Paris museums shut down in protest over cost cuts Reuters Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:12 AM PST PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Paris's top museums shut on Wednesday and the Mona Lisa kept her fans waiting as staff went on strike, protesting against cost cuts that they see as a threat to priceless art. | Strike forces museums to close Straits Times Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:05 AM PST PARIS - MANY of Paris's most popular museums and tourist sites such as the Musee d'Orsay and the Arc de Triomphe were closed on Wednesday after staff went on strike to protest planned job cuts. The Louvre museum and the Chateau of Versailles remained open however, with visitors to the Louvre being offered half-price admission to make up for the inconveniences of the reduced staff due to the work ... | Iraqi shoe-thrower has shoe thrown at him KENS 5 San Antonio Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:05 AM PST The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news conference in Paris. PARIS â" The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush in Baghdad last year had a taste of his own medicine Tuesday when he nearly got beaned by a shoe thrower at a news ... | Sorin Group Announces the First Inclusion in the Clepsydra Clinical Study in the US Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:00 AM PST PARIS----Sorin Group announced today the first inclusion of a patient in the Clepsydra clinical trial. The study will investigate the sensitivity to changes in heart failure status of PhDâ¢, a unique diagnostic feature using the dual sensor technology of minute ventilation and accelerometer to monitor patientâs breathing and activity levels every day. | French Stocks: BNP Paribas, LVMH, Pernod, Remy Cointreau Bloomberg Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:50 AM PST Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Franceâs CAC 40 Index rose 2.75, or 0.1 percent, to 3,778.49 at 2:27 p.m. in Paris. The SBF 120 Index also added 0.1 percent. Financial companies declined. BNP Paribas SA, Franceâs biggest bank by assets, slid 1.9 percent to 54.72 euros. | Europe hails speech, but few pledge troops Air Force Times Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:44 AM PST PARIS â" European leaders and top diplomats hailed President Barack Obama's speech defining the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, but few countries were forthcoming Wednesday with pledges of fresh troops.French President Nicolas Sarkozy commended the speech as "courageous, determined and lucid" but stopped short of offering more soldiers from France, the fourth largest contributor to NATO's ... | | |
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