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FRANCE followed up last weekend's impressive win over world champions South Africa with a comprehensive victory over an outclassed Samoa side at the Stade de France.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Airbus said Wednesday it agreed to sell six jetliners to newly created Senegal Airlines, giving the European plane maker bragging rights to more than $5 billion worth of orders at a subdued Dubai Airshow.

A court has acquitted a subsidiary of French oil giant Total and a former factory chief in a 2001 explosion at a chemical plant that killed 31 people.

In this undated photo released by Mount St. Mary's University, gold and silver coins are shown from a collection worth an estimated $40,000, that was found near a Catholic shrine on the campus of Mount St.

By Caiphus Kgosana Political Bureau An ANC MP has suggested that those who butcher South Africa's national anthem be charged with treason.

South Africa wing Bryan Habana has been cleared of kicking French wing Vincent Clerc and is free to play in Saturday's game against Italy, disciplinary officials said on Tuesday.

By Peter Fabricius Foreign Editor Rastafarian singer Ras Dumisani was under the influence of something other than pure patriotism when he sang his own ghastly and controversial off-key version of the national anthem before the Springbok-France rugby match in Toulouse last Friday, according to French rugby sources.

DAY war hero Bill Millin is this week welcoming French officials who are honouring him for his role in liberating them from Nazi Germany.

Ras Dumisani had to weather further criticism on Monday over his rendition of South Africa's national anthem, with the Congress of the People calling his performance a "vocal misfire". "It looked as though it came right out of the blooper reel of a reality TV singing show," the party said.

Durban-born reggae singer Ras Dumisani says an old microphone and technical glitches are to blame for his embarrassing rendition of South Africa's national anthem before the Test match against France in Toulouse.

Twenty-four women who volunteered to stay in bed for two months in France have helped a Canadian doctor gain insight into a health challenges that could someday face astronauts travelling to Mars: rapidly-aging bone marrow.

Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft in the first plane sale to emerge from the Dubai Airshow.

If Springbok Coach Peter de Villiers did not believe in the Friday 13th myth, I am sure he does now.

The reggae singer the Springboks accused of butchering the anthem before the 20-13 Test match defeat to France told AFP Saturday that he thought he had "sung beautifully". SAPA Ras Dumisani, sporting dreadlocks tucked into a huge red, green and white Rastafarian cap, was adamant that his performance - which made large parts of the Toulouse crowd ...

South Africa's rugby team has accused France of "disrespecting" their country's national anthem at the start of Friday's test match in Toulouse.

The long-delayed prototype of Airbus' first military transport plane has been moved from the factory for final ground tests ahead of its maiden flight next month, a spokeswoman said Friday.

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Emirates airline, the biggest buyer of the "superjumbo" Airbus A380, said Wednesday it is considering increasing its order for the double-decker plane despite delays on existing orders.

Located in a roundabout in the rather quiet commune of Blagnac in Toulouse, the Place de la RA©volution is constantly surrounded by cars who circle it daily.