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German Yields Fall to Records on Safety Bid; France Gains
BusinessWeek
By David Goodman on May 05, 2012 German bunds advanced, sending the nation's borrowing costs to record lows, on speculation Europe's economic slump is deepening and exacerbating the region's financial crisis. The nation's two-, five-, 10- and 30-year ...
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France's Sarkozy Set For Defeat by Socialist
Voice of America
May 05, 2012 France's Sarkozy Set For Defeat by Socialist VOA NewsFrance holds its presidential runoff election Sunday, with Socialist challenger Francois Hollande expected to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. The latest opinion polls indicate ...
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France's Carmignac Fears Hollande, Bets on Merkel, Die Welt Says
BusinessWeek
By Angela Cullen on May 05, 2012 Edouard Carmignac, the founder of Frenchfund Carmignac Gestion, said a victory by presidential challenger Francois Hollande tomorrow may hamper the reform efforts that are necessary to spurFrance's economy, ...
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EU to Show Flexibility in Enforcing Rules, Rehn Says
BusinessWeek
By Jones Hayden on May 05, 2012 European Union Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn indicated the EU would show flexibility in enforcing the bloc's deficit rules as governments across the region struggle to spur growth even as they cut ...
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Arsenal's Sagna to Miss Euro 2012 With Broken Leg, Wenger Says
BusinessWeek
By Bob Bensch on May 05, 2012 Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna broke his right leg in today's Premier League game with Norwich and will not play forFrance at the European Championship, manager Arsene Wenger said. Sagna left the field on a stretcher ...
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Sarkozy appeals to 'silent majority' voters as Hollande leads
The Daily Star
... a tall order – as well as mobilizing first-round abstentionists. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 05, 2012, on page 1. Sarkozy leaves his last campaign rally in Les Sables - d ' Olonne , western France.
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The Daily Star
Pound Rises 3rd Week Versus Euro Before Bank of England Meets
BusinessWeek
By Keith Jenkins on May 05, 2012 The pound rose for a third week against the euro amid speculation the Bank of England will pause its asset-purchase program next week, underpinning the currency's attraction as a haven from Europe's debt crisis.
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Russia Stocks Drop as Economic Woes Drive Oil Below $100
BusinessWeek
By Ksenia Galouchko on May 05, 2012 Russian stocks sank for a second week, erasing the benchmark index's gain this year, as concern the global economic recovery is faltering pushed crude below $100 for the first time since February.
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Europe's far-right crawls toward power
The Daily Star
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 05, 2012, on page 11. Le Pen made a strong third place showing in the first round of France's presidential race.
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The Daily Star
France's Sarkozy in vote appeal as margin narrows
Bangladesh News 24 hours
Paris, May 05 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy made an impassioned final appeal to voters on Friday, saying that a Socialist victory could send France spiralling the way of Greece, as polls showed him narrowing his ...
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Euro Drops as Slowing Growth and Elections Damp Demand
BusinessWeek
By Catarina Saraiva on May 05, 2012 The euro slid versus the dollar by the most in almost a month and reached an 11-week low against the yen after further slowing in the region's economies and before national elections that may result in leadership ...
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Ins and outs of the vote: France's voters pick president, then parliament
The Daily Star
French citizens aged 18 years and older may vote at a total of 65000 polling stations in France and abroad. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONCampaigning must stop at midnight (2200 GMT) Friday,May 4, ahead of the May 6 vote. Polling stations in mainlandFrance ...
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The Daily Star
New rape allegations against DSK in Washington hotel
Indian Express
AP : Paris, Sat May 05 2012, 01:56 hrs French investigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape during a sex party in a Washington hotel in 2010, while he was chief of the International Monetary Fund, ...
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Consumer Confidence Gains as Taiwan, US Rise in Nielsen Survey
BusinessWeek
By Neil Callanan on May 05, 2012 Global consumer confidence rose in the first quarter as improvements in the US economy and continued growth in Asian markets brought sentiment levels to the highest level since the global recession began, according to a ...
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India Gifts Shopping Store ShalinIndia Starts Own Online Marketplace
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
(PRWEB) May 05, 2012 ShalinIndia.com, an online shipping store selling handmade gifts from India, has just launched its own marketplace. Here the customers from around the world will be able to buy not just ShalinIndia's own products, but also products ...
