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CULTURE: French scholar of ancient Greece Romilly dies at 97

admin — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:08:00 +0000

French scholar Jacqueline de Romilly, an expert on ancient Greece who in 1988 became only the second woman to enter the Académie Française, died Saturday aged 97. President Nicolas Sarkozy called her “a great humanist whose voice we will miss”.
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DIPLOMACY: France, Germany show united front ahead of EU summit

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 22:20:03 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Friday in Freiburg to hammer out joint positions before next week’s EU summit. The Franco-German proposals rejected increasing the bloc’s rescue fund and joint sovereign bonds.
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DIPLOMACY: France, Germany seek joint positions ahead of EU summit

admin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:04:22 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet Friday in Freiburg to hammer out joint positions ahead of next week’s EU summit. Franco-German proposals are expected to include rejecting the creation of a eurozone bond.
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DIPLOMACY: France, Syria fear violence if Hariri probe indicts Hezbollah

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:14:27 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to discuss how Lebanon can avert renewed violence if a UN tribunal indicts members of Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri.
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INDIA: Sarkozy slams ‘unacceptable’ Pakistan on last leg of India visit

admin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:12:46 +0000

On his last stop on a four-day trip to India, French President Nicolas Sarkozy directly attacked Pakistan in a speech concerning the 2008 suicide bombings in Mumbai, branding Islamabad’s counter-terrorism efforts “unacceptable”.
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NUCLEAR POWER: India signs multi-billion euro nuclear deal with France

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:09:49 +0000

French company Areva will build two nuclear power plants in west India after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a seven billion euro agreement with President Nicolas Sarkozy during his four-day trip to the booming nation.
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FRANCE: Trade, nuclear power deals top Sarkozy’s India wish list

admin — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 12:38:48 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy began a four-day trip to India Saturday seeking to secure French firms billions of euros in trade and defence deals and to enhance nuclear power cooperation between the two nations.
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FRANCE: Sarkozy visits India: trade, defence … and Carla to dominate

admin — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:52:20 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s upcoming four-day visit to India will be dominated by defence, trade and civilian nuclear power issues. But there’s also a private visit to the iconic Taj Mahal – this time with Carla Bruni Sarkozy.
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INTERNET: US identified ‘Sarkozy the American’ as firm ally, WikiLeaks says

admin — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:20:03 +0000

The United States identified French President Nicolas Sarkozy as one of France’s most pro-American politicians as early as 2006 and noted that his nickname was “Sarkozy the American”, according to US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks this week.
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FRANCE: Segolene Royal in bid for Socialist nomination ahead of 2012 election

admin — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:08:20 +0000

Former Socialist Party presidential candidate Segolene Royal announced on Monday that she will seek her party’s nomination again in 2012 with the goal of unseating President Nicolas Sarkozy, who beat Royal to win the presidency in a 2007 run-off.
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