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3 hrs ago | Star Phoenix

French court says lesbian couple can adopt

A French court on Tuesday allowed a lesbian woman to adopt a child with her partner after 11 years of legal battle, in what gay rights campaigners said was an unprecedented victory.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, World News

8 hrs ago | Electronics Weekly

Freescale puts two fabs up for sale

Austin-based FreescaleA Semiconductor has officially placed two of its fabs up for sale after earlier stating it would exit the facilities.

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Related Topix: World News, Japan

12 hrs ago | CBS News

Analysis: France-Germany Ties Fade

Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally - and France the perpetual skeptic.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Germany, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, Opinion

17 hrs ago | ChowHound

Maison Pic, Valence - France's only 3* female chef

Hi, These are my thoughts on my meal at Pic at the end of June. For full commentary + photography, please click here: http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/27/maison-pic-valence/ In the town of Valence, there was once a famous jurist called Jacques Cujas.

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Related Topix: World News, Travel, France Travel

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Tocqueville Connection

Iraqi president to visit France

Under former president Jacques Chirac, France opposed the decision by the United States and Britain to invade Iraq to overthrow dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003, and relations have at times been tense with the new Iraqi leadership.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Travel, Iraq, Iraq Travel, Middle East, Jalal Talabani,

Green Car Congress

Renault to Produce the Electric Version of Kangoo in Maubeuge, France

Renault has decided to produce the future electric, zero-emission version of its Kangoo Express LCV at M.C.A. , in northern France, starting in the first half of 2011.

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Related Topix: Electric Vehicle, World News

BlabberMouth.net

METALLICA Announces Theatrical Screenings Of 'Francais Pour Une Nuit' in France

If you live in France or will be visiting this Monday or Tuesday, check out a special preview of METALLICA 's "Francais Pour Une Nuit" , the live DVD filmed in Nimes, France on July 7, 2009.

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Related Topix: Metal, Metallica, Europe, World News, Travel, France Travel,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Health

Study: Pot Bellies May Be in the Genes

THURSDAY, Nov. 5 a ' New research sheds light on the possible link between the genes you inherit and the size of your belly.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Nutrition, Genetics, Biology, Science, World News,

FOX News

Attorney Won't Appeal Decision to Try France's Chirac

The Paris prosecutor's office says it will not appeal a decision by an investigating magistrate to order former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial on embezzlement charges dating back to his 1977-95 tenure as Paris mayor.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

Canada.com

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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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Nicolas Sarkozy

TidBITS

Apple Store Opens First Retail Store in France

The command works iteratively, so you can go back to just the previously viewed page or if you issue the command again, to the page before that, and so on.

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, World News

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Runnin' Scared

Il Buco's Ignacio Mattos Goes to France, Invites You Along

Il Buco has teamed up with private ski guide, Luca Boniciolli, to offer a week-long ski vacation to the French Alps.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News

The London News.Net

Bust of Julius Caesar recovered from Rhone River on display at exhibition in France

London, November 7 : A bust of Julius Caesar, recovered from the Rhone riverbed, is now on display as part of an exhibition of artefacts discovered in the bed of the Rhone river over the last 20 years, at a museum in southern France.

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Related Topix: Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, World News,

Turkish Digest

The Role of Turkish Diplomats in Saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944

"The Role of Turkish Diplomats in Saving Turkish Jews in France: 1940-1944 By Arnold Reisman During World War II, Turkish diplomats saved Turkish Jews living in France from certain death, a fact of which the Anglophone world was ignorant until Stanford Shaw first revealed the historical data in 1995.1 Up until that time, this important piece of ...

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Related Topix: Turkey, Middle East, World News,

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KOKI

Abbas' move reflects deep Palestinian ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his participation at the summit of EU and Mediterranean rim nations July 13, 2008 in Paris, France.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, China,

Channelnewsasia.com

Chanel in court accused of counterfeiting

PARIS : French fashion giant Chanel was accused in court Friday of stealing a supplier's design in a case that could have a bearing on the rights of skilled artisans toiling in the luxury industry.

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Guardian Unlimited

For secular and Catholic France, a shock to the system: the rise of the evangelicals

Laying on of Hands at Shekinah Glory Evangelical Group Meeting, 29 May 2008, Paris, France.

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WHP-TV Harrisburg

Aides: Abbas says he won't run in January election

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during his participation at the summit of EU and Mediterranean rim nations July 13, 2008 in Paris, France.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, World News, Palestinian Territories,

ABC News

Airbus Freighter Makes Maiden Test Flight

In this photo released by Airbus on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, Airbus' new freight cargo aircraft, the... In this photo released by Airbus on Thursday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Europe, Travel

Thu Nov 05, 2009

NEWS.com.au

Mont Blanc shrinks by 45cm in two years

WESTERN Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45cm in two years, experts say following an official survey.

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