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France jails 'Big Bang' scientist for Qaeda terror plot
Jakarta Globe
by Dorothee Moisan | May 05, 2012 A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to four years in jail after he was convicted of plotting with Al-Qaeda's north African branch to carry out terror attacks. Police arrested Adlene Hicheur, ...
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Jakarta Globe
Summary Box: Rivals fight over France's economy
Huffington Post
AP | May 4, 2012 05:05 PM EST | Associated Press THE RACE: France'spresidential election on Sunday pits Nicolas Sarkozy against Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, and a change in leadership could raise questions about France's commitment to ...
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France Holds Breath ahead of Tight Vote
Naharnet
by Naharnet Newsdesk 05 May 2012, 13:16 France held its breath Saturday on the eve of a presidential election that Socialist Francois Hollande was predicted to win despite incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy closing the gap after wooing the far-right.
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Naharnet
Cinco de Mayo a Mexican import? No, it's as American as July 4, prof says
CNN
Cinco de Mayo does indeed mark a Mexican military victory over the invadingFrench army on May 5, 1862, but it's celebrated more in the United States because in 1862, US Latinos of Mexican heritage parlayed the victory as a rallying cry that the Union ...
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New French accusations: Strauss-Kahn in Washington
DailyFinance
By ANGELA CHARLTONAP posted: 5:35 PM 05/04/12 PARIS -Frenchinvestigators are studying accusations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape during a sex party in a Washington hotel in 2010 while he was chief of the International ...
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Socialist on track for win as French campaign closes
Jakarta Globe
by Michael Mainville | May 05, 2012 Socialist Francois Hollande was on track to defeat right-wing incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy asFrance saw the final day of campaigning Friday before its presidential election run-off. Boosted by an endorsement from ...
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Jakarta Globe
Europe's crisis a path strewn with fallen leaders: France's Sarkozy next?
Medicine Hat News
Saturday, 05 May 2012 05:13 Daniel Woolls, AP French President Nicolas Sarkozy is widely expected to be kicked out of office in elections Sunday. If he goes, he'll be in good company: Almost every crisis-hit European country that has held an election ...
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Purchase House in London
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
RoadFish.com men's lifestyle and finance magazine today felt that a congratulations is in order to the Jolie-Pitts, who reportedly just purchased a $16.2 million dollar house in West London New York, NY (PRWEB) May 05, 2012 RoadFish.com men's lifestyle ...
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World workers express anger, gloom on May Day
DailyFinance
By DANIEL WOOLLSAP posted: 2:58 PM 05/04/12 MADRID -Banging drums and waving flags, hundreds of thousands of workers marked May Day in European cities Tuesday with a mix of anger and gloom over austerity measures imposed by leaders trying to contain ...
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Muamba: "I am living witness of a miracle"
thescore.com
By Agence France-Presse May 05, 2012 LONDON, May 5, 2012 (AFP) - Those people who don't believe in miracles should ask Fabrice Muamba, the Bolton Wanderers midfielder told The Times after his extraordinary recovery from nearly dying of cardiac arrest ...
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Germany captain tackles Ukraine on human rights
thescore.com
By Agence France-Presse May 05, 2012 BERLIN, May 5, 2012 (AFP) - Germany captain Philipp Lahm has slammed Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine for their government's treatment of jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Tymoshenko was jailed for seven years ...
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Contradictions over Libyan ex-PM claims on Sarkozy
Huffington Post
May 4, 2012 05:35 PM EST | AP PARIS — Contradictions have emerged over claims that that Libya under dictator Moammar Gadhafi funded FrenchPresident Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign. A Tunisian lawyer for former Libyan Prime Minister ...
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Hollande eyes quick consensus with Merkel on growth
The Daily Star
By NIcholas Vinocur PARIS: French Socialist Francois Hollande will seek to lay the foundations of a new Franco-German consensus on growth and ease fears of a breakdown in relations on his first trip to Berlin if elected president, a close adviser said ...
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The Daily Star
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: France ...
By As'ad AbuKhalil
Saturday, May 05, 2012 ... In a similar way, with Paris' pro-Israel lobby as influential among the Socialists as they are in Sarkozy's UMP party, Hollande, should he win, is unlikely to depart from France's current line on Palestine." Posted by ...
The Angry Arab News Service/وكال...
Those That Leave Their Valiant Bones In France
By Roderick
May 05. By Roderick. Graves of Gustave de Molinari and Benjamin Constant in Paris. David Hart and Robert Leroux have released an amazing-looking anthology of French Liberalism in the 19th Century, including several works not previously ...
