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France

Type: Country

Name: France

population: 60,293,928

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 9 mins ago - 9 reports

International Monetary Fund

IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) - French prosecutors were grilling IMF chief Christine Lagarde in a Paris court on Thursday as they seek to determine whether she should be charged over a state payout to disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance minister. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 9 mins ago]

Entities: International Monetary Fund, Paris, Bernard Tapie

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 mins ago - 28 reports

David Cameron

Attack in London

UTCTwo attackers killed the man in the middle of the street in the South London neighbourhood of Woolwich.Not leaving the scene of the incident, the attackers with knives in their hands, encouraged passers by to take their picture and of the victim.Police ... [Published Turkish Radio and Television - 53 mins ago]

Entities: London, England, David Cameron, Hatred

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 3 reports

Business slump in May leaves France mired in recession - PMI (Reuters)

PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity retreated again in May despite a slight improvement in manufacturing, a survey showed on Thursday, offering little hope of a quick exit from recession in the... ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 24 mins ago]

Entities: PMI, Recession, France

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 53 mins ago - 9 reports

London attackers wanted to set off religious war

New Russian technology to ‘neutralize’ US missile shield 11:19Russia’s foreign chief warns US against unilateral risk assessment 11:13France is ready to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list 10:55Israel's government is divided on the issue of ... [Published Voice of Russia - 53 mins ago]

Entities: London, Religion, Missile Shield, Missile Defense, Risk Assessment

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 9 reports

Publish What You Pay welcomes extractive industries transparency announcement by UK and France

Source: PWYP InternationalThis press release is also available in PDFFor immediate releaseGlobal civil society coalition Publish What You Pay welcomed today’s announcement by the UK and French governments that they will join the international Extractive ... [Published Publish What You Pay - 3 hours ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, France, Mining

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 22 reports

When will most universities teach in English?

Higher Education Minister Genevieve Fioraso this past week introduced a bill that would allow French universities to teach more courses in English, even when English is not the subject. The goal, she explained, is to attract more students from such ... [Published Marginal Revolution - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Jacques Attali, Geneviève Fioraso, Google Translate

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

France by rail or car?

View itineraries from 13 major cities. New: Denver, Dallas, and Houston!Las Vegas, Miami, New Orleans, and Seattle now available!We are travelling in France for 16 days in August (2 adults and 2 kids (ages 13 and 7). We are wondering if we should rent ... [Published Fodors.com - 4 hours ago]

Entities: France, La Rochelle (France), Carcassonne (France), Nantes (France), Bordeaux (France)

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 12 reports

France beefs up Africa, Mideast...

PARIS: France will invest about ¤20m ($25m) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.Spokesman Philippe Lalliot confirmed ... [Published Qatar Peninsula - 5 hours ago]

Entities: France, United Kingdom, Smuggling, Grosseto (Italy), Costa Crociere

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 5 reports

Julian Stevenson: Mum of two kids killed by their British dad in France 'inconsolable'

Mathew Stevenson and little sister Carla were found dead on Saturday, by mum Stephanie Morlet at the home of ex-husbandThe mother of two children killed by their British dad in France attended a memorial service yesterday – as the first photo of the pair ... [Published Mirror.co.uk - 8 hours ago]

Entities: France, Lyon (France), Custody

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 5 reports

Germany's Bundesbank chief says France must cut deficit (AFP)

PARIS (AFP) - The head of Germany's Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, said France needs to make additional efforts to reduce its public deficit, in an interview published Wednesday. ... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 15 hours ago]

Entities: France, Germany, Jens Weidmann

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 8 reports

Writer kills self inside Notre Dame de Paris

PARIS: A far-right writer and activist shot himself dead in front of the altar of Paris’s famed Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday, shortly after calling for “spectacular” action to protect France’s identity.Police and his publisher confirmed the man’s identity ... [Published The News International - May 22 2013]

Entities: Dominique Venner, Paris, France, Algeria

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 96 reports

Dominique Venner's shock 'gesture'

"I think I need to sacrifice myself to break the lethargy that overwhelms us" - the parting words of Dominique Venner, a French far-right historian who shot himself on Tuesday afternoon, beside the altar of Notre Dame.In his letter, read by a close friend ... [Published BBC - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Dominique Venner, Suicide, Catholic, France, Norway Attacks

Quotes

...lectronics to expand the possibilities for end devices," said Pete Hutton, executive vice president general manager, Media Processing Division, ARM. "The capabilities of next-generation Cortex CPUs and Mali GPUs in concert will make innovative features, at market-leading levels of energy efficiency, a reality."

LG Electronics Becomes Lead Partner for ARM Cortex-A50 Family of Products and Next-Generation Mal ... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 9 mins ago]

"More likely, it's going to find it difficult to get inflation up to the level it wants" he added, referring to the central bank's target of close to 2 percent

Euro zone slump eases in May but points to contraction in second quarter -PMI [Published 4 Traders - 10 mins ago]

Security expert Simon Bennett said: "This would seem to be the first attack on a soldier in the UK motivated by some sort of Islamic fundamentalist agenda. In that sense it's a new departure."

