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Capello in Gerrard row after France defeat (AFP)

November 18th, 2010

England's Manager Fabio Capello, seen here watching his players during their binternational/b friendly against France at Wembley Stadium in London, on November 17. Capello was forced on to defensive after Steven Gerrard limped off injured as his side crashed to a 2-1 defeat.(AFP/Franck Fife)AFP - England manager Fabio Capello was forced on to defensive after Steven Gerrard limped off injured as his side crashed to a 2-1 defeat against revitalised France.


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Burma under military control

November 11th, 2010

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China, France join forces for world monetary reform (AFP)

November 6th, 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) mingle with the crowd in the French riviera city of Nice. China and France have joined forces to push for reform of the global monetary system when France takes the helm of the G20 economic grouping next week.(AFP/POOL/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - China and France have joined forces to push for reform of the global monetary system when France takes the helm of the G20 economic grouping next week.


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France, China urge balanced trade, reform (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - France and China have reached a “real convergence” over the need to reform the global financial system after two days of talks between President Nicolas Sarkozy and his…

France arrests two for suspected militant links (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - French police, on heightened alert for potential terrorist attacks, have arrested two people on suspicion of links to terrorist groups, Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux said on Thursday.

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France: Iran says no verdict yet in stoning case (AP)

November 3rd, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. France said Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 that Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki insists that no final decision has been made in the case of Ashtiani who could be executed by stoning for adultery, despite reports that her execution is imminent. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - Iran’s foreign minister insists that no final decision has been made about a woman who could be stoned to death for adultery, France’s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday, amid…

‘Entente Frugale:’ France and Britain Combine Military Forces (Time.com)

November 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Amid fears their countries’ sovereignties will be eroded, Cameron and Sarkozy agree unprecedented security and defense cooperation

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UK, France to pool defense assets, share costs (AP)

November 2nd, 2010

AP - Europe’s two nuclear-armed powers will strike a deal Tuesday to share warhead testing facilities as the leaders of Britain and France finalize plans for unprecedented cooperation on defense…

France, Britain to test nuclear safety together (AFP)

November 1st, 2010

File photo of the British Royal Navy's nuclear submarine, HMS Astute, en-route to her base Faslane, on the Firth of Cylde south-west Scotland. The leaders of France and Britain will sign Tuesday a treaty that will see the two countries test their nuclear arsenals in a joint facility in France, the French presidency announced.(AFP/File/Andy Buchanan)AFP - France and Britain will sign Tuesday a treaty that will see the two countries test the safety of their nuclear arsenals in a joint facility in France, the…

Pension-reform opposition continues in France despite riot police (Time.com)

October 26th, 2010

A man walks past piles of garbage in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. France's massive strikes are costing the national economy up to euro400 million ($562 million) each day, the French finance minister said Monday, as workers continued to block ports, oil refineries and trash incineration plants to protest a plan to raise the retirement age to 62. Nearly 10,000 tons of garbage have been piling up in southern Marseille and its suburbs. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)Time.com - Last week, the French President sent police in to break up strikes at oil refineries in the hopes of taming protests against his new pension plans. But this…