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France's Paire reaches Serbia Open final | Washington Examiner
By The Associated Press
Sat, 2012-05-05 10:33. BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Benoit Paire from Francehas upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain to reach the final of the Serbia Open — his first on the ATP tour. Paire served seven aces and rallied after losing the ...
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SPECIAL DUET WITH ROMANIAN KEO | OIKOTIMES.COM
By LUCIAN (ROMANIA)
Posted by LUCIAN (ROMANIA) on May 5, 2012 in AUDIO, FRANCE |. Anggun, the French representative in Eurovision 2012, has released another bilingual version of her entry “Echo (You and I)”. Now she recorded a version for Romania with ...
OIKOTIMES.COM
From CDG: Preference for Air France bus or RER B? | Europe Forum ...
By Brian_Gibbs
Weighing the pros and cons of each service from CDG to the 15th Arrondisement, Dupleix metro stop. Air France bus: described as comfy, air-conditioned, and would deposit me at the Place de l'Etoile metro stop, from where I can catch Line 6, ...
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Earthquake - Magnitude 2.5 - FRANCE - 2012 May 05, 00:40 UTC
Earthquake - Magnitude 2.5 - FRANCE - 2012 May 05, 00:40 UTC earthquakes today - recent and latest earthquakes, earthquake map and earthquake ...
www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=265160
Culinary city breaks, family fun France - The Irish Times - Sat, May ...
The Irish Times - Saturday, May 5, 2012. Culinary city breaks, family funFrance. 1 ; 2 .... We are going to Houlgate in France on June 5th. The ship does not arrive ...
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/travel/.../1224315528636.htm...
French press review 5 May 2012 - - RFI
On the eve of second round presidential elections here in France, the papers are all about the duel between President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Socialist ...
www.english.rfi.fr/.../20120505-french-press-review-5-may-2...
Hollande expected to trump Sarkozy in French elections - News ...
DANIEL FLYNN TULLE, FRANCE - May 05 2012 14:46 ... Campaigning ended on Saturday in France for a decisive second-round presidential vote expected to ...
mg.co.za/.../2012-05-05-hollande-expected-to-trump-sarkozy-...
US Dollar – Elections in Greece and France to Drive Greenback ...
US Dollar – Elections in Greece and France to Drive Greenback. By David Rodriguez, Quantitative Strategist. 05 May 2012 00:28 GMT. Tweet ...
www.dailyfx.com/.../US_Dollar_Elections_in_Greece_and_Fr...
German Yields Fall to Records on Economy; French Bonds Advance
French bonds rose 2.6 percent, while Italy's securities gained 9.8 percent. Germany will auction 5 billion euros of five-year notes on May 9, while Italy and...
www.bloomberg.com/.../german-yields-fall-to-records-on-eco...
Polls open in France's overseas territories - Associated Press | The ...
AAA 5 May. 2012 9:16 AM ET Polls open in France's overseas territories. By GREG KELLER · THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND ...
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PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 05: A vandalized ... - Photo from Getty Images
PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 05: A vandalized election poster showing French Socialist presidential election candidate Francois Hollande hangs on a wall in a street ...
www.daylife.com/photo/07pic7c0xl7tu?__site=daylife
Anxious Hollande tries to relax ahead of French vote
TULLE, France (Reuters) - French Socialist Francois Hollande spent Saturday mingling with well-wishers and ... TULLE, France | Sat May 5, 2012 12:50pm EDT ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-france-election-hollande-idUSBRE842...
France's Sarkozy Set For Defeat by Socialist
France holds its presidential runoff election Sunday, with Socialist challenger Francois Hollande expected to defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. ... May 05,2012 ...
www.voanews.com/.../Frances-Sarkozy-Set-For-Defeat-by-Soc...
Watch USA vs France IIHF Live, Ottawa ON, Saturday, May 05, 2012 ...
Watch USA vs France IIHF Live taking place in Ottawa ON on Sat, May 5 2012 at Helsinki. Complete information and tickets online at clubZone.com.
www.clubzone.com/events/.../watch-usa-vs-france-iihf-live
France jails scientist for al-Qaeda plot
France jails scientist for al-Qaeda plot. 15:08 AEDT Sat May 5 2012. VIEWS: 0. | FLOCKS: 0. | comments 0 comments so far. Also on. Shaun Wilson-Miller in his ...
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8462519

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