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Larcher Elected President Of French Senate - Associated Press
paris (ap) -- a veterinarian turned politician was elected wednesday to lead france's senate, making him first in line to take over the country's presidency if nicolas sarkozy becomes incapacitated. gerard larcher, 59, a member of sarkozy's ...
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Nigeria: French Naval Vessel Not In Country To Fight - Captain
the captain of a visiting french navy ship, yesterday said the visit was not to protect french oil installations in nigeria but to consolidate technical links.
allafrica.com

Gamestop Acquires French Retailer
grapevine-based gamestop corp. announced it has acquired micromania, a french video game retailer that has 332 locations throughout the country.
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Netherlands Proposes European Rescue Fund For Banks - Xinhua News Agency
brussels, sept. 17 (xinhua) -- the netherlands is calling for a joint response to the financial crisis from all european union (eu) countries which would involve each nation putting aside three percent of its national gross national product, radio ...
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Spain Joins Calls To Raise Bank Guarantee Limit - Times Online
spain today joined the call for an increase in the guarantee limit on bank deposits across europe, piling further pressure on uk prime minister gordon brown to support an ambitious plan for a €300 billion (£237 billion) bailout fund to rescue ...
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Shaky French-belgian Bank Gets $9 Billion Injection
dexia , a french-belgian lender, received a capital injection of more than $9 billion from public shareholders on tuesday as a deepening global credit crisis continued to shake european banks, while irish authorities moved to back all deposits in the country’s banks.
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Larcher Elected President Of French Senate
a veterinarian turned politician was elected wednesday to lead france's senate, making him first in line to take over the country's presidency if nicolas sarkozy becomes incapacitated.
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Belgium Starts Hunt For New Dexia, Fortis Chiefs - Reuters
brussels, oct 2 (reuters) - belgium has begun the hunt for a new chairperson for belgian-dutch financial group fortis (for.br: quote , profile , research , stock buzz ) and a new chair and chief executive for franco-belgian peer dexia (dexi.br: quote ...
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Madagascan President Calls For Improvement Of Justice - Xinhua News Agency
antananarivo, oct. 2 (xinhua) -- madagascan president marc ravalomanana has called here for improvement of justice to meet the needs of the people as well as investors in the island country. inaugurating a new building for the supreme court on ...
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French Banks Are Vulnerable, Says Pm
french prime minister francois fillon has warned in an interview that the country's banks are vulnerable given the global financial crisis.
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Nigeria: Why We're In Gulf Of Guinea, By French Navy
french navy has said its involvement in the provision of security in the gulf of guinea, is based on partnership for the training of military personnel of countries within the area.
allafrica.com

Households Face Lean Christmas As Credit Shrinks - Times Online
british households face being squeezed even further in the run up to christmas after banks admitted they will reduce the amount of credit on offer as worries over the economy persist. a key report on credit conditions by the bank of england today ...
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Party Leaders Gird For Second Debate - Cnews
ottawa - there's no rest for the five national party leaders in the wake of the french-language campaign debate, as they fine-tune their messages for delivery to an english audience thursday night. prime minister stephen harper, who faced a concerted ...
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Sparks Fly In French Debate
prime minister stephen harper came under immediate attack on economic issues as the televised french-language election debate got underway.
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French Banks Are Vulnerable, Says Pm
french prime minister francois fillon has warned in an interview that the country's banks are vulnerable given the global financial crisis, which he compared to the great depression.
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Dutch Govt To Lobby For Eu Bank Rescue Funds - Guardian Unlimited
amsterdam, oct 2 (reuters) - the netherlands is seeking support among european union countries for a coordinated plan worth up to 300 billion euros ($420 billion) to support banks, the government said on thursday. "earlier this week a french plan was ...
www.guardian.co.uk

Cook Up Some Seasonal Fun - Reporter
, the blue comet motorcycle club presents the hare scramble on saturday on the blue comet club grounds at 4042 mensch road, skippack. registration is at 7 a.m. pee-wee classes start at 8 a.m.; youth classes start at 9:30 a.m. and two female classes ...
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French Pm Says Banks Vulnerable, But State Will Step In
paris, sept 30, 2008 (afp) - french prime minister francois fillon has warned in an interview to appear wednesday that the country's banks are vulnerable given the global financial crisis, which he compared to the great depression.
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Harper Targeted On Economy, Crime In French Debate
conservative leader stephen harper defended himself against the barbs of the four other party leaders as they faced off wednesday evening in the french-language debate.
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Update 1-sanofi To Cut 927 Jobs In France, Most In Sales - Forbes
paris, oct 2 (reuters) - sanofi-aventis sa is planning to cut 927 jobs in france, of which 817 are in sales and the remainder among its headquarters staff, the french drugmaker said on thursday. the job cuts took into account new challenges such as ...
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