Islamabad, Oct 7 : Pakistan has pinned hopes of getting nuclear help from France after the French government's statement that "every country had the right to use nuclear energy" for peaceful civilian purposes.
Big News Network.com Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:01:07 -0400

London, Oct 7 : A French scientist honoured with the Nobel Prize for discovering the Aids virus has predicted that there would be a 'therapeutic vaccine' for the disease within four years.
Big News Network.com Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:00:13 -0400

Paris, Oct 7 : The COROT space telescope has discovered a massive planet-sized object orbiting its parent star closely, unlike anything ever spotted before, leaving scientists puzzled as to whether this oddity is actually a planet or a failed star.
Big News Network.com Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:01:55 -0400

The Nobel Foundation announced here Monday that the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine will be shared by Harald zur Hausen of Germany, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France.
Big News Network.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:51 -0400

French bank BNP Paribas will pay 14.5 billion euros ($19.7 billion) to take over the majority of the troubled insurance and banking giant Fortis in Belgium and Luxembourg, BNP Paribas said Monday.
Big News Network.com Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:23 -0400

Fashion show at Cardin’s villa: French fashion designer Pierre Cardin stands with models wearing his creations at the end of the presentation of his Spring-Summer 2009 and Autumn-Winter 2009 Collect...
The Korea Times Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:42:04 -0400

A delegation from the European country is currently in the emirate on a fact-finding mission at the Cityscape exhibition and officials say France could establish a pavilion at the show next year.The h...
Arabian Business Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:15:47 -0400

PARIS (AP) -- When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of...
Corpus Christi Caller-Times Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:30:21 -0400

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the fate of the French-Belgian bank, whose shares have been plummeting. "On the fundamentals of Dexia, there is nothing to fear, it's a temporary proble...
Yahoo! News Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:25:40 -0400

October 6, 2008 - 11:16 p.m. PARIS (AP) - The French and Belgian governments moved Tuesday to take greater control over bailed-out lender Dexia SA, appointing a former aide to French President Nico...
Canadian Business Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:37:25 -0400

France and Belgium will take more steps to shore up troubled bank Dexia SA, the Belgian prime minister said Monday, as the company's shares sank about 20 percent.The French-Belgian bank, which has alr...
eTaiwan News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:08:19 -0400

Hydrocarbon producer European Gas has identified coal bed methane contingent resources of 5090 Petajoules at its Gazonor project in the north of France. The resource, equal to 4800 billion cubic feet...
West Australian Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:15:53 -0400

Stage winners Leonardo Piepoli of Italy and Stefan Schumacher of Germany tested positive for doping from blood samples taken during this year's Tour de France.The pair on Monday became the second and ...
eTaiwan News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:12:59 -0400

IODA , the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music and film industry, today announced new partners,...
Market Wire Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:07:42 -0400

Published Date: October 07, 2008 Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis. "I don't thin...
Kuwait Times Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:27:26 -0400

Forty-two people went on trial Monday in Paris on a range of charges in what prosecutors say was a web of wrongdoing, including arms trafficking to Angola, money laundering and bribe-taking. Here's a ...
eTaiwan News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:04:10 -0400

NEW YORK - One world power, exhausted by war and about to see its influence wane. Another world power, flush with cash, insecure about its style, but poised to leave an outsized mark on the rest of th...
C News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:53:29 -0400

The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a ...
eTaiwan News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:11:24 -0400

Defending champion Alessandro Petacchi will not participate in next weekend's Paris-Tours race because he failed to enter the International Cycling Union's biological passport program.ASO, the organiz...
eTaiwan News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:03:58 -0400

PARIS, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra has been sidelined from France's forthcoming matches with a left knee injury, it was revealed on Monday. Diarra will therefore be missin...
SINA Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:07:58 -0400

PARIS - When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of gree...
Star Tribune Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:30:10 -0400

French State Secretary for Overseas Yves Jégo is to visit French Polynesia this week, for a scheduled three-day visit and will hold talks with President Gaston Tong Sang, reports...
Pacific Magazine Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:27:21 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- France is proposing through diplomatic channels that the Group of Eight industrialized nations hold an emergency summit to contain the U.S.-triggered financial crisis, a...
Market Watch Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:39 -0400

