Kwong: Expect surprises at Grand Prix of France
CBC.ca Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:19 PM PST
The home of the final ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event is in Paris this coming weekend and with Grand Prix Final berths still up for grabs, you can bet this will be a fight to the finish. |
Search for Air France crash black box revived
The Star Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:17 PM PST
PARIS (Reuters) - The search for the wreckage and black boxes of an Air France aircraft which crashed into the Atlantic last year killing all 228 people on board will resume in February, the French government said on Thursday. |
Hilton fires back at hairy lawsuit
Brisbane Times Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:07 PM PST
Socialite Paris Hilton has filed a countersuit against the bosses of a hair extension company in an ongoing breach of contract dispute. |
Top French diplomat in Hong Kong suspended: consulate
AFP via Yahoo! Canada News Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:04 PM PST
HONG KONG (AFP) - The top French diplomat in Hong Kong and Macau has been suspended and recalled to Paris, a consulate spokeswoman confirmed, as an "administrative investigation" gets under way. |
EU to curb computerised trades
Straits Times Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:14 PM PST
LONDON/PARIS - BRITAIN and France flagged on Thursday a looming crackdown on ultra-fast share trading that featured in May's brief "flash crash" freefall on Wall Street, alarming regulators and investors globally. French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said a form of computerised trading known as high-frequency trading (HFT) may need banning in some cases. |
No risk of euro zone breakup
Straits Times Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:59 PM PST
BERLIN/PARIS - SENIOR euro zone officials dismissed any risk of the single currency area breaking up after financial markets, alarmed by Ireland's debt crisis, forced the borrowing costs of Portugal and Spain to record highs. Some economists and commentators, mostly in Britain and the United States, have suggested the 16-nation common currency launched in 1999 could split because of peripheral ... |
Powderly community gives thanks for Dalton Young's recovery
KXII Sherman Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:52 PM PST
POWDERLY, TX -- While most of us are counting our blessings on this thanksgiving, one community has extra reason to be thankful. The community of Powderly, Texas, just north of Paris, in Lamar County, celebrated the holiday with a community feast held at Aaron Parker Elementary School. Dozens of community members attended, giving thanks for family, friends and one extra special blessing--the ... |
600,000 die each year from passive smoking
AsiaOne Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:41 PM PST
PARIS - Second-hand tobacco smoke kills upward of 600,000 people every year, nearly a third of them children, according to a first-ever global assessment released Friday. |
Food donations accepted along parade route
The Lewiston Sun Journal Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:59 PM PST
The Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club and the Oxford Hills Key Club will accept food donations during the 34th annual Christmas Parade on Saturday. The parade that will start at 11 a.m. in Paris and proceed along Main Street and continue into Norway on Main Street. |
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