French Filmmaker Jean Delannoy Dies at 100

Renowned French filmmaker Jean Delannoy has died at the age of 100."Classic French filmmaker Jean Delannoy, who adapted novels by Victor Hugo and Andre Gide and won the Cannes Film Festival's top prize in 1946, has died at age 100, officials said Thursday.Delannoy died...

Ireland given four months to save Lisbon Treaty

Ireland has been given four months by the European Union to come up with a plan to save the Lisbon Treaty.I can't imagine that this is really going to make any difference to the original vote - what's to stop them...

France to ban illegal downloaders from using the internet under three-strikes...

France has become the first country to implement the controversial new law that anyone who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access.So a country that has long led the...

Donors Pledge Over $21 Billion for Afghan Reconstruction

" French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened the conference by promising to more than double French aid to 107 million euros ($166 million) over three years, saying the aim of the donation was to "rid Afghanistan...

Yves Saint Laurent's ashes scattered in Morocco

Morocco has given final adieu to its old time hero French fashiondesigner Yves Saint Laurent. Fashion icons ashes have been scattered inhis villa in Moroccan city of Marrakech. Although born in AlgeriaFashion...

Merkel and Sarkozy resolve dispute over car emissions

"German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday resolved a major dispute ahead of France`s EU presidency by reaching an unexpected deal over EU plans to reduce car emissions.The two leaders announced the deal at a joint press conference after a...

Wife Says Sarkozy Has 'Five or Six Brains'

" French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) talks with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as they walk on Tunis Bourguiba avenue during a greetings ceremony with Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on April 28, 2008....

Former screen siren Brigitte Bardot convicted in race case

"PARIS - Brigitte Bardot was convicted Tuesday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred for writing that Muslims are destroying France.A Paris court also handed down a $23,325 fine against the former screen...

Brigitte Bardot Convicted of Provoking Racial Hatred...Again

Former French screen siren Brigitte Bardot has been convicted of "provoking discrimination and racial hatred" and fined $23,325. Who knows what difference this will actually make, however, given that she has...

Thousands protest across France

Hundreds of thousands of civil servants across France are on a massive strike protesting job cuts.  Protesters include teachers, hospital workers, tax officials and government officials.  France's...

French Foreign Minister meets Hugo Chavez over FARC (updated II)

Caracas, Venezuela, 30 April 2008. The French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez today at Miraflores Palace in Caracas. On this occasion,...

Paris honours Dalai Lama, Sarkozy woos China

It looks like the governments of France and of Paris are working at cross-purposes." The Dalai Lama has been made an honorary citizen of Paris, as anti-French protests continue in China. Paris city council voted...

Somali Pirates 'Killed in French Rocket Attack'

Conflicting reports are emerging regarding an alleged French rocket attack on pirate ship off the coast of Somalia: Sarkozy denied claims that anyone was killed in the attack, while eyewitness accounts tell a very...

Students riot for their teachers' jobs in the streets of Paris

Twenty thousand students and teachers took to the streets in Paris today to protest against the government's cost-saving reforms that will cut thousands of teaching jobs next year. Police however, were also on the...

Gordon Brown not attending Olympics opening

Downing Street has confirmed that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not be attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics."However, he will be at the closing ceremony when the Olympic baton will be passed...

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