High winds shut down Paris airports Independent Online Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:19 AM PST Severe winds and rain lashed France and Britain, knocking out power to half a million homes and forcing the closure of Paris' two international airports for the first time in 34 years. | West Paris spending plan drops from 2008 The Lewiston Sun Journal Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:18 AM PST WEST PARIS - This year's municipal budget is set at $1,100,591, which is $29,632 less than 2008. The spending proposal, which covers Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, was put together by selectmen and the budget committee. | Paris board approves ethics policy The Lewiston Sun Journal Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:18 AM PST PARIS - Selectmen unanimously approved an ethics policy Monday meant to identify and avoid conflicts of interest by town officers and employees. The board also approved an appointment process policy for standing boards and committees. | Car sector "catastrophe" now global: Peugeot head The Globe and Mail Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:18 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - The auto industry is caught up in a catastrophe that has spread across the globe as even the key emerging markets that manufacturers had banked on for growth have now ground to a halt, a top executive said on Tuesday. | Sarkozy soothes Brown over tax comments EARTHtimes.org Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:13 AM PST Paris - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has tried to ease British irritation over comments he made regarding Prime Minister Gordon Brown's strategy for fighting the economic crisis, Sarkozy's office said. The Elysee Palace has contacted Downing Str... | Crash and burn The Malay Mail Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:07 AM PST PARIS: Spanish seventh seed Anabel Medina Garrigues became the first seed to exit the WTA Paris Open when she lost in three sets to Estonian world No 23 Kaia Kanepi yesterday. | France's Sarkozy in Iraq to rebuild ties The Star Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:04 AM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday, on a trip aimed at restoring ties with Iraq and ending U.S.-French animosity over the 2003 invasion that Paris strongly opposed. | Honoring a revolution: Diaghilev's Ballets Russes International Herald Tribune Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:03 AM PST A hundred years ago this May 18, in Paris, the Ballets Russes â" a Russian company that never performed in Russia â" gave its first performance. A revolution had begun in dance theater and even in aesthetics. | Storms batter France, Britain and Switzerland The Star Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:03 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - A storm swept across northern France on Tuesday, cutting off more than 600,000 homes from the power grid, while high winds and gales hit Britain and Switzerland. | UPDATE 1-French industry output falls in December The Forex Market Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:01 AM PST PARIS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - French industry output fell 1.8 percent month-on-month in December, according to data on Tuesday that was slightly less drastic than forecast but enough to point to recession in the euro zone's second biggest economy. | | |
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