Ganymede, Haumea scanned
Straits Times Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:12 PM PDT
PARIS - ASTRONOMERS on Wednesday described a dwarf planet orbiting in the far, frozen reaches of the Solar System and unveiled a geological map of Ganymede, an icy satellite of Jupiter. Space scientists were to provide the most detailed snapshots of these elusive objects at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, on the outskirts of Berlin. |
Epidemiologist: Pope Is Right About Condoms
Zenit News Agency Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:59 PM PDT
PARIS, SEPT. 15, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- There is a lack of realism in debate about condoms, according to a French epidemiologist who maintains that Benedict XVI's assertion that condom use can actually aggravate the AIDS crisis is "simply realistic." |
France's 3-strike rule looms
Straits Times Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:57 PM PDT
PARIS - A BILL that will allow authorities to cut illegal downloaders off from the worldwide web was on Tuesday approved by French lawmakers. One of the toughest ever drafted in the global fight against Internet piracy, the bill has drawn attention from across the world as countries debate how to deal with the illegal downloading of films, music and computer games. |
Prince Harry turns 25
Straits Times Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:55 PM PDT
LONDON - PRINCE Harry, third in line to the British throne, had a low-key 25th birthday on Tuesday, when he became eligible for some of the 6.5 million pounds (S$15 million) inheritance left by his mother, Princess Diana. Harry and his older brother, Prince William, received an equal share worth 7.3 million euros (S$14.6 million) of Diana's estate following her death in a car crash in Paris in ... |
Malaysia has stimulus flexibility into 2010
The Star Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:34 PM PDT
PARIS: Malaysia has room to press ahead with economic stimulus measures this year and next given sound levels of government debt and the need to counter the global crisis, according to Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. |
G-20 aims for Obama, Sarkozy
Straits Times Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:31 PM PDT
PARIS - US PRESIDENT Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined forces on Tuesday ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh, agreeing to work towards new decisions on the economy and the financial system, Mr Sarkozy's office said. In a telephone conversation, Mr Obama and Mr Sarkozy reiterated their will to implement the decisions taken at the group's last summit in London, Mr ... |
Paris Feels Like an Obligatory Visit
The Village Voice Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:18 PM PDT
Paris, as overdocumented as any great city, still has new facets to reflect. For proof, see Claire Denis's idiosyncratically observed 35 Shots of Rum â€"a contrast to Cédric Klapisch's Paris panorama, an encyclopedia of "types" and banal c'est la vie lessons. When a... |
Brown confident of agreement at G20 summit
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:14 PM PDT
PARIS (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed confidence Tuesday an agreement would be reached at next week's G20 summit after talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who wants to curb bankers' bonuses. |
France stops controversial DNA testing law
UPI Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:58 PM PDT
PARIS, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The French government is shelving a planned law that would have authorized DNA tests for immigrants seeking to join their relatives in France. |
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