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Five workers dead in Andorra bridge collapse
Two more workers died overnight after a bridge under construction in the Pyrenees principality of Andorra collapsed, bringing the death toll to five, the government said Sunday.
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The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair.
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Abbas Threat Clouds Netanyahu's Washington Trip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on November 8 with the U.S. Middle East peace drive in crisis over a threat by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand down.
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French Minister urges quick solution to Cyprus problem
French Minister for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche called for an early solution to the decades-old Cyprus problem on Saturday, adding Turkey's EU aspiration will be harmed if it refuses to recognize the Republic of Cyprus.
Giant dominoes form tribute to Berlin Wall's fall
Massive colorful dominoes painted by German students were placed Saturday along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades.
Iran, North Korea nuclear disputes top Clinton's agenda
Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in Germany to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall.
Bruni-Sarkozy tells of 8 years in psychoanalysis
During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought.
France urged not to block Turkey's EU bid
Saturday, November 07, 2009 PARIS: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu urged France on Friday not to block Turkey's bid to join the European Union, saying his country holds the key to a new relationship with the Muslim world.
Climate pact could be ready in 2010, U.N. official says
A new international treaty to combat climate change will not be ready when 40 world leaders meet next month in Copenhagen but may be finished next year, a top United Nations official said Friday in Barcelona.
France puts curbs on bankers' bonuses
France puts curbs on bankers' bonuses France's President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks at a news conference attended by Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, following a meeting with bank leaders at the Elysee Palace, August 25, 2009.
French man with face paint of the French flag
Earlier this week, France learned that Claude Levi-Strauss, a leading anthropologist and a member of the elite Academie Francaise, had died aged 100.
French minister bids to calm row
French minister Pierre Lellouche has said he is not worried about the Tories' new European policy and would be able to work with David Cameron.
What makes us French, Sarkozy asks
After a streak of damaging news, Nicolas Sarkozy has just switchedchannels. Forget the Culture Minister's sex tourism, presidential nepotism, political trials and a slide in Sarkozy's ratings.
Tusk and Sarkozy talk nuclear energy
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk met French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a diplomatic visit to Paris on Thursday.
Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions
Activists of anti-poverty group Oxfam wearing masks of world leaders fron left to right: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Spain's Jose Luiz Rodriguez Zapatero and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, perform during the Climate Change Talks in ...
'Autistic and pathetic': Tories ditch referendum vow... and are savaged by the French
Where's the 'cast-iron guarantee'? David Cameron insisted yesterday that tackling Britain's huge debt was more important than a referendum France has accused the Tories of 'castrating' Britain's position in Europe and threatening to turn the country into a backwater which would 'disappear off the radar'. In an extraordinary attack on David ...
Former French PM attacks Sarkozy at start of scandal trial
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin launched a bitter attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday as he went on trial for conspiring to smear his political rival before the 2007 election.
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France's Sarkozy launches controversial national identity debate
What does it mean to be French?
As part of a long-simmering question over France's direction, the government of Nicolas Sarkozy today started a website asking citizens to give input on French values, patriotism, and their thoughts on the rise of minorities here.
It's Step 1 of an ambitious national "grand debate" on "identity" that aims to span tiny French hamlets and city districts over the next four months, ending just ahead of a national by-election next spring.
The project, run out of the Ministry of Immigration and National Identity, opens a politically fraught but substantial debate that Mr. Sarkozy first broached in 2007: How to define French tradition at a time when France faces burgeoning African, Arab, and Asian immigrants, and other changes in a globalizing world.
Irish tops 'World's Sexiest Accents' poll
London, November 03 : The Irish style of speech has topped the poll of the 'World's Sexiest Accent' defeating the French.
Belgian PM favorite for EU president post
BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy's stock is rising as a strong "consensus" runner for the new job of EU president, diplomats said Monday.
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