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France Newswire Press Releases | Submit Press Release | Yahoo! News Search Results for France Yahoo! News Search Results for France Sarkozy vows France will not pull out of Afghanistan (International Herald Tr... 21 Aug 2008 at 10:10am President Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his commitment to the fight against the Taliban as France paid homage Thursday to 10 troops killed in a deadly Afghan ambush. France defence in flux before World Cup qualifiers (AFP via Yahoo! News) 20 Aug 2008 at 3:02pm A new-look France team beat Sweden 3-2 in a friendly international here on Wednesday but their deficient defensive qualities did not augur well for upcoming World Cup qualifiers. France shocked by Afghan deaths (Reuters via Yahoo! News) 20 Aug 2008 at 3:06pm France reacted in shock on Wednesday to the death of 10 of its soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan and questions began to be asked about the country's worst military loss in 25 years. Canadian HIV expert named to France's highest order (CBC) 21 Aug 2008 at 10:21am McGill University professor Mark Wainberg, a trailblazer in HIV/AIDS research, has been named a chevalier of France's Légion d'honneur. France honours dead troops, to debate Afghan role (The Star) 21 Aug 2008 at 10:40am PARIS (Reuters) - France paid tribute on Thursday to its 10 soldiers killed in an ambush in Afghanistan, and the government said parliament would debate the army's presence there after the country's worst military loss in 25 years. France moves against baby TV (The New Zealand Herald) 21 Aug 2008 at 10:32am France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children aged under 3, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age. France Bans Television Broadcasts for Babies (Fox News) 20 Aug 2008 at 8:32pm France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age. France Blasts Envoy's Detention At Russian Georgia Checkpoint (Nasdaq) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:34am PARIS (AFP)--France said Thursday it was unacceptable that its ambassador to Tbilisi was blocked for three hours at a Russian checkpoint near the Georgian town of Gori. France bans TV aimed at toddlers (The Philadelphia Inquirer) 21 Aug 2008 at 12:40am PARIS - France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under 3, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age. France Honors War Dead; Debate Rages Over Afghanistan Policy (Nasdaq) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:04am PARIS (AFP)--President Nicolas Sarkozy presided Thursday over a ceremony to honor 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan, as the realization sank in here that France is deeply involved in a war far from home. Europe Resources

Europe Newswire Advertisement Europe Newswire Sponsors European Union (EU) News Yahoo! News Search Results for eu Yahoo! News Search Results for eu EU FOOD SAFETY AGENCY DISPUTES PRODUCTS' HEALTH BENEFIT CLAIMS (The Tocquevil... 21 Aug 2008 at 10:05am ROME, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - The EU food safety agency on Thursday disputed claims of health benefits by food manufacturers, notably that dairy products promote good teeth and healthy body weight in children. EU: Euro economy shrinks in second quarter (El Paso Times) 21 Aug 2008 at 7:54am BRUSSELS, Belgium?The euro-zone economy shrank 0.2 percent in the second quarter, EU statistics showed Thursday, raising recession fears as Germany, France and Italy braked sharply with high fuel and food prices holding back consumer spending. EU QUIZZES EUTELSAT ON FAILURE TO TRANSMIT PRIVATE CHINESE TV (The Tocquevill... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:19am BRUSSELS, Aug 18, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission has sought an explanation from a European satellite operator as to why a private Chinese channel's signal has not been broadcast for two months, an EU spokesman said Thursday. POLAND'S WATCHDOG FILES EU COMPLAINT AGAINST MICROSOFT (The Tocqueville Conne... 21 Aug 2008 at 7:35am WARSAW, Aug 21, 2008 (AFP) - Poland's competition authority announced on Thursday that it had filed a complaint against Microsoft with the EU because it suspects the US software giant of collusion with laptop computer producers. Maltese minimum wage ranks 12th in EU (Times of Malta) 21 Aug 2008 at 5:11am The national minimum wage in Malta has ranked 12th in a comparative table of 20 EU countries drawn up by the European Industrial Relations Observatory. S Korea-EU starts tackling sensitive issues of FTA (People's Daily) 21 Aug 2008 at 3:31am Top negotiators of South Korea and the European Union (EU) will meet in Seoul next week to seek progress in their free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations by tackling sensitive issues, the Korea herald reported Thursday. "The chief negotiators will meet next week to discuss sticky issues, because we feel that the talks need to focus more now on the key sensitive areas," said Lee Hye-min, chief ... EU set to lift travel ban on Karadzic family: official (Eu Business) 21 Aug 2008 at 6:46am (BRUSSELS ) - The European Union is set to lift its travel ban on the family of Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Radovan Karadzic who have had their passports returned as an interim "humanitarian" measure, an EU official said Thursday. EurActiv.com - Scholar: Secular-Islamist tensions in Turkey 'need to be watch... 21 Aug 2008 at 12:28am While the Turkish court's close decision last month not to shut down the ruling AKP party kept the country's EU membership bid alive, tensions between secularists and modern, moderate Islam remain strong and need to be closely monitored by the EU, Professor Kevin Featherstone of the London School of Economics told EurActiv Turkey in an interview. (AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-21 10:57 UPDATE 1-EU executive wants to review German ... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:30am BRUSSELS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to review Germany's draft proposals on vetoing purchases of stakes in German firms for possible breach of EU capital rules, a Commission source said. EU funds cover 10% of Hungary?s needed road development costs until 2013 (Bud... 21 Aug 2008 at 3:09am László said 26,000 kilometers of Hungary?s roads do not meet EU standards, noting that a large proportion of the country?s public roads, which have a lifespan of just 16 years, was built in the 1970s.