var digesttext = "<!-- Header --><STYLE type=\"text/css\">#newsfeed { font-size: 13px; }#newsfeed P.item { margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 8px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #999; line-height: 1.45em; background-image: url(http://discoverfrance.net/France/Images/Backgrounds/striped_bkgnd_lblue.gif); }#newsfeed A { font-weight: bold; color: #003366; text-decoration: none; }#newsfeed A:hover { color: #F5F5D8; background-color: #336699; }#newsfeed SPAN.description { font-size: 12px; color: #222; line-height: 1.25em }#newsfeed SPAN.date { color: #666666; font-size: 10px; }#newsfeed SPAN.date A { color: #4d4d4d; }#newsfeed SPAN.date A:hover { color: #333333; background-color: #d5d5d5; }#newsfeed SPAN.grey { color: #666666; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; }</STYLE><!-- Items --><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093166&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Kidney names team for France clash&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:26 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Ireland have brought Keith Earls into the team to play France and there is still a chance that Stephen Ferris could make the starting XV for Saturday&#039;s RBS 6 Nations clash in Paris. Ireland coach Dec...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093429&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Tax victory for UK civil partners&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BRITISH civil partners who have recently paid full French inheritance tax after their partner died are to be refunded.Budget Minister Eric Woerth has announced that the right of couples in foreign civ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093430&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French women do get fat, poll show&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">THE myth that Frenchwomen do not get fat has been exploded with a major nutrition study showing 32% of Frenchwomen are now overweight or obese. For men the figure is 46%.The study also shown that glob...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093431&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Illegal OAP homes must clean up&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">MORE than 200 retirement homes that are operating illegally could be shut down if they do not get their affairs in order by March 31. The minister for elderly people, Nora Berra, made the threat after...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093432&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Sole traders get more protection&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A NEW business status for sole traders would allow them to shield their personal property from creditors if they got into debt.At present people who trade in their own names with an entreprise individ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093074&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Focus on French education&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:17 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">STUDENTS from Bahrain University took part in a French Higher Studies Fair held at the Shaikh Khalifa Institute of Technology in Muharraq. The one-day event was held under the patronage of Education ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093291&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French soldier killed in Afghanistan&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:15 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Paris - A French soldier was killed Tuesday in Afghanistan, the Defence Ministry said on its web site. The soldier, who was not identified, died in an attack by suspected Taliban rebels on the Afghan ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32093428&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Real striker Benzema to miss clash against former club Lyon&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 15:15 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Madrid - Karim Benzema will miss the February 16 clash between Real Madrid and Olympique Lyon, his former club, Real announced on Tuesday. The French forward has torn the abductor muscle in his left l...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32092692&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Moha Orders Plastic Bottle Machinery From France for U.S.$9 Million&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 14:45 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">MOHA (Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi) Soft Drinks Industry SC placed an order to Sidel, a company based in France, for 6.5 million euros (nine million dollars) worth of plastic bottle manufacturing ma...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32092729&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;France agrees to arm Russia with assault ships&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 14:33 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Russia has agreed to buy four French Mistral amphibious assault ships, like the one seen here on an official visit to St. Petersburg, Russia in November 2009, for its Navy.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32090687&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;France suffer triple injury blow&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 13:42 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">France have been hit by a triple blow ahead of their RBS 6 Nations clash against Ireland with the news that Aurelien Rougerie, Luc Ducalcon and Benjamin Fall have all been forced to pull out of the si...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32090850&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Bordeaux given fixture assistance&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 13:31 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The Ligue 1 match between Bordeaux and Auxerre has been postponed in order to give the French champions more time to prepare for their UEFA Champions League clash against Olympiacos.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32090197&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;British Airways&#039; OpenSkies To Fly Paris To Washington&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 12:43 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">, Chief Executive Officer of OpenSkies. Premium travel, which commands higher fares and is generally lucrative to airlines, fell sharply in the wake of the financial crisis and economic downturn as...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088807&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French intellectual caught quoting fake philosopher&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 12:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">PARIS (AFP) - Leading French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy has been caught red-faced for praising the work of a philosopher who, it turns out, was invented as a joke by a journalist from a satirical...