Sacramento historian given French Legion of Honor Medal
Source: Sacramento Bee
Cherbourg :: France | updated 2013-05-10 00:52:51 -0700 | political-news
Kibbey has helped preserve and shed light on the history of Sacramento and California. But Thursday evening, the spotlight was on the noted Sacramento historian and benefactor of the California State Library. Kibbey, who as a Navy lieutenant junior grade...
Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt arrested by Quebec corruption squad
Source: Toronto Star
Laval :: France | updated 2013-05-09 08:35:05 -0700 | political-news
Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt is shown making a statement to the media at City Hall in Laval, Que., on October 5, 2012. QUE.Quebec's anti-corruption squad says the former mayor of Laval, just north of Montreal, has been arrested...He was among...
Sotheby's auction for Versailles painting owned by Pittsburgh Public Schools fetches $750,000
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Versailles :: France | updated 2013-05-08 11:23:48 -0700 | political-news
The painting was expected to raise between $350,000 to $450,000. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer also pays a buyer's premium of 20 percent. The painting is by Henri Le Sidaner and depicts an interior view of his...
China Criticizes Pentagon Report on Cyberattacks
Source: International Herald Tribune
Neuilly :: France | updated 2013-05-08 02:46:57 -0700 | political-news
China has repeatedly said that we resolutely oppose all forms of hacker attacks, said a ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying. We're willing to carry out an even-tempered and constructive dialogue with the U.S. on the issue of Internet security. But we...
Help asked in finding Maine SOS caller
Source: Boston.com
Sos :: France | updated 2013-05-07 13:21:57 -0700 | political-news
Maine (AP) The Coast Guard is asking for help in identifying a mariner in distress who made a mayday call near the southern tip of Long Island in Blue Hill Bay. Coast Guard officials in Portland received a call at...
France's Hollande eyes reshuffle, more laws by decree
Source: Reuters
Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-07 05:54:25 -0700 | political-news
Topics French President Francois Hollande (C) waits for a guest on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris May 2, 2013. French President Francois Hollande has promised to weed out underperforming ministers as he strives to win back support...
Letting out the light on V-E Day
Source: The Washington Times
Reims :: France | updated 2013-05-07 03:33:07 -0700 | political-news
Tuesday marks the 68th anniversary of the surrender of the German armies that ended the European half of World War II. The last explosions of the war were the popping of champagne corks at 3 o'clock in the morning in...
PM Khoso hands over VVIP plane to PIA
Source: Pak Tribune
Pia :: France | updated 2013-05-07 02:19:19 -0700 | political-news
A-310 to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as part of the caretaker government's austerity measures to cut expenditures. The decision has been taken as a measure of good governance and streamlining administrative and logistical resources for their optimal utilization.
Four asylum seekers on the run in Darwin
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Four :: France | updated 2013-05-06 18:52:11 -0700 | political-news
Vietnamese asylum seekers, including a teenage boy, are on the run after escaping from a low-security Darwin detention centre. A man, 29, a boy, 17, and two women, 29 and 22, escaped from the Darwin Airport Lodge detention centre late...
Austerity doesn't work in France either
Posted by: Adrian Holman
Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-09 12:39:33 -0700 | political-news
The same people that celebrated the victory of newly-elected President Francois Hollande one year ago were out in the streets of Paris protesting his measures of austerity. He has failed to fulfill every economic promise that he ran on during...
British tourists charged i¿½54 for just FOUR ice creams in Rome cafi¿½ reigniting row about locals ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Four :: France | updated 2013-05-06 18:47:29 -0700 | political-news
6 May 2013 A group of British tourists were stunned when they were charged the equivalent of 54 for just four ice creams in Rome It is a situation many holiday makers have found themselves in. Blindly handing over wads...
Zambia: Work With Judges, LAZ Advised
Source: Africa Headlines
Laz :: France | updated 2013-05-06 03:19:19 -0700 | political-news
Chief Justice Matthew Ngulube has urged the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) to work closely with judges to resolve delays in the administration of justice and delivery of judgments. Mr Justice Ngulube said the bench and the lawyers should work...
Protest planned to mark Hollande's first year
Source: Al Jazeera
Strasbourg :: France | updated 2013-05-05 18:47:21 -0700 | political-news
34 Opponents of gay marriage, who have previously protested, will rally in major cities [Reuters] Thousands are expected to protest in France to mark President Francois Hollande's first year in office, with some accusing him of backing gay marriage and...
Marseille skyline lit up by fire displays as it celebrates status as European Capital of Culture
Source: Mail Online UK
Marseille :: France | updated 2013-05-04 12:50:18 -0700 | political-news
4 May 2013 The skyline above the ancient city of Marseille burst into flame yesterday. But far from being some terrible disaster, the dramatic scene was actually a carefully orchestrated stunt by artistic collective Carabosse Company. The French group, which...
Police hailed after heroic fire rescues
Source: Adelaide Now
Four :: France | updated 2013-05-04 06:33:23 -0700 | political-news
Boston Marathon bombings, ignoring protesters outside his business. Crows forward Taylor Walker on Monday is expected to have the tendon of a dead person grafted to his damaged right knee. An Adelaide woman who gave birth to a premature baby...
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