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News over the last 7 days

Tuesday, 14th October

France To Provide $491 Billion In Bank Guarantees (AP Via Yahoo! Finance)

France's prime minister said Monday his country's taxpayers could actually profit from a 360 billion euro financial package aimed at helping French banks stay afloat.... Read more from here

Monday, 13th October

France's First Lady Involved In Ex-terrorist Case (AP Via Yahoo! News)

France's first lady has become personally involved in the case of a former leftist terrorist from Italy, visiting the severely depressed woman in a hospital, the president said Monday.... Read more from here

France To Back Bank Loans And Offer Capital (Reuters Via Yahoo!7 News)

PARIS (Reuters) - France will use two funding vehicles to prop up the financial sector, one of which will guarantee bank lending and the other will provide capital to banks in need, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday.... Read more from here

Germany, France, U.K. Launch Major Financial-rescue Plans (McClatchy Newspapers Via Yahoo! News)

PARIS — With anxious markets looking for leadership, Britain, Germany and France unveiled massive financial-rescue plans Monday that will pump a startling $1 trillion into their troubled banking systems.... Read more from here

France Annuls Extradition For Ex-leftist Terrorist (AP Via Yahoo! News)

France has decided not to extradite a former member of the Italian left-wing Red Brigades terrorist group to Italy because she is in poor health, the president's office announced Sunday. It stressed that the measure does not weaken French resolve to fight terrorism.... Read more from here

Sunday, 12th October

Soccer-Piturca Backed To Succeed After Romania Hold France (Reuters Via Yahoo! Canada News)

Romania coach Victor Piturca was handed a vote of confidence on Sunday after a 2-2 World Cup 2010 qualifying draw at home to France on Saturday.... Read more from here

France Coach Raymond Domenech's Job Not Safe After Draw With Romania (Canadian Press Via Yahoo! News)

CONSTANTA, Romania - France coach Raymond Domenech could still lose his job despite his team's comeback 2-2 draw at Romania on Saturday in a World Cup qualifying match.... Read more from here

France Captain Patrick Vieira Pulls Out Of Romania Qualifier Match (Canadian Press Via Yahoo! News)

CONSTANTA, Romania - France midfielder Patrick Vieira pulled out of Saturday's World Cup qualifying match at Romania after injuring himself while warming up.... Read more from here

Spirited Romania Hold France 2-2 (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

The future of France coach Raymond Domenech was left hanging in the balance on Saturday after a spirited Romania took a share of the spoils in a 2-2 draw with the 1998 World Cup winners.... Read more from here

France And Portugal In World Cup Struggle (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

Former champions France and 2006 semi-finalists Portugal were struggling to keep their 2010 World Cup dreams on track on Saturday as Europe's major powers toiled on the rocky road to South Africa.... Read more from here

IMF Warns Of Meltdown; France Says Europe To Act (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

The IMF warned on Saturday the world's financial system was near meltdown and France promised that a meeting of European leaders in Paris will detail measures to keep a market panic from triggering the most severe global downturn in decades.... Read more from here

France Invites Egypt To Join G14 (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

France invited Egypt to join the countries that would comprise the G14, a proposed extension of the G8, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told reporters in Cairo on Saturday.... Read more from here

Saturday, 11th October

France And Germany Vow Unity In Face Of Crash (AFP Via Yahoo! Canada News)

COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Saturday they would work together, as Europe sought a joint response to the financial crisis.... Read more from here

Soccer-Romania Let Slip Two Goal Lead At Home To France (Reuters Via Yahoo! Canada News)

Former champions France fought back from two goals down to rescue a 2-2 draw with Romania in World Cup Group Seven qualifying on Saturday.... Read more from here

D-day For France Coach In Bucharest (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

For a team that has had precious little to laugh about recently this week's night out at a popular Parisian comedy club will have come as welcome relief to Raymond Domenech's France team.... Read more from here

France, Germany In 'full Agreement' On Crisis: Sarkozy (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted on Saturday that France and Germany have "exactly the same view" on the financial crisis during a joint press conference with Chancellor Angela Merkel.... Read more from here

France Withdraws Contaminated Chinese Sweets (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

France banned on Friday the sale of two brands of Chinese-made sweets and biscuits that it said had been contaminated with malamine-tainted milk -- the latest country hit by the widening health scandal.... Read more from here

Air France Cuts Service From LAX (Long Beach Press-Telegram)

After less than eight months of service, Air France will drop its daily flights between Los Angeles International Airport and London Heathrow beginning Nov. 6. citing "the present economic and financial crisis."... Read more from here

Iraq In Talks To Buy Military Equipment From France (The Kansas City Star)

PARIS | France, which opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say.... Read more from here

Friday, 10th October

France Markets Arms To Iraq After 2-decade Lull (AP Via Yahoo! News)

France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say.... Read more from here

Soccer-Romania's Piturca Promises Different Game Against France (Reuters Via Yahoo! Canada News)

Romania coach Victor Piturca vowed on Friday his side's World Cup qualifier against France on Saturday would not be a repeat of the drab goalless draw the teams played out at Euro 2008.... Read more from here

