Ocean floor muddies China's grip on '21st-century gold' Straits Times Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:46 PM PDT PARIS - CHINA'S monopoly over rare-earth metals could be challenged by the discovery of massive deposits of these hi-tech minerals in mud on the Pacific floor, a study on Sunday suggests. China accounts for 97 per cent of the world's production of 17 rare-earth elements, which are essential for electric cars, flat-screen TVs, iPods, superconducting magnets, lasers, missiles, night-vision goggles ... | Pilgrims mark 40 years since Jim Morrison's death Straits Times Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:44 PM PDT PARIS - IN A Paris cemetery, hordes of fans paid rock 'n' roll homage to Jim Morrison on Sunday 40 years after his death, though most were not born when The Doors' singer was found dead in his bath in 1971. The usual trickle of visitors to the corner of the Pere Lachaise cemetery widened to a flood as rock pilgrims came from far away to stand in awe at Morrison's grave, decked with flowers and ... | Defined benefit will cheat the guillotine eFinancial News Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:13 PM PDT In a surprising revelation last month it turned out that the late Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was not, after all, referring to the impact of the French Revolution of 1789 when he famously said in 1972: âIt is too soon to say.â He was referring to the impact of the 1968 student riots in Paris. | Simulator manufacturer Mechtronix sees 'wider market confidence' Air Transport World Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:02 PM PDT Global flight simulator manufacturer Mechtronix Systems completed the sale of its sixth simulator this year with a deal announced at the recent Paris Air Show for one Airbus A330 FFS X going to an unnamed European customer. | Fans, mates remember Jim Morrison Kiama Independent Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:52 PM PDT Former members of The Doors have marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Jim Morrison by lighting candles at his grave in Paris. | Strauss-Kahn release stuns France Straits Times Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:50 PM PDT PARIS - DOMINIQUE Strauss-Kahn's release from house arrest has stunned French politicians, the public and press, who wonder whether he can emerge clean from a sex crime case and return to the presidential race. Fresh doubts over the credibility of his accuser reignited the story of the decade in France, beating the Monaco royal wedding and the start of the Tour de France as the top topic of ... | Son of Libya's Gaddafi tells West: 'You cannot win' ABS-CBNNEWS.com Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:35 PM PDT PARIS - Western powers are doomed to lose their military campaign to oust Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, one of his sons said in an interview with French television, and their air strikes against government forces had made them "legitimate targets." | Twit of the Day: Snoop Dogg Daily Mirror Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:22 PM PDT SNOOP Dogg tweets this hilarious plea: âIn Paris looking for an old Xbox 360, the white one. Need the power plug. Burnt mine out. Anyone in Paris with one, hit me 911.â | | |
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