French defense giants see profits rise Space War Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:07 PM PDT Paris (UPI) Jul 29, 2010 France's defense and aerospace group Thales and military electronics maker Safran both reported a surge in first-half net earnings. Thales' earnings grew more than 10-fold to $180 million, up from $16 million during the same period last year, the company said Wednesday. "With growing pressure on public spending in Europe and North America, our first-half results are ... | European shares lower The Malay Mail Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:55 PM PDT Friday, July 30th, 2010 12:25:00 LONDON: European share prices closed lower yesterday, with London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares down 0.11 per cent at 5,313.95 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 dropped 0.50 per cent to 3,651.91 points and in Frankfurt the DAX lost 0.72 per cent to finish at 6,134.70 points. | Nuns in music deal get death threat Toronto Sun Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:46 PM PDT PARIS - Benedictine nuns from a secluded convent in southern France have received death threats after winning a deal aimed at creating a chart-topping album, a newspaper reported Thursday. | Museum recognizes 150th anniversary of Hamlin's election The Lewiston Sun Journal Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:15 PM PDT PARIS รข" When Maine Sen. Hannibal Hamlin was roused from bed one night in May 1860, a group of friends saluted him as the Republican Party's candidate for vice president. | A little slice of Paris in Chicago WGN Radio Chicago Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:27 PM PDT Mary Schmich: It's not every day you can stroll down a Chicago sidewalk and think you've been magically zapped to Paris. But a new bike-sharing experiment here echoes a program in the French capital. | Gossip Girl Producers Dish On Chuck's Fate, Filming In Paris and Jenny Humphrey's Return Vulture Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:26 PM PDT With six weeks to go before the Sept. 13 season premiere of Gossip Girl , producers are beginning to get chatty about the new season and the much-anticipated Paris episodes. In addition to debuting the first footage from the two-episode arc for TV critics Thursday, producers also confirmed-- parlez vous spoilers? -- that, duh, Chuck Bass is totally alive (but he'll be walking with a cane!). They ... | Calcium supplements linked to heart attacks Channel NewsAsia Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:06 PM PDT PARIS : Ordinary calcium supplements taken by the elderly to strengthen bones may boost the risk of heart attacks, according to a study released Friday. | French Mother Confesses To Killing Eight Babies Bernama Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:42 PM PDT DOUAI/PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - A 47-year-old French woman confessed to suffocating eight new-born children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said on Thursday, in what experts declared as the country's worst recorded case of infanticide. | | |
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