Woolwich Terror: Soldier Killing Long Feared [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 11 mins ago]

Gesticulating with both hands - while gripping the weapons - the man points to his own face as he says: "We must fight them as they fight us. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."

Woolwich Machete Attack Victim Was Member Of The Armed Forces, His Family Have Been Informed [Published Huffington Post UK - 14 mins ago]

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IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payo... [Published Yahoo! News Australia - 9 mins ago]
BRUTAL: Markets Are Getting Destroyed Around Th... [Published Business Insider - 9 mins ago]
LG Electronics Becomes Lead Partner for ARM Cor... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - 9 mins ago]
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Remy Cabella: Everything Arsenal Need To Know A... [Published Sabotage Times - 10 mins ago]
Euro zone slump eases in May but points to cont... [Published 4 Traders - 10 mins ago]
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe [Published MSN Money Canada - 11 mins ago]
Woolwich Terror: Soldier Killing Long Feared [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 11 mins ago]
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe [Published Modesto Bee - 12 mins ago]
Watlow Introduces Its New Industrial Heater Cat... [Published PRWeb - 12 mins ago]
Woolwich attack: Religious groups and Boris Joh... [Published Metro.co.uk - 13 mins ago]
2013 Endocrine Function Testing Market: US, Eur... [Published MarketResearch.com - 14 mins ago]
Woolwich Machete Attack Victim Was Member Of Th... [Published Huffington Post UK - 14 mins ago]
European Markets Fall [Published Morningstar.com - 14 mins ago]
Police scuffle with far right nationalists in L... [Published Nile International - 14 mins ago]
EUROPE MARKETS: Europe Stocks Slide After China... [Published 4 Traders - 15 mins ago]
Urgency in resolution on planned Tahiti indepen... [Published Radio New Zealand International - 15 mins ago]
London ``Terror Attack`` Blamed on Anti-Governm... [Published Mathaba.net - 15 mins ago]
Nixon library hosts 40th reunion for Vietnam POWs [Published Farmington New Mexico Daily Times - 16 mins ago]
Cruising on the high waves [Published DNA India - 17 mins ago]
Geneva meet resolution key to resolve Syria cri... [Published Kuwait News Agency - 17 mins ago]
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UK 'soldier' butchered in street attack [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - 18 mins ago]
Woolwich machete attack: victim 'in armed forces' [Published Derby Telegraph - 19 mins ago]
SA in European science partnership [Published SouthAfrica.info - 19 mins ago]
UK emergency committee meets after attack [Published Chambersburg Public Opinion - 19 mins ago]
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Peres to Sarkozy at breakfast: Friends are friends [Published Jerusalem Post - 20 mins ago]
Flybe confirms it will maintain all Gatwick ser... [Published Just 4 Airlines - 21 mins ago]

Blogs

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BRUTAL: Markets Are Getting Destroyed Around Th... [Published Clusterstock - 27 mins ago] European markets have been open for around half an hour, and things are ugly. England's FTSE is down. 1.4%. France's CAC 40 is down 1.7%. Germany's DAX is down 1.9%. Spain's IBEX is down 1.5%. Italy's FTSE MIB is down 1.9%. This follows sell-offs ...
IMF Head Lagarde in Court in Fraud Probe [Published The China Blog - 31 mins ago] (PARIS) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister. The 2008 deal handed about 400 million euros to magnate ...
IMF Head Lagarde in Court in Fraud Probe [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - 31 mins ago] (PARIS) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has appeared at a special Paris court to face questioning over a controversial arbitrage deal that she oversaw as French finance minister. The 2008 deal handed about 400 million euros to magnate ...
Amazon Takes Kindle Fire HD Tablets 170 Countri... [Published TechCrunch - 36 mins ago] Amazon today took two more steps in its strategy scale up its Kindle Fire tablet business. The company announced that it will now sell the two higher-end versions of the device, the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ , in 170 countries. And ...
Amazon Takes Kindle Fire HD Tablets 170 Countri... [Published TechCrunch Europe - 36 mins ago] Amazon today took two more steps in its strategy scale up its Kindle Fire tablet business. The company announced that it will now sell the two higher-end versions of the device, the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ , in 170 countries. And ...

Audio/Video

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Could London killing inspire other attacks? [Published CNN.com - Video - 13 hours ago]
Death at Notre Dame [Published Reuters Video: Top News - 18 hours ago]
Electronic cigarettes investigated in France [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 21 2013]
All That Mattered: Charles Lindbergh takes off [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 20 2013]
French opt for E-cigarettes but health risk rem... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 20 2013]

Press Releases

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La nouvelle boisson « P'tit Oasis » d'Orangina-... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - 1 hour ago]
Neues Orangina-Schweppes Fruchtgetränk "P'tit O... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - 1 hour ago]
New Orangina-Schweppes "P'tit Oasis" Launched i... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - 1 hour ago]
SIFARIS : une PME française en fort développement [Published PR Newswire: Business Technology - 1 hour ago]
MiTeGen Announces Collaboration and License Agr... [Published PR.com Press Releases - 1 hour ago]