/ London - Britain and France have agreed on further nuclear cooperation but will retain their own independent deterrents, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Friday."We have agreed a degree of co-operatio... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33290623/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:29:09 -0400 Earth Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33290623/ CHICAGO - A new exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago takes a close — sometimes even microscopic — look at one short and enigmatic phase in the 65-year-long artistic career of France... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33288813/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:08:26 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33288813/ Researchers evaluating France's national infection control program for healthcare facilities found significant decreases in the rates of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) since 2004. The drop in... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33288068/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:56 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33288068/ ABOUT 20 towns and cities around France have joined forces to put pressure on the government to pay back the money they spent on tackling the swine flu outbreak.According to the local government body ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286715/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:29:02 -0400 The Connexion http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286715/ A FRENCH couple whose twin daughters were born to a surrogate mother in the US have won part of their long-running battle to be legally recognised as their parents.Dominique and Sylvie Mennesson paid ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286714/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:29:01 -0400 The Connexion http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286714/ (1888PressRelease) - The romantic city of Paris once again pays homage to the literary world at the Paris Book Fair 2010.HolidayCity.com - The movers and shakers of the international publishing world ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286349/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:01:50 -0400 Earth Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286349/ , it represented the wedge of domestic reformers and a key thrust of French diplomacy. Abdullah visited the French pavilion on the opening night Wednesday of the Janadriyah festival in the desert o... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286712/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:39:22 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286712/ People visit China's Shanghai Expo stand during the 2010 International Tourism Show in Paris, capital of France, March 18, 2010. The four-day show opened on Thursday, presenting a colorful showcase of... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286280/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:37:22 -0400 SINA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33286280/ With Spring ski trips to France set to soar in popularity following the Winter Olympics, Confused.com warns of the real cost holidaymakers could face Cardiff, UK ( http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33284402/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:08:02 -0400 PR Web http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33284402/ On Thursday, March 18, 2010 Axelle Fine Arts will showcase the urban landscapes of Patrick Pietropoli which features the shifting perspectives of Paris, New York, Venice, and Florence. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33284635/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:41:38 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33284635/ Paris, Mar.19 : Two persons, who were detained in connection with the kidnapping of a five-year-old British boy in Pakistan, have reportedly been freed by the Paris police. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282301/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:36:11 -0400 New Kerala http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282301/ INHYANG COMMERCE PHILIPPINES CORPORATION, a worldwide distributor established and registered in the Security Exchange Commission on September 15, 2008. ICPC is one of the branches of INHYANG COMMERCE ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282705/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:18:25 -0400 Inquirer http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282705/ US Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg visited Japan earlier this month and told Okada that Tokyo would have to play a very critical role to limit Iran's nuclear ambitions. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282700/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:51:01 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282700/ I will not say economic government because let's be frank, we are not going to have an economic government in the EU, Barroso told an audience at a think-tank meeting in Brussels. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282703/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:51:00 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282703/ , it represented the wedge of domestic reformers and a key thrust of French diplomacy. Abdullah visited the French pavilion on the opening night Wednesday of the Janadriyah festival in the desert o... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282698/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:36:04 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33282698/ MOSCOW -- The British Embassy says British, French and U.S. troops will march with Russian soldiers on Red Square to mark the 65th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33278321/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:12:48 -0400 The China Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33278321/ The French pack, so badly punished in the 2008 tournament as the team struggled to come to terms with the post-World Cup retirements of stalwarts such as Pieter de Villiers, Rafael Ibanez, Olivier Mil... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33276277/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:22:37 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33276277/ Marc Lièvremont's France team took a step backwards for each step forward until the present flowering in this year's Six Nations. Photograph: Francois Mori/AP Paris won't feel the same without Jonn... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33276278/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:13:37 -0400 The Guardian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33276278/ The memory of France's most shameful wartime episode, buried deep for 30 years and then only grudgingly recognised, has finally come fully to the surface. For the appalling fate that the French state ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275931/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:01:37 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275931/ ARTHUR BEESLEY European CorrespondentEUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy is coming under pressure from MEPs to bring to an end the European Parliament’s monthly commute to Strasbourg fr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275882/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:01:09 -0400 Irish Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275882/ Wearing a green uniform designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a sword engraved with her Auschwitz tattoo number, Simone Veil, 82, was enthroned as one of the French immortals yesterday. The survivor of Ausc... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275166/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:00:28 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275166/ Wearing a green uniform designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a sword engraved with her Auschwitz tattoo number, Simone Veil, 82, was enthroned as one of the French immortals yesterday. The survivor of Ausc... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275937/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:00:20 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275937/ Wearing a green uniform designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a sword engraved with her Auschwitz tattoo number, Simone Veil, 82, was enthroned as one of the French immortals yesterday. The survivor of Ausc... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275938/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:55:29 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33275938/ END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> The French architect Jean Nouvel has scrapped plans for a Paris skyscraper of nearly 100 storeys aft... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33273380/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:21 -0400 Times Online http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33273380/ Paris Club member states and Brazil have written off the entire $2.4 billion debt of the Democratic Republic of Congo to the countries in recognition of the DRC's anti-poverty efforts, the group has s... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33273068/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:13:47 -0400 RIA Novosti http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33273068/ Updated: March 18, 2010, 7:00 AM UK Alan Kardec came off the bench to inflict last-minute heartbreak on Marseille as his late goal sent Benfica through to the Europa League quarter-finals.The game se... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270537/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:44:48 -0400 Soccernet http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270537/ (From L-R) Finance Ministers, Elena Salgado of Spain, Anders Borg of Sweden, Christine Lagarde of France and George Papaconstantinou of Greece, talk at the start of a European Union finance ministers ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270200/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:39:15 -0400 National Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270200/ We're always sad when a top restaurant shuts down, but we were especially disappointed when we heard that the Michelin two-star Pierre Gagnaire a Tokyo had closed its bijou doors last year. As one of ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33269814/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:29:33 -0400 Japan Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33269814/ Oriental Hotel Tokyo Bay, a Tokyo Disney Resort partner hotel, opened its Kiddy Sweet concept rooms on its top floor on March 18, targeting families with children from ages 4 through 6. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270534/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:29:22 -0400 Japan Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/33270534/