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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 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:50:10 -0400 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:50:10 -0400 30 The two French fire-fighting airplanes "Canadair", which arrived to Bulgaria Sunday night, are already taking part in the efforts to put out the forest fire in the Rila Mountain National Par... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17568819/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:16:52 -0400 Novinite http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17568819/ jwarren@herald-leader.com PARIS — Today's cars are so complicated that changing spark plugs almost requires six engineers, two MIT computer-science professors and maybe fourNAS CAR pit crewmen.... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17567942/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:33:56 -0400 Lexington Herald-Leader http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17567942/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17565524/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:47:52 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17565244/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:23:03 -0400 People's Daily http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17561325/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:40:53 -0400 Travel Blackboard http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17561325/ 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 rath... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17559568/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:04:28 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17559568/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17557722/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:58:49 -0400 VOA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17557722/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17557575/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:34:15 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17557575/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555796/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:11:08 -0400 Boston Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555796/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555145/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:21:54 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555145/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555797/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:41 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555800/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:40 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555799/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:05:39 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555799/ PARIS – Three young Parisian Jews were treated for fractures and bruises after what France's interior minister described Sunday as an anti-Semitic attack. The three – aged 17 and 18 &#8... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555394/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:02:57 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555394/ -(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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555141/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:46:23 -0400 Morning Star http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17555141/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17553907/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:05:05 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17553907/ with their missiles and bases," Luzhkov said. Referring to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, he added: "Let it be a warning to Saakashvili's regime." Sarkozy - who dashed to http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17553918/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:37 -0400 Morning Star http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17553918/ Three Jewish teens were attacked by a group of youths of similar age in Paris, a French police spokeswoman said Sunday.The three victims, wearing kippot (skullcaps) at the time, were struck by stones ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17552022/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:31:06 -0400 Haaretz http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17552022/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17552508/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:03:19 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17550594/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:41:29 -0400 New Kerala http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17550594/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17550352/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:55:51 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17550352/ 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 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and French Presid... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17548447/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:36:49 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17548447/ 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 Liechtenstein's part-timers 6-0... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17548229/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:24:01 -0400 People's Daily http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17548229/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17546182/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:45 -0400 The China Post http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17545980/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:35:29 -0400 CBC News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17546278/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:10:03 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17544523/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:19:42 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17544523/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542898/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:52:09 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542898/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542754/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:51:38 -0400 The Guardian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542754/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542687/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:51:12 -0400 The Guardian http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542687/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17542899/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:09:41 -0400 Asian Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540332/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:22:43 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540332/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540271/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:16:19 -0400 Earth Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540271/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540702/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:11:01 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540706/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:07:51 -0400 CNN http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17540706/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17538803/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:21:31 -0400 Stuff http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17538804/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:06:55 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17538804/ French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde on Saturday said France was reviewing its budget deficit targets after cutting its growth expectations for the year. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17533926/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:58:02 -0400 CNBC http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17533926/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran dismissed on Saturday a warning by France's president that the Islamic Republic was taking a dangerous gamble over its nuclear programme because one day its arch-foe Israel cou... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17534903/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:51:16 -0400 The Star http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17534903/ No injuries have been reported and there is no threat to people in the nearby villages and the town of Blagoevgrad, fire service chief Nikolay Nikolov said on national radio Saturday. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535286/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:30:18 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535286/ Paris Hilton has rubbished rumours that she’s pregnant with boyfriend Benji Madden’s child, insisting that she’s too busy to start a family. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535294/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:51:48 -0400 Times of India http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535294/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17533969/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:00:14 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17533969/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17534871/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:08:53 -0400 Sky Sports http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17534871/ B RUSSELS, Sept 6, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union congratulated Saturday new Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on his election and urged him to help ease security concerns in the region.  &#... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535289/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:30:28 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17535289/ NEW YORK - Alain Jacquet, a French pop artist known for his reinterpretations of famous paintings, has died, the French Embassy said. Jacquet, who lived in New York and Paris, died of cancer Thursda... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17529382/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:18:05 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17529382/ What? French fries aren't healthy? Cafeteria patrons at Novi's new Providence Park Hospital will find one quick-order staple conspicuously missing from the culinary line up: French fries. The artery-c... