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Paris Hoffman has the drive to get the Padres home
Hoffman didn't swap residences when hired in 2006. Married with five children, he declined uprooting his clan, instead turning to the I-5 and I-15 to reach Petco ...
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Ligue 1 Preview Paris Saint-Germain - Stade Brestois
Newly-crowned Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain is unlikely to change too much from the side that clinched the club's third French title at Olympique Lyonnais last ...
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France’s first Asian cabinet minister a rising force
France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ...
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France opposes Syria conference if Iran attends
Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the 2-year-old war. No date has yet been agreed for the international meeting, which appears to face growing obstacles, including the announcement by a top U.S. military officer Friday that a Russian shipment of advanced missiles to Syria could embolden Assad. Western leaders have been cautious about the prospects of ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian this afternoon the Pentagon. Secretary Hagel commended Minister Le Drian for France's decisive actions in Mali and for their extensive cooperation in the broader Sahel region. Secretary Hagel conveyed that the United ...
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Russia France Planning 7 Kourou Launches by 2015
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and France will carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from the Kourou space center in French Guiana by the end of 2014, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin and President of France’s Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) Jean-Yves Le Gall reaffirmed the launch schedule ...
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Paris Saint-Germain-Stade Brestois Preview Newly-crowned champions play host to relegated visitors
Newly-crowned Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain is unlikely to change too much from the side that clinched the club's third French title at Olympique Lyonnais last ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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French court clears way for gay marriage
France’s constitutional court has cleared the way for allowing same-sex marriage and adoption. President Francois Hollande has promised to sign the bill as soon as possible raising the prospect of the first gay weddings within weeks. Politicians adopted the law last month after a series of pro and anti street ...
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Divided Europe veers between urgent growth and bleak austerity
Angela Merkel 's pro-austerity policies soon after becoming president in May last year, blamed the tough cutbacks regime imposed on troubled economies for much of Europe's economic problems. "What is hitting Europe is a recession provoked by the austerity policy," Hollande said at a Paris news conference. The president was especially keen to pin the blame on European ...
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Airbus Boeing will battle for PR at Paris Air Show
Airbus rolled out the first fully painted A350 Monday. With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeings resurgent 787 Dreamliner. Airbus rolled out its fully painted and flyable A350 Monday, with engines installed, and this week was starting to run that aircraft through electrical testing. That gives rise to speculation that Airbus will ...
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France set to sign gay marriage and adoption bill
French President Francois Hollande is set to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution ...
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Armed man arrested at the Cannes Film Festival
Jury member Christoph Waltz arrives at the jury photocall during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...
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Cannes Chinas Seven Stars Frances Stone Angels Form Joint Venture
Cannes: 'Grace of Monaco' Images Preview Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly (Exclusive Photos) The companies say their first collaboration will be a project ...
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Looking Out Gay marriage makes strides in France
. Here's a look at what's making a splash today: -- Same-sex marriage has made pretty high-profile strides in the last three weeks, but things are picking up across the Atlantic, ...
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Liberte Inegalite Fraternite Is French elitism holding the country back
John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and ...
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Paris Hilton and boyfriend River Viiperi get their PDA on at Cannes party
You know what, she might have had to give up her sex-tape-reality-star-crown to Kim Kardashian (not sure that's such a great loss), but we're kind of loving Paris Hilton right now. Not only has she ...
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World Briefing | Europe Frances Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Ruled Constitutional
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French shipbuilders join forces
French naval shipbuilders Piriou and DCNS have started a joint venture to build government agency ships to civil standards. The joint venture, for French and international markets, is Kership. Piriou holds 55 percent of the company while DCNS the remainder. "The ambition of Piriou and DCNS is to develop a world leader in ships built to civil standards intended mainly for State action at ...
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Aid Group Condemns Attack on Civilians in Eastern DRC
NAIROBI -- The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, has condemned a brutal attack on civilians living in Mpeti village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF says frequent attacks by armed groups in the villages and towns of North Kivu province have made it difficult for the group to provide medical assistance. The village in North Kivu ...
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Cuban Painting Music On Display in France
Paris, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban music and painting converged on the same stage during the opening here of an exhibition of visual artists from the Caribbean country, which also featured a performance by trova singer Tony Avila. A dozen works by three painters from Pinar del Rio: Humberto Hernández, Pablo Fernández and Quisbel Blanco comprise the exhibition at the Alejo ...
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French council rules gay marriage law is constitutional 1st marriages expected by Mays end
PARIS - France's constitutional council has rejected a challenge by conservative lawmakers to the country's new gay marriage law, saying the law was constitutional. That means France could see its first gay marriages by the end of May. France's parliament passed the law legalizing gay marriage last month after a wrenching national debate. Opponents led by the conservative UMP ...
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European stocks rebound as Paris tops 4000 points
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets rebounded on Friday, with Paris jumping above 4,000 points for the first time since July 2011 as traders went bargain-hunting after earlier losses, dealers said.Paris's CAC 40 index climbed 0.56 percent to close the day at 4,001.27 points.Meanwhile in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index closed with a fresh record high after gaining 0.34 percent to ...
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Dont let strangers in even in Paris
When a man in work clothes showed up at her door, the Monitor's Europe bureau chief let him inside. But fortunately, he didn't get a chance to pull off a well-known Parisian ...
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Coloccini French recruits will blossom with time
However, captain Coloccini, who has been linked with a departure from the club at the end of the season, believes the French contingent will only get better with more time in the English top ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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