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088633&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Kidney set to name team for France match&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 12:11 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Declan Kidney will reveal one of the most important team selections of his career when he announces his team selection to play France on Saturday later this afternoon. The Ireland head coach watched ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088618&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;France agrees to sell Russia advanced warship&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:54 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">France has agreed to sell Russia an advanced amphibious warship and is considering a Russian request for three more, French defense officials said Monday. It would be the first major arms deal between...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088805&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French government seeks to boost national identity&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:53 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The French flag will be hoisted at every school in France and the national anthem sung by students at least once a year as part of government efforts to instill in citizens a sense of pride in being F...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088806&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Toulouse dealt blow as star striker Gignac injured&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:53 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Gignac suffered the injury during Sunday&#039;s goalless draw against Lyon and tests on Monday revealed the 24-year-old has a tear in his adductor muscle.\"It&#039;s a really harsh blow but, as usual, we&#039;re goi...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088047&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;BA Business-Class-Only Unit Adds Paris-U.S. Route, Sees Profit&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:47 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc&rsquo;s OpenSkies unit will add flights to Washington and target profitability by 2013 after its parent company turned down five offers for the Paris- based c...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088615&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;France&#039;s national identity plans&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:46 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Newcomers to France will be made to sign a declaration of values as part of a new campaign to define national identity, France&#039;s Prime Minister says.Francois Fillon announced the initiative after thre...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088804&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French identity no longer open to debate&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:39 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">I t started with a bang and ended with a committee. Four months ago, the French government opened a grand collective discussion about national identity. It quickly evolved into a nasty quarrel over w...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32088808&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;OpenSkies Introduces New Route between Washington D.C. and Paris&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 11:19 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenSkies, the unique all business class airline, announced today it will introduce a new service between Washington Dulles International Airport and Paris Orly Airport beginnin...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32086541&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;European Commission poised to be approved in Strasbourg - Update&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 10:34 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Strasbourg, France - The new European Commission is set to be approved for a five-year term in a vote of confidence by the bloc&#039;s parliamentarians on Tuesday - after months of political delay. Parliam...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32086655&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;City&#039;s French connection is still intact as Institute saved&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 10:20 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The French government has dropped plans to shut the 60-year-old institution in Randolph Crescent after hundreds of people signed a petition praising its work.A new director is expected to be appointed...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32086758&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French Payments & Telecom Company Afone Named VeriFone VIP&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 10:12 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">LONDON - (Business Wire) VeriFone Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PAY), today announced that the Afone Group (EURONEXT: AFO), the leading French payments and telecoms company, has joined the VeriFone Internatio...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084766&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;How to be French&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 09:18 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">PARIS -- Immigrants will be taught French and trained to treat men and women equally, France announced yesterday -- with an eye toward better integrating newcomers into their adopted country&#039;s society...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084768&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Companies hit by commuting stress&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 09:11 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">COMPANIES need to do more to help workers deal with the stress of commuting, a report has found.The study, based on interviews with staff and human resources directors, said French firms tended to con...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084767&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;VAT cut fails to encourage diners&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 09:11 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">A VAT cut in restaurants has done nothing to increase customer numbers, new figures have revealed.The number of people visiting restaurants fell by 1.2% in 2009 according to data by consumer research ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084193&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Epoque Hotels Announces Hotel Keppler Honored As Top 25 French Hotels in Trip Advisor&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:54 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">FLORENCE, ITALY, February 09, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Hotel Keppler in Paris, an Epoque Classic Superior boutique hotel, was chosen as a Best Top 25 French Hotel by TripAdvisor in its 2010 Traveler...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084566&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;City Discovery Showcases Ten Things to Love About Paris and the rest of France&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:54 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Counting down to the best activities in Paris and surrounding cities, City Discovery celebrates romance and the good life as it invites travelers to explore the most romantic city in the world.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32083885&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French &lsquo;Identity&rsquo; Debate Leaves Public Forum&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:51 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">France announced a few symbolic measures on Monday to provide concrete results from France&rsquo;s bitterly contentious debate over &ldquo;national identity.