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 By Asim YasinISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday welcomed the French government's statement that every country has the right to use nuclear energy fo...
The News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:31:45 -0400

The well-known downtown L.A. eatery Philippe the Original will celebrate its 100th year in business on Oct. 6 by selling its French dipped sandwiches for a dime -- their price when they first appeared...
Los Angeles Times Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:00:27 -0400

Jean-Christophe Mitterand leaving court after his mother deposited FRS 5 million for bail, Paris, 2001. Photograph: SIPA Press/Rex Features Members of France's political and business elite went on t...
guardian.co.uk Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:21:21 -0400

Posted on: Monday, 6 October 2008, 15:00 CDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/104ece/france_pharmaceuti) has announced the addition of the "France Pharmaceuticals an...
RedOrbit Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:28:35 -0400

A high-level delegation, led by an adviser to Sudan’s President, Dr Nafie Ali Nafie, started talks on Monday in Paris with senior French officials on a number of issues of mutual concern. Sudan’s ...
Daily Nation Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:37:08 -0400

(10-06 23:57) A French judicial official says the convicted Venezuelan terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal has been ordered back to court over four deadly bombings in 1982 and 1983. Ilich Ramirez...
The Standard Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:09:29 -0400

PARIS (Reuters) - A dropped 'h' landed English-speaking French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in trouble on Sunday after he was mistakenly quoted as saying Israel could gobble up Iran if it wanted ...
Reuters Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:08:28 -0400

EU finance ministers will meanwhile hold a regular monthly meeting, called Ecofin, on Monday and Tuesday in Luxembourg, ahead of the meeting between Sarkozy and Zapatero.
The Tocqueville Connection Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:54:07 -0400

Paris, October 06, SPA -- Worries over the European banking system and a weak Wall Street sent the Paris Bourse to its worst-ever single-day loss on Monday, with its benchmark CAC 40 plunging by 9.04 ...
Saudi Press Agency Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:50:46 -0400

"We confirm that Orange has submitted a formal offer to the Armenian Telecommunications Commission for the acquisition of a national mobile operator license," a company spokesman said, referring to ...
Morning Star Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:25:22 -0400

Jana France snatched the Porsche 911 book-with-wheels toy off her desk. “I really shouldn’t have that up,” she said, putting it in a cupboard and closing the door. “It’s...
Business Journal Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:25:04 -0400

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan hopes that France will provide it technical assistance for the peaceful use of nuclear power to meet its energy requirements, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday. ...
Times of India Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:20:40 -0400

Human Rights Iran's Ambassador to Paris Ali Ahani here on Monday voiced concern over blatant violation of human rights, mainly those of women and religious minorities, in France and some of European c...
IRNA Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:48:05 -0400

Loic Duval of Team France. Photograph: Koen van Weel/AFP Team Malaysia and Team France overcame dire weather conditions to win in the opening round of the 2008-09 A1GP season at Zandvoort in the Net...
The Guardian Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:29:26 -0400

The troubled banking and insurance group Fortis confirmed on Monday that French banking giant BNP Paribas will buy all of Fortis' insurance operations in Belgium and a 75-percent stake in Fortis' bank...
People's Daily Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:20:31 -0400

Oct 6, 2008 - 03:54 - WAM Abu Dhabi, Oct. 06th, 2008 (WAM)--UAE Foreign Affairs State Minister HE Dr Anwar Mohammed Gargash, received today at his office French Ambassador to UAE Alan Azwaw.
WAM Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:27:25 -0400

French wine merchants fear the growing world financial crisis could cause their worst end-of-year sales squeeze since the aftermath of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Bordeaux-based wine merchant, ...
Breitbart Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:27:13 -0400

E VIAN, France, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will hold bilateral talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference in eastern France...
The Tocqueville Connection Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:48:01 -0400

The visit will be given over to energy questions, notably the production and distribution of electricity, a sector that has been in a catastrophic state for the past several years. Despite vast sums...
Morning Star Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:22:20 -0400

A model presents a creation by German designer Karl Lagerfeld for French fashion house Chanel during their Spring/Summer 2009 ready-to-wear fashion show in Paris October 3, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Ph...
Eview Week Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:53:37 -0400