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Source: Toronto Star, Nov 22 2012, 7:44am CST

PARIS—Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy went before a judge on Thursday to respond to suspicions he illegally accepted donations from France’s richest woman to fund his 2007 election campaign. The judge in Bordeaux could decide whether the 57-year- ...

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Bastareaud could play Super Rugby one day

Source: Rugby Week  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:51am CDT

French centre Mathieu Bastareaud has revealed that he could be tempted to play Super Rugby in New Zealand one day in the future. Bastareud toured New Zealand in 2009 and left in embarrassment following a series of lies about a big n ...

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La "chasse à Sarko": mythe ou réalité?

Source: The Huffington Post  |   Jun 19 2013, 12:49am CDT

POLITIQUE - Ce week-end, l'ancien Premier ministre Jean-Pierre Raffarin, a estimé qu'au fond, avec les différentes affaires médiatiques en cours, il s'agissait d'une véritable "chasse à sarko" qui venait de s'ouvrir . Ces ...

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Analysis: French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   Jun 19 2013, 12:36am CDT

France's President Francois Hollande gives a news conference after the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland June 18, 2013. PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensio ...

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Two Worlds Essay

Source: OpPapers.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 10:05pm CDT

Throughout history, there has always been a gap between the wealthy and poor countries. Countries with economic stability always had the power to exploit the poor ones, due to their power and dominance. There ...

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4 detained in beating of French man

Source: China Daily  |   Jun 18 2013, 7:09pm CDT

Friction on the dance floor, rather than racism, is behind a physical conflict outside a bar in downtown Shanghai last week in which a French man suffered a head injury and bruises, police said on Tuesday. In a telephone interview, a ...

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Source: MSN Entertainment  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:39pm CDT

Filmmaking could not exist in Europe without the support of governments, veteran director Costa-Gavras told an audience at the Los Angeles Film Festival on Monday night. At the same time, the Greek director of such ...

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Wine war fears already slowing French exports to China

Source: Straits Times  |   Jun 18 2013, 6:20pm CDT

BORDEAUX (AFP) - Chinese wine importers have already started putting orders from France and other European countries on hold over fears of a hike in tariffs being triggered as part of a broader European Union (EU)-China trade ...

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French Schools Show Pitfalls for U.S. Common Core

Source: Bloomberg.com  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:47pm CDT

On June 17, tens of thousands of French 18-year-olds participated in a rite of passage for which they had been preparing all their lives: writing the philosophy essay that kicks off the gantlet of national high-school-completion exams required ...

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The Strange Letter That Has France Asking, 'Use Me?'

Source: Foreign Policy | Passport  |   Jun 18 2013, 5:20pm CDT

On Monday, France's Le Monde newspaper published a letter that has left many amused -- and others utterly confused. Investigators found the handwritten, undated letter, allegedly from current IMF chief Christine Lagarde to former French President Nicol ...

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(NEW YORK) Balenciaga is said to be suing Nicolas Ghesquière over inflammatory comments he made regarding management at the fashion house in an exclusive interview to System magazine in April. Challenges, a French business magazine, broke the news t ...

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