&rdquo;</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32084669&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Record Growth for French TNTSAT on ASTRA&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:44 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">LUXEMBOURG - (Business Wire) SES ASTRA, an SES company (Paris:SESG)(LuxX:SESG), announced today that the French DTT on satellite offer TNTSAT, broadcast via ASTRA, posted strong growth with 1.85 milli...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=599216\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Kasabian star Meighan predicts England world cup victory&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:30 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">London, Feb.9 : Kasabian star Tom Meighan has backed England for World Cup victory after unveiling the new Three Lions away kit on French soil.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32083966&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;American Express Middle East and North Africa signs British Airways, Air France and KLM to its Membership Rewards programme&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 08:26 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Leader in premium payment solutions, American Express Middle East and North Africa (AEME) announced today the introduction of three new global airline partners, British Airways, Air France and KLM, to...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32082845&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French gov&#039;t seeks to boost national identity&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 07:40 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">PARIS -- France&#039;s government on Monday will study ways to bolster the nation&#039;s identity, culled from three months of sometimes noisy and occasionally racist debate on what it means to be French in an ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32082681&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Microlending site makes advances in France&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 07:40 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">PARIS -- Thi in Hanoi needed 190 euros (US$260) to buy feed for her pigs and chickens and cloth for the workshop where she makes children&#039;s T shirts and trousers.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32082508&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Holders of Billions in Czar Bonds Seek Kremlin&rsquo;s Paris Property&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 07:29 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- A group representing French holders of czarist bonds says it will sue Russia in a bid to seize Paris property bought by the Kremlin and reclaim part of a century-old debt valued ...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32079019&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;France may want no-veil pledge from migrants&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 04:14 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Paris: Foreigners who come to live in France should sign a contract recognising that the wearing of the full Islamic veil is banned, a minister said yesterday.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32077409&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Paris-based Areva to acquire Ausra, plans to hire&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 03:09 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">which provides large-scale concentrated solar power for electricity generation and industrial steam production. 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His extraordinary performance is...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32075131&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French firm puts HQ of renewables in Aberdeen&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 01:06 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The announcement by French company Technip came yesterday as First Minister Alex Salmond was in Paris to meet energy and finance executives to discuss investment in Scottish wind and wave power. Mr Sa...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32074540&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French primary energy consumption falls by 5 percent in 2009&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 00:30 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The French consumption of primary energy decreased 5 percent in 2009, mainly due to economic recession, the General Commission for Sustainable Development said on Monday in an economic report.The repo...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32071654&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;US denies confrontation with France over extra troops to Afghanistan&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 00:03 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">The United States denied on Monday it was disappointed by France&#039;s decision to send only 80 more trainers to Afghanistan and held out hope President Nicolas Sarkozy would be able to do more later....</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32071722&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;French, Dutch fight over giving LNG to Pakistan&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/09/10 00:00 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Khalid MustafaISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin and his team is all set to thwart the attempt of an unscrupulous combine of oil industry heavyweights and some fu...</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32071649&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;In A NATO First, France Agrees To Sell Warship To Russia&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/08/10 23:55 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">France has agreed to sell Moscow a Mistral-class warship and is considering a Russian request for three more -- against the wishes of other NATO members.</span><br /></p><div id=\"newsfeed\"><p class=\"item\"><span class=\"grey\">&raquo;</span> <a href=\"http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=32071650&cat=e597bd109c960ae3\" TARGET=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Ethiopian Airliner&#039;s flight recorders sent to France&nbsp;</a><br/><span class=\"date\">02/08/10 23:42 from <a href=\"http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/\">France News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com</a></span><br /><span class=\"description\">BEIRUT: The flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed off the coast of Beirut were transported Monday to France, where investigators hope to unlock the secret of what caused the...</span><br /></p><!-- Footer --></div><div class=\"fdpoweredby\" style=\"text-align: right; font-size: 10px; font-family: sans-serif\"><a style=\"color: #888\" href=\"http://feed.informer.com\">Powered by Feed Informer</a></div><script type=\"text/javascript\">/* <![CDATA[ */document.write(\"<img src=\'http://hits.informer.com/log.php?id=44&amp;r=\"+ Math.round(100000 * Math.random()) + \"\' />\");/* ]]> */</script><script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://208.88.226.83/log_e.php?id=OYVVIVVXZJ&amp;r=0.727071424361643\"></script>";
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