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BY RICHARD BARLEY Happy economies are all alike; each unhappy economy is unhappy in its own way. France has avoided the fate of Greece, Portugal and Ireland, forced into bailouts by a sudden stop in financing, or of Spain and Italy, [...]

PARIS –  The French government has lowered its growth projections and acknowledged that its won’t deficit fall as quickly as promised. In a report Wednesday, the government says growth will be just 0.1 percent this year and 1.2 percent [...]

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Petroplus Holdings AG (PPHN)’s Petit- Couronne refinery in Normandy will shut for good after a court rejected all offers for the crude-processing plant. The court in Rouen ruled that bids from Murzuk Oil and Netoil Inc. failed to contain [...]

PARIS: The IMF forecast Tuesday that France, the eurozone’s second-largest economy, will fall into recession this year with the economy contracting by 0.1 per cent. In its latest revisions, the International Monetary Fund dropped its [...]

Michael France, the scribe who penned “Cliffhanger,” “GoldenEye” and a slew of Marvel adaptations which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, died April 12 in his St. Pete Beach, Fla., home [...]

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Lee Blakeley helms the musical about the life of painter George Seurat, which began previews April 15 and runs through April 25. Radio France will live broadcast the final performance, which features 46 members of the Orchestre Philharmonique [...]

Rugby Paris – England and France will face off in the opening match of the 2014 Six Nations championship, organisers revealed on Tuesday. While France, recipients of the 2013 Six Nations wooden spoon, host [...]

At least one person died and three others were seriously injured after a coach carrying Britons crashed in the French Alps, local officials said. The coach slammed into the mountain face bordering the winding road down from the popular ski resort [...]

France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other EU country, early results of DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal have shown

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Enlarge Photo ** FILE ** French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira (right) attends the debate … more  Facebook Follow @washtimes Legalizing same-sex marriage could prove the final spark in inciting violence in economically frazzled [...]

The first trial over the global scandal of faulty breast implants made with cheap industrial silicone not fit for humans opens on Wednesday, with hundreds of women expected to attend to tell of their suffering. Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of [...]

There was gridlock in Cardiff and traffic jams on the motorway approaches stretched back to the Severn Bridge. Only Wales and France have staged Friday championship games. The reaction on social media sites on Tuesday suggested that the [...]

By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more [...]

In an interview on Fox Business Network, NASCAR chairman Brian France has said that Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski would not be fined for his angry comments against the sanctioning body following Saturday’s NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway. “That’s [...]

By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS | Tue Apr 16, 2013 11:48am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests [...]

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SIDON, Lebanon: French Ambassador to Lebanon Patrice Paoli urged Tuesday various political officials to help Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam with the Cabinet formation process. “I call on all the Lebanese officials to unify their [...]

By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS | Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:05am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, early results of DNA tests [...]

France’s national railway banned black workers from the station where Israeli President Shimon Peres arrived to ensure that no Arab workers were present. British media reported late Sunday that SNCF, France’s national railway, excluded [...]

Italian utility ENI SpA (ENI.MI) expects to boost the number of its natural gas customers in France to 650,000 by the end of 2016, up from 205,000 now, French newspaper Les Echos reports Tuesday, citing Daniel Fava, the deputy general manager [...]

BRUSSELS | Tue Apr 16, 2013 3:21am EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other EU country, early results of DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal [...]

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