Sunday 20th May, 2012
Fishing boat sinks near French island
PARIS (AP) — The French government says a fishing boat sank off the French island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, leaving two adults and three children dead. Fifteen people are still missing. ...
Afghanistan coalition will remain intact despite France's plans, NATO chief says
U.S. President Barack Obama says the NATO alliance agrees on a vision for post-2014 Afghanistan and is pressing world leaders to implement that strategy following a decade of war.Afghan President ...
Taliban: NATO nations should leave war like France
The Taliban on Sunday urged all NATO nations in Afghanistan to follow France's lead and pull their forces from the war. The call came in a three-page statement released just as heads of state ...
Lorenzo on top after French win
SBSYamaha MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the MotoGP French motorcycling Grand Prix at the Le Mans circuit in central France May 20, 2012. REUTERS/Regis ...
Mullins star lands French prize
Independent.ieThousand Stars led home Zaidpour to give Willie Mullins a one-two in the Gras Savoye Hipcover Prix La Barka at Auteuil.The valuable Grade Two event is seen as the final recognised trial before the ...
Denmark's Vinterberg Brings 'The Hunt' to Cannes
CongooThomas Vinterberg is aware his new movie, "The Hunt," may touch a raw nerve. Several, in fact. The Danish director's Cannes Film Festival contender ?? the story of a small-town witch ...
Lorenzo Dominates French Motogp
CongooInternational Sport > Moto GP > LORENZO DOMINATES FRENCH MOTOGP Jorge Lorenzo moved into the MotoGP championship lead with a masterful victory at Le Mans, while Valentino Rossi defeated Casey ...
VIDEO: Dominant Lorenzo wins French MotoGP
BBC SportJorge Lorenzo wins a dramatic French MotoGP in wet conditions, while Italian Valentino Rossi wins a cat-and-mouse battle against Australia's Casey Stoner for second place. The victory ...
US, NATO leaders stress Afghanistan commitment -- despite French plan for early pullout
Fox NewsCHICAGO – The United States and NATO leaders insist the Afghanistan fighting coalition will remain whole despite France's plans to yank combat troops out early, but leaders wary of ...
Gul: “French council saved the country’s prestige”
Turkish PressAfter France's Constitutional Council overturned a law criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as genocide on the grounds that it contradicts the French constitution and violated freedom of ...
In the shadows of art, Cannes' market flourishes
CongooCANNES, France The movie market at Cannes is such a dramatic sideshow that this year it's getting its own film.Director James Toback and actor Alec Baldwin have been knocking up and down ...
Motorcycling-Lorenzo back on top after French MotoGP win
Congoo3:10pm BST PARIS, May 20 (Reuters) - Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo climbed back to top spot in the world championships when he took his second victory of the season at the French MotoGP in Le Mans on ...
Lorenzo wins French MGP, Stoner third
CongooSpain's 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo won a wet French MotoGP on Sunday and took the overall lead in the championship from Australia's Casey Stoner. The 25-year-old Yamaha rider, ...
French-based Chinchon wins Singapore Cup
CongooSINGAPORE, May 20 (UPI) -- The French-based runner, fifth last year, tracked the pace this time around, got to the outside entering the stretch and shot to the lead between horses. Under urging from ...
Gillard to have NATO talks with Karzai and Hollande
CongooCHICAGO: In her first day of NATO meetings, the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will hold formal talks with Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai, as well as the newly elected French President, ...
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