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French aviation unions call four day strike - RTE.ie

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French aviation unions call four day strike
RTE.ie
Unions representing French aviation workers have voted for four days of strike action that is expected to disrupt air travel. Unions representing French aviation workers, including pilots, flight attendants and baggage handlers, have voted for four ...
French air tranport strike loomsExaminer.com
French Airport strikes to go ahead next weekEasyvoyage
French aviation unions call strike for Feb 6-9AFP
thejournal.ie
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Romantic New Orleans: The Big Easy casts its spell - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Romantic New Orleans: The Big Easy casts its spell
USA TODAY
"No houses could well be in better harmony with their surroundings," wrote Mark Twain of the city's antebellum Garden District— which, like the French Quarter, escaped most of Katrina's wrath. Not willing to pop for a $225 carriage tour from the ...

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Park helps bridge the gap between Brits and French - expressandstar.com

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Park helps bridge the gap between Brits and French
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The French are proud of its history of building transatlantic liners. There are three museums at Ville-Port Saint Nazaire celebrating or detailing these and are a must-see. At Escal'Atlantic you 'board' a luxury liner enjoying a tour from the cabins to ...

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Abducted American tourists in Egypt is a reminder of travel dangers - Fox News

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Abducted American tourists in Egypt is a reminder of travel dangers
Fox News
A French tourist was also killed during a shooting in Sharm el Sheikh last weekend. While the US Department of State strongly urges US citizens to avoid all demonstrations in Egypt, it has not issued a travel ban. Travel companies have been offering ...
Kidnapping of US tourists is latest blow for EgyptUSA TODAY

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Paris in spring time - Irish Times

Irish Times

Paris in spring time
Irish Times
Budget is very limited, so am considering renting off-peak in France or Italy. I will be travelling alone. I like culture, the outdoors, and would love to be in a position to swim in the sea. MK, Tipperary. Swimming in the sea is dependent on how hardy ...

French travel alert hurts Mauritania economy - magharebia.com

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French travel alert hurts Mauritania economy
magharebia.com
In the Mauritanian province of Adrar, the once-booming tourism industry has come to a halt after the French foreign ministry issued a warning against travelling to the area. By Raby Ould Idoumou for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 24/01/12 [AFP/Damien ...

Chinese Tourists to the Rescue - New York Times (blog)

New York Times (blog)

Chinese Tourists to the Rescue
New York Times (blog)
It quoted Xinxi Ribao, head of the Guangda International Travel Service, as saying Chinese tourists were primarily on the lookout for watches, Swiss chocolates, French bags, spectacles, cosmetics and scents, and Italian jewelry and leather goods.

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Guilty verdict in French tourist kidnap - MSN NZ News

Guilty verdict in French tourist kidnap
MSN NZ News
A Tauranga man has been found guilty of kidnapping and indecently assaulting a French woman who was hitch-hiking in Taupo last March. Stuart Maru Harris, 27, was found guilty of kidnapping by a majority jury of 11 in the Rotorua District Court on ...

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Party on St. Martin - Calgary Herald

Party on St. Martin
Calgary Herald
As a bleary-eyed tour group near the end of our first full day on this Caribbean island we thought we were just going out to a sedate dinner at a restaurant called Le Cottage. After all, Grand Case is considered the gastronomic capital of St. Martin.

Sports-car racing: The Powers of France - AutoWeek

Sports-car racing: The Powers of France
AutoWeek
It is a safe bet that these words--if not pasted on their corporate-office walls--are etched in the minds of two of motorsports' most powerful businessmen with a connection to France. The 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona last weekend ran under crisp blue skies ...

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Prosecutors Won't Charge Cyclist Lance Armstrong - ABC News

ABC News

Prosecutors Won't Charge Cyclist Lance Armstrong
ABC News
Federal prosecutors dropped their investigation of the seven-time Tour de France champion Friday, ending a nearly two-year effort to determine whether the world's most famous cyclist and his teammates joined in a doping program during his greatest ...
Prosecutors won't charge cyclist Lance Armstrong; Tour de France champ says ...Washington Post
Prosecutors close Lance Armstrong inquiry with no chargesUSA TODAY
Prosecutors close Lance Armstrong investigationSan Francisco Chronicle

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Austria's Kroell wins downhill by 0.01 seconds - USA TODAY

USA TODAY

Austria's Kroell wins downhill by 0.01 seconds
USA TODAY
CHAMONIX, France (AP) – Klaus Kroell gave Austria its first World Cup downhill victory of the season Friday, edging Bode Miller by 0.01 seconds in a race so tight the top five skiers were separated by only 0.08 seconds. By Michel Cottin, Getty Images ...
Kroell Beats Miller by a Sliver to Win Men's World Cup Downhill in FranceBloomberg

