Gallery: Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance
Cyclingnews Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:04 AM PDT
Do you like this? Tweet With just a few days until arguably the biggest one day Classic on the calendar, the roads around Roubaix are become awash with professional riders and team cars. |
France: Islamists seeking to avenge Merah's death
New Jersey Herald Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:47 AM PDT
PARIS (AP) - France's interior minister says some Islamist groups in France want to avenge the death of a Muslim radical, who the government says was responsible for the killing of 7 people in a shooting spree in the country's south. |
Paris-Roubaix Pavé: Up Close
PezCycling News Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:41 AM PDT
This story first ran in 2007, but as anyone who's visited these hellish roads of northern France knows, things there don't really change... they only get worse... |
France dismisses Tuareg independence move in Mali
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:33 AM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - France on Friday dismissed a declaration of independence by Tuareg-led rebels who have set up their own state in a swathe of territory in northern Mali, French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet said. "A unilateral declaration of independence which is not recognized by African states would not have any meaning for us," Longuet told Reuters. ... |
Djibouti to deport four French nationals
Reuters via Yahoo! News Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:29 AM PDT
HARGEISA (Reuters) - Djibouti said on Thursday it would deport four French nationals detained as they tried to cross into Somaliland illegally. The Red Sea state said it had placed the four under surveillance after they entered Djibouti, a former French colony hosting France's largest military base in Africa, from Paris on March 18 and began acting suspiciously. With police in pursuit, the three ... |
OECD: Aid To Developing Countries Fell Last Year
Bernama Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:08 AM PDT
London, 6 Apil (Bernama) -- The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found that major donors aid to developing countries fell by nearly 3 per cent in 2011, breaking a long trend of annual increases, Mozambique News Agency reported. |
Austerity tax could 'kill off' French bookstores
Business Recorder Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:03 AM PDT
PARIS: France's small bookstores have survived the rise of big chains, Amazon and digital books, but many fears a sales tax rise, part of the debt-saddled government's austerity plans, could push them out of business. |
A Cat in Paris â€" review
Guardian Unlimited Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:18 AM PDT
This is a whimsical childlike fable of a little girl and her clever cat that swiftly turns into a cops and robbers yarn An unexpected Oscar nomination has brought this whimsical French animation more attention than it might otherwise have gained. It's a slight, attractive tale: a childlike fable of a little girl and her preternaturally intelligent cat that swiftly devolves into a very old-school ... |
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