Russia Partly Meets Georgia Ceasefire Deal: France (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

Russia has partly complied with a ceasefire deal requiring it to pull back its forces in Georgia, France's foreign minister said on a visit on Friday to verify the pullback on behalf of the European Union.... Read more from here

Russia Only Partly Fulfils Georgia Ceasefire: France (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

Russia has not fully complied with the terms of a ceasefire in Georgia, France's foreign minister said on Friday, casting fresh doubt on whether frozen EU-Russia partnership talks will resume soon.... Read more from here

Air France To Drop Heathrow-LA Service (Financial Times Via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

Air France-KLM is abandoning its first foray into the long-haul market between London Heathrow and the US in the face of the global financial crisis - just six months after launching its initial route to Los Angeles.... Read more from here

Thursday, 9th October

Belgium, France, Luxembourg Guarantee Dexia Bank (AP Via Yahoo! News)

The governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg announced Thursday they will give struggling lender Dexia SA a yearlong guarantee on its new loans and deposits, sending the company's shares soaring.... Read more from here

Corrected: France's Le Clezio Wins 2008 Nobel For Literature (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

(Deletes reference saying the award marked the first time a French writer had won the prize since 1985. The award was given in 2000 to Chinese writer Gao Xingjian, who had settled in France and had become a French citizen.) A corrected repetition follows:... Read more from here

France's Le Clezio Wins Nobel Literature Prize (AP Via Yahoo! News)

France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy" and focused on the environment, especially the desert.... Read more from here

Belgium, France, Luxembourg To Cover Dexia Loans (CBS News)

The governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg announced Thursday they will give struggling lender Dexia SA a yearlong bank guarantee.... Read more from here

Belgium, France, Luxembourg Guarantee Dexia Bank (AP Via Yahoo! Finance)

France Revisits De Gaulle Legacy (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

When Charles de Gaulle died in this farming village 38 years ago, world leaders journeyed to Paris to pay homage to France's soldier-statesman.... Read more from here

Air France Revels As Merger End-game Nears (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

Banks are collapsing, economic storm clouds are gathering yet the cabaret is in full swing and the joint is really jumping. The Great Depression? No, a lavish 75th birthday bash thrown by Air France in Paris on Tuesday.... Read more from here

Belgium, France, Luxembourg To Cover Dexia Loans (AP Via Yahoo! News)

The governments of France, Belgium and Luxembourg say they are giving struggling lender Dexia SA a yearlong bank guarantee.... Read more from here

PREVIEW-Soccer-France Coach In Fighting Mood Before Romania Test (Reuters Via Yahoo! Canada News)

France coach Raymond Domenech said he felt in a combative mood ahead of a World Cup qualifier in Romania on Saturday that could cost him his job.... Read more from here

Feyenoord Slap Uefa Cup Ban On France-bound Fans (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

Feyenoord will not allow fans to travel to France for the Uefa Cup clash against Nancy later this month due to the threat of violent reprisals, according to the Dutch club's website on Wednesday.... Read more from here

Wednesday, 8th October

Drugs Chief Targets Tour De France Blood Cheats (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

French national anti-doping agency (AFLD) chief Pierre Bordry on Wednesday said there was "considerable evidence" of doping irregularities from blood transfusions taken at this year's Tour de France.... Read more from here

France Plans Take Steps To Help Banks (AP Via Yahoo! Finance)

France's prime minister said Wednesday the government will take steps to rescue troubled banks, even as two banks were in discussions about combining to create one of the nation's biggest retail banking groups.... Read more from here

Iran Concerned About Rights Abuses In France: Ambassador (mehrnews.com)

TEHRAN, Oct. 6 (FNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to France, Ali Ahani, in a meeting with the director of the Middle East office of the French Foreign Ministry expressed Iran’s grave concerns about human rights violations in France and some other European countries.... Read more from here

Tour De France Chief Christian Prudhomme Hails New Anti-doping Test (The Canadian Press Via Yahoo! Canada News)

PARIS - The head of the Tour de France on Tuesday hailed a new lab test that has exposed three riders in the 2008 race for cheating with an advanced form of the blood booster EPO.... Read more from here

Tuesday, 7th October

France Will 'totally Preserve' Deposits: Central Bank Chief (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

France's central bank governor insisted Tuesday the government would "totally preserve" all French deposits, urging depositors to leave their money in banks despite the crisis rocking world markets.... Read more from here

Piepoli, Schumacher Positive At Tour De France (AP Via Yahoo! News)

Italian cyclist Leonardo Piepoli twice tested positive for a blood booster during the last Tour de France, officials said Monday, and German cyclist Stefan Schumacher's team suspended him for suspected use of the same substance.... Read more from here

Injured Diarra Pulls Out Of France Matches (AFP Via Yahoo! News)

Portsmouth midfielder Lassana Diarra has pulled out of France's forthcoming matches with a left knee injury, it was revealed on Monday.... Read more from here

Piepoli Fails Two Dope Tests During Tour De France (Reuters Via Yahoo! News)

Italian Leonardo Piepoli failed two doping tests during this year's Tour de France, the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) said on Monday.... Read more from here

News in France over the last 7 days