KOUROU, French Guiana - Officials have postponed the rocket launch of a military observation satellite for France's defense ministry. Arianespace says an anomaly in the launcher subsystem will push back the launch of the Helios 2B in French Guiana f
PARIS - French lottery group La Française des jeux is looking into buying Camelot which runs the country's National Lottery, it has been reported. Economic dailies Le Figaro Economique and Les Echos said FdJ had until early 2010 to make a bid, but
WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday voiced cautious hope that France would come up with more troops in Afghanistan as part of the new US-led strategy. Clinton, who was in Brussels for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, sa
PARIS - French nuclear giant Areva has decided to sell its power transmission and distribution network to French firms Alstom and Schneider Electric, rejecting Japanese and US bids. The sale estimated at 4.09 billion euros was announced after a me
PARIS - Sales of new cars in France leapt by 48.4 percent in November on a 12-month basis, trade data showed on Tuesday, with the PSA Peugeot Citroen group raising sales by 65.5 percent and Renault by 45 percent. The data from the French committee
Alstom and Schneider Electric of France on Monday night trumped foreign rivals GE of the US and Toshiba of Japan with a €4.1bn bid for the transmission and distribution arm of state-owned nuclear group, Areva.Areva’s supervisory board announced it w
KHARTOUM - A Darfur gang which says it kidnapped three French aid workers in Chad and the Central African Republic threatened on Monday to kill the trio unless Paris negotiates directly with them, a spokesman for the shadowy group said. We want to
PARIS - A French circus ringmaster called on Monday for clowns, lion-tamers and other staff to be publicly vaccinated against swine flu under the big tops where they perform. These vaccinations could be covered in the media and would serve as an e
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