Rhone-Alpes, France News

I have had the privilege of taking part in what the French call a "twinning cities" visit to Ville de Mcon, France, with 11 other delegates.

Local officials' trip last week to Macon, France, isn't the only sister city trip the city of Macon, Ga., has been involved with lately.

Childhood obesity is directly related to how close kids live to convenience stores, according to the preliminary findings of a major Canadian study presented at the Entretiens Jacques-Cartier in Lyon, France.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 16 Dec 2009 - 0:00 PST Three articles published Online First and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet report the conclusions of three studies from the USA, China, and Hungary.

Geneva - France remains the only western European nation where swine flu is rising as the pandemic sweeps eastwards across the northern hemisphere, the World Health Organisation said on Friday.

You can tell a lot about a woman by looking inside her purse * Who? Jin Caldwell, Ethel's pastry chef * Handbag: Handmade MITZ bag by Angelina in Mexico City and M&M/Mars. Proceeds go toward low-income families and schools in Mexico City.

The action involved more than 50 young Azerbaijanis residing in France. 40 slogans in English and French were drawn for the action, 1news.az reported.

At the IP-ESC 2009 Conference last week in Grenoble, France, Evatronix held a seminar to discuss the new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard, as well as benefits and techniques of developing a USB Mass Storage application based on a SuperSpeed USB 3.0 peripheral controller.

Jimmie LeBlanc, classical guitarist and composer, has won the $7,500 Jules LA©ger Prize.

China on Wednesday officially opened its consulate-general in Lyon, southeastern France after nearly two years of preparation.

Increasing wine knowledge requires stretching personal limits and tastes. The best advice received and repeated is to try different wines.

QUEBEC a ' Premier Jean Charest has been awarded an honorary doctorate by UniversitA© Pierre-MendA s-France in Grenoble, to mark his political career and his contribution to relations between Quebec and France.

Bruker BioSpin has successfully completed the installation of the world's first 1000 MHz ultra-high field NMR AVANCETM spectrometer at the Centre de Resonance Magnetique Nucleaire a Tres Hauts Champs in Lyon, France .

Design & Reuse SA , a global collaboration network for sharing system-on-chip design resources, announced a configurable documentation platform as part of its Enterprise Intranet Platform.

Following the decision by a Swiss federal court to release Roman Polanski on bail, INTERPOL has issued an alert reminding all 188 member countries that he remains the subject of a valid Red Notice, an international wanted persons notice, issued at the request of US authorities.

At first blush, it seems like a miraculous breakthrough: Cases of lost sexual desire found! The promise of sexual satisfaction restored for millions of women! Could it be that an antidepressant called flibanserin, a non-hormonal compound that works on neurotransmitters in the brain, is effective at treating low libido in women? That's what three ...

Evatronix SA of Bielsko-Biala, Poland, announced it has updated its NAND Flash memory controller to meet the latest specifications of the Open NAND Flash interface .

A French aid group says two of its French staff members have been abducted in the Central African Republic.

PARIS: Four men were injured during a series of explosions which happened Monday evening in a chemical factory belonging to French major chemical producer SNF in central France.

A large study of more than 1,300 patients has provided evidence that increased attention to pain assessment in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit may improve patient outcomes and lead to shorter ICU stays.