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France labels Scientology a fraud - Ninemsn

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France labels Scientology a fraud
Ninemsn
The ruling is a major setback for Scientologists in France, and it marks the first time here that the Church of Scientology has been convicted of organised fraud. The development puts its famous recruitment methods under a spotlight.
Court upholds Scientology fraud ruling in FranceIrish Times
French Court Convicts Church of Scientology for FraudVoice of America
Scientology in dock in FranceThe Australian
CBS News
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Berdych, Simon help set semifinal field in France - Fox News

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Berdych, Simon help set semifinal field in France
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MONTPELLIER, France – Tomas Berdych, Gilles Simon, defending champion Gael Monfils and Philipp Kohlschreiber reached the semifinals at the Open Sud de France. Berdych, seeded first, finished off Nicolas Mahut of France with his 14th ace Friday, ...
Berdych, Simon, Monfils reach semis at Open SudCBSSports.com
Gasquet only one of top seeds to fall in FranceESPN.co.uk
Top seed Tomas Berdych in semisESPN

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"The Artist" star Jean Dujardin's new movie ad causes stir in France - CBS News

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"The Artist" star Jean Dujardin's new movie ad causes stir in France
CBS News
Posters for "Les Infideles" ("The Players") have caused a stir in the actor's native France, and are being taken down Friday following a request from the country's advertising standards authority. One of the ads shows Dujardin holding a woman's bare ...
Racy promotional posters for new movie appear to hit raw nerve in land of the ...Washington Post
France's advertising regulator says Jean Dujardin's posters for the film Les ...Herald Sun
Another Silent Jean Dujardin Picture, But This One Upsets the FrenchNew York Times (blog)
Houston Chronicle -New York Daily News
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Six Nations 2012: England the underdogs, France the top dogs - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Six Nations 2012: England the underdogs, France the top dogs
Telegraph.co.uk
For all that, England cannot afford to be thrashed at Murrayfield or to lose in Rome – though France did last season yet still made it to the World Cup final six months later. There are certain benchmarks and for a country of England's resources, ...
Six Nations 2012: France can sweep the grand old lady off her feetThe Guardian
Peter Bills: Six Nations, but many questionsNew Zealand Herald
England Turns to Revamped Squad for First 6 Nations Match Against ScotlandBloomberg
WalesOnline -gulfnews.com -Mirror.co.uk
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Forget the favourites tag, Saint-Andre tells France - Ninemsn

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Forget the favourites tag, Saint-Andre tells France
Ninemsn
Philippe Saint-Andre makes his Six Nations coaching debut when France take on Italy on Saturday, and the former international winger is urging his team to forget their favourites tag. Saint-Andre, a former winger and captain of Les Bleus, ...
France not treating Italy lightly despite earning favourites tagDaily Mail
Six Nations: New coach Philippe Saint-Andre seeking the one missing ingredient ...Telegraph.co.uk
RBS 6 Nations preview: France v ItalyRTE.ie
Scottish Daily Record -BBC Sport -AFP
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Libyan militia accused of torturing to death ambassador to France - Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.uk

Libyan militia accused of torturing to death ambassador to France
Telegraph.co.uk
One of Libya's many new militias has been accused of detaining and apparently torturing to death a former ambassador to France, the latest allegation of brutality to mar the victorious revolutionaries' reputation since the fall of Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Libya's ex-envoy to France dies in custody: HRWAFP
Gaddafi-era envoy 'killed' by Libyan militiaAljazeera.com
Libya`s ex-envoy to France dies in militia custodyZee News
Reuters
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Insight: In PIP implant scandal, a ragged safety net exposed - Reuters

Telegraph.co.uk

Insight: In PIP implant scandal, a ragged safety net exposed
Reuters
By Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent | LONDON (Reuters) - In June 2000, when American medical regulators posted a warning letter on the Internet about problems at a breast-implant maker in southern France, French authorities didn't pay ...
In Implant Controversy, Sure Numbers Are ScarceWall Street Journal (blog)
France urges Europe-wide controls after implant scareAFP
France calls for Europe-wide control on prosthetics following PIP breast ...Telegraph.co.uk
New Zealand Herald -Voice of America (blog)
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Total of France Says It Plans to Resume Exploration in South Sudan Block B - Bloomberg

Total of France Says It Plans to Resume Exploration in South Sudan Block B
Bloomberg
Total SA (FP), France's biggest oil company, said it plans to resume exploration work in South Sudan's Block B. The company, based in Paris, will submit a “preparatory work program” to South Sudanese authorities for their approval, spokesman Florent ...

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