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 Chinese Sow Stakes 
 in French Wine Country 

Foreign buyers retool prominent Chateaus for exports to China

Jul 26, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mao wouldn't likely approve on a couple of fronts, but Chinese investors looking to introduce their countrymen to the best in wine are buying up storied chateaus in the heart of French wine country, the Washington Post reports. Two companies paid several million dollars each to own Chateau Richelieu and... More »

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China • alcohol • globalization • France • wine • foreign investment • Bordeaux

 Contador Takes 
 Tour de France 

Spanish cyclist eclipses Armstrong in second Tour triumph

Jul 26, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(AP) - Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for a second time today, and Lance Armstrong capped his return to the race with an impressive third-place finish. Mark Cavendish of Britain became the first rider to win six Tour stages in a sprint, collecting his sixth stage win after the 101.... More »

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Spain • France • cycling • Tour de France • Alberto Contador • biking • Lance Armstrong • Astana

 'Faint' Sarkozy 
 Hospitalized After Jog 

French prez 'felt faint,' undergoing medical tests

Jul 26, 09 10:23 AM CDT
(AP) - Nicolas Sarkozy “felt faint” during his usual morning jog today, reports the Guardian, and was admitted to the hospital where he was under observation and undergoing further tests. Elysee Palace declined to comment further, saying it would release further details this afternoon. The energetic French president is known... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • medical treatment • running • President • Elysee • excercise • jogging

(Newser) - President Obama’s election has increased America’s standing in the world, new polling shows. Global attitudes toward the US have been bolstered by Obama’s election to levels not seen since the Clinton administration, the New York Times reports. In Indonesia, for instance, where the president spent part of... More »

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Afghanistan • Israel • Germany • France • United States • popularity • opinion polls • Obama administration • President Obama • global community

(Newser) - More than two dozen British schoolchildren on a school holiday were booted out of France after some came down with swine flu—but not before they were quarantined by medics in anti-contamination suits and insulted by locals. "It was as if we were dangerous criminals," said one of... More »

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disease • United Kingdom • France • quarantine • deportation • schoolchildren • swine flu • H1N1 virus

analysis

Sorry, Lance, This Doesn't Look Like Your Year


Jul 22, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tour de France still has three days left, but nothing short of a two-wheeled miracle will give Lance Armstrong his eighth title, writes Diane Pucin in the Los Angeles Times. Armstrong is now in fourth place, and about the best he can do is push hard in the final... More »

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France • Tour de France • Alberto Contador • Lance Armstrong • bicycling

(Newser) - French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy just loves her fleurs and she's often photographed arranging blooms in the Elysée Palace. Problem is, the flowers are costing French taxpayers $1,100 a day, and they want the spending nipped in the bud. The blooming bills were revealed in the first state... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • spending • Elysee • audit • flowers • Carla Bruni • French

(Newser) - France's Senate next week is expected to overturn a century-old law prohibiting most businesses in the country from opening on Sundays, CNN reports. The 1906 measure was intended to ensure a day of rest for the populace, and parties on the left and the right have been vocal in their... More »

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retail • shopping • Senate • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • legislation • Sundays • store

Marseilles Cops Probe Madonna Stage Collapse

Company behind it made LA stage that caved in last year

Jul 17, 09 7:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police in Marseilles have launched a manslaughter investigation into the Madonna stage collapse that killed two and injured ten others, the Times of London reports. Police plan to question dozens of witnesses, analyze videotape, and read over commercial contracts. The company that built the stage—and constructed a Madonna stage... More »

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France • collapse • manslaughter • Madonna • fatalities • injuries • stage

 Second Person Dead in 
 Madonna Stage Collapse 

Madonna 'devastated' by news

Jul 17, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The collapse of a stage where Madonna was to perform this weekend has claimed a second victim. A 32-year-old British citizen has died, CNN reports. The first casualty was a 53-year-old Frenchman who died yesterday; three more are in the hospital in Marseille, and seven were treated and released, says... More »