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17528961/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:47:55 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17528961/ PARIS : 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. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17529388/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:03:59 -0400 Times of India http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17529388/ 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/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17527017/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:31:28 -0400 eTaiwan News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17527017/ The reigning Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre announced Friday he is swapping his current cycling team CSC for the Cervelo Test team at the end of the current season. The 33-year-old Sastre has bee... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17527024/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:40:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17527024/ PARIS: Manchester United defender Patrice Evra says he will give "300 percent" effort to propel France to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17523154/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:00:47 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17523154/ The investors ' offers are the last hope for the survival of Poland's Baltic Sea shipyards, remembered for dealing a death blow to communism by giving birth to Solidarity, the first and only free trad... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17520487/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:25:01 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17520487/ September 5, 2008 (InfoWorld) A decade ago, European countries leapt out of the gate to take the lead in the radical open source movement -- none more so than France -- and left U.S. developers in the... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516500/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:50:55 -0400 Computerworld http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516500/ Rama Yade, France’s Junior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, this week announced that her country intends to submit a draft “declaration” calling for the global... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516126/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:02:36 -0400 Spero News http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516126/ France's play-off hopes remained alive thanks to a comfortable victory against Group 10's bottom side Malta. Man down A strong first-half display laid the platform for the three points in Boulogne-sur... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516105/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:06:48 -0400 UEFA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516105/ Biarritz have strengthened their squad with the signing of three new forwards just two weeks into the Top 14 season.Joining the Basque club are Crusaders prop Campbell Johnston, Agen flank Pierre Som ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516496/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:00:39 -0400 Planet Rugby http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516496/ His comment came just days after he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat launched intensive talks on reunifying the Mediterranean island in what the United Nations described as a historic move ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516497/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:23:52 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516497/ However the draft summit declaration makes no mention of the key European perspective for Ukraine, which Kiev had been hoping for and which is familiar eurospeak for an eventual goal of EU membership. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516499/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:23:51 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516499/ A picture of a Taliban fighter in the uniform of a dead French soldier drew anger in France Wednesday as the army came under new fire over its conduct in an ambush that killed 10 paratroopers in Afgha... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516112/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:16:44 -0400 General Sources http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17516112/ The United States and its staunch ally Israel - - the Middle East's sole if undeclared nuclear armed nation - - have never ruled out taking military action against Iran, which they accuse of seeking t... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512196/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:04 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512196/ B RUSSELS, Sept 5, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission launched Friday "fast-track" aid action for Haiti, after the storm-hit Caribbean island appealed for international help.    &#16... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512197/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:04 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512197/ I am sure that Russia will understand it is deepening its isolation through the Georgian conflict, Rice added, saying that Russia has been widely condemned for its recognition of South Ossetia and Abk... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512194/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:26:03 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17512194/ "I will not abandon the Chantiers de l'Atlantique," Sarkozy said, referring to the yard by its former name. "What better way to show my confidence in the future of the yard...than (for the governmen... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17511800/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:04:05 -0400 Morning Star http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17511800/ France, currently the president of the European Union is considering the possibility of sending a European Union mission to help security in the Palestinian territories, diplomats said on Friday befor... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17505843/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:55 -0400 Haaretz http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17505843/ Pihsiang Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (PMMC), the largest, Taiwan-listed manufacturer of electric scooters for seniors and handicapped globally, recently announced its plan to demo its all-electr... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17506184/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:02:22 -0400 Taiwan Headlines http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17506184/ Tahiti - The daughter of a French couple whose sailboat was seized by pirates off Somalia says her parents are doing well. Alizee Delanne says she spoke to her parents, Jean-Yves and Bernadette Del... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507087/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:28:29 -0400 IOL http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507087/ President Polish President Lech Kaczynski on Friday lambasted Germany and France for dominating the European Union, according to press reports. Speaking at a meeting of Polish ambassadors in Warsaw Th... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507249/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:06:40 -0400 IRNA http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507249/ Western countries have called on Russia to withdraw troops from Georgia immediately and have condemned Moscow's decision to recognise the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, another rebel prov... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507620/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:19:56 -0400 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507620/ US stars were set to descend on the posh French resort of Deauville Friday for the Festival of American Cinema which this year pays tribute to maverick African-American director http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507621/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:02:44 -0400 Breitbart http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17507621/ )French Defense minister Hervé Morin will travel to New Caledonia next week for a three-day visit (September 14-17), the French High commission in Nouméa said on Thursay in a release.Mor... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17503410/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:31:41 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17503410/ September 5, 2008 Paris Hilton and Benji Madden's duets are "happy and fun". The hotel heiress - who has been dating Good Charlotte rocker Benji since early this year - has been recording tracks w... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17502696/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:38 -0400 Tonight http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17502696/ TOKYO - Honda is bringing back the defunct Insight nameplate for a hybrid-only vehicle planned for the Japanese, European and North American markets early next year, as the automaker strives to play ... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17502206/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:36:06 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17502206/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy has joined a summit with regional leaders in Damascus seeking to boost the roles of Paris and the European Union in the Middle East. http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17499676/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:14:58 -0400 SBS http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17499676/ WHY GO NOW? Paris leaves its Christmas decorations on display throughout January, so you can enjoy enchanting winter views along the Seine, ice-skating outside the town hall and other seasonal d... http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17499950/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:51:03 -0400 The Independent http://story.parisguardian.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/17499950/