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NEWS ABOUT: Le Monde

Le Monde stories: 5 news summaries

 Signals Detected, but Officials 
 Deny They're Flight 447's 

Submarine sent to probe ocean floor

Jun 23, 09 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rescuers are hot on the track of signals picked up deep in the Atlantic that could be from one of Air France Flight 447's black boxes, Le Monde reported today, but a French official denied that the signals could be originating from the doomed plane's flight recorder. “The black... More »

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black box • Brazil • plane crash • Le Monde • flight recorder • signals • disaster • Air France • Air France Flight 447

France's Top Newspaper Faces Crisis

Le Monde says 20%
of its journalists must leave by next week

Jun 23, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the past year, the French newspaper Le Monde has endured the worst crisis in its history, losing its editor-in-chief and failing to appear on newsstands for days during a series of strikes. Now its 340 staffers have been given an ultimatum, writes the Guardian: Unless about 20% accept voluntary... More »

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newspaper • France • Le Monde • corporate governance

Strike Keeps
Le Monde
Off Newsstands

French paper's staff, management square off over job cuts, debt

Apr 15, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Le Monde was absent from French streets today for the first time in more than 30 years as staff went on strike at the debt-ridden newspaper. In the ongoing battle over the future of the prestigious evening title, which saw the editor-in-chief pushed out, management is now trying to eliminate... More »

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newspaper • layoffs • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • strike • Le Monde

Battle for
Le Monde
Heats Up

Editor tries to keep Sarkozy ally from gaining control

Jan 22, 08 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - A showdown over the future of one of the world's most prestigious newspapers has come to a head after the editor in chief of Le Monde said he would fight to keep a bosom buddy of Nicolas Sarkozy's from taking over the paper. The French evening newspaper lost $14.5... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • Le Monde • Eric Fottorino

French Foodies Eating Up 'Ratatouille'

Soi-disant epicures love the intricately realistic animated chef flick

Aug 14, 07 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legions of French citizens are crowding theaters for a first taste of Pixar's latest 3-D animated feature Ratatouille, the story of a rodent chef in Paris and now the 4th highest-grossing movie premiere in France's history. The French, known for their devotion to everything food-related, are raving about "Ratatouille"... More »

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food • film • France • cooking • 3D • Ratatouille • Pixar • chef • cartoon • Le Monde • movies • movie theaters

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