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entertainment • music • France • celebrity • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

1 Dead After Stage for Madonna Show Collapses

Marseille show canceled after construction calamity

Jul 16, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - One person was killed and six injured today when a stage being built for a French stop of Madonna’s tour collapsed, the BBC reports. Construction workers were assembling the stage at a Marseille stadium when it “started shaking and collapsing,” allowing most of the workers to get... More »

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music • France • death • injury • concert • Madonna • Marseille • concert tour

 Carla Bruni to Sing 
 at Mandela's Birthday 

French first lady will perform at Mandela's 91st birthday celebration

Jul 15, 09 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy will sing this weekend at Nelson Mandela’s birthday party, her first public performance since becoming the first lady of France, reports AFP. The former South African leader will celebrate his 91st birthday Saturday at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, and Bruni won't be the only... More »

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music • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • South Africa • birthday • Nelson Mandela • birthday party • Carla Bruni

(Newser) - France's celebration of the 320th anniversary of rioters storming the Bastille was marred by major riots, Der Speigel reports. Over 300 cars were torched in cities across the country, and hundreds of arrests were made as youths hurled home-made explosives at police, injuring several officers. Authorities say the number of... More »

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France • Bastille Day • riots • Paris riots • civil unrest

(Newser) - The French wine industry is in a tough spot, Mike Steinberger writes on Slate. “It is hemorrhaging market share abroad, domestic consumption continues to plummet, and thousands of vintners are in desperate financial straits.” What’s more, “the appellation system that regulates much of French viticulture is... More »

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alcohol • France • wine • beverages • vineyard • regional • terroir

(Newser) - Lance Armstrong is racing for his eighth yellow jersey, but the cyclist has already won a more elusive prize: the respect of the cycle-mad French. From 1999 to 2005, the years he dominated the Tour de France, many French fans saw him as frigid and haughty, and the press hounded... More »

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sports • France • cycling • Tour de France • Lance Armstrong • bicycling

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has named his new $80 million official jet Carla One in honor of his third wife, reports the Telegraph.  "She's a beautiful plane and, of course, officially named after the president's wife," said a source. Carla One has been hand-painted along the side... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Carla Bruni • Air Force One

OPINION

 Bruni to G8: 
 Don't Let 
 Recession Kill 
 AIDS Funding 

We've made progress—now don't let economy destroy it

Jul 8, 09 10:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gets in the op-ed game today, urging G8 leaders who are converging on L’Aquila, Italy, to continue the commitment their predecessors made 8 years ago to fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa. The earlier initiative helped the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria save some 4 million... More »

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Africa • France • malaria • world economy • G8 summit • recession • HIV/AIDS • tuberculosis • Carla Bruni • economy • L'Aquila

(Newser) - The European Union's powerful competition commissioner slapped two energy companies with record fines of $1.53 billion today for cartel misbehavior. GDF Suez and E.ON, two of the world's biggest gas producers, colluded to avoid competition in French and German energy markets and drive up prices. It's the first... More »

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Germany • European Union • France • energy prices • competition • natural gas • energy markets • Neelie Kroes • fine • energy consumption • anticompetitive

(Newser) - French police rescued a vacationing Scottish girl who was snatched by an Internet stalker, reports the Daily Mail. The girl, 12, was whisked to the Marseille airport from a villa where she was vacationing with her parents by a 41-year-old Belgian man she had encountered earlier on the Internet. She... More »

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Internet • police • France • kidnapping • stalker • abduction • Marseille • child abduction • Cops

Yemenia Air Black Boxes Too Deep for Divers 

Search continues as France sends searcher robots to Comoros

Jul 7, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(AP) - Investigators have concluded that the black boxes from Yemenia Airways Flight 626 that plunged into the Indian Ocean are too deep to be reached by divers, a French official said today. French investigators are trying to determine the exact zone where the boxes can be found using equipment that allows... More »

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black box • France • plane crash • Comoros • Yemen • disaster • Yemenia Air • diver

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