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View of telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent building in Velizy, outside Paris,jsa1
Alcatel   Berlin   France   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Alcatel-Lucent  
 The New York Times 
Alcatel-Lucent to Cut 336 Jobs in France
| BERLIN — Alcatel-Lucent, the French maker of telephone network equipment, said Thursday that it planned to cut 3.4 percent of its workforce in France by the end of the year as part of what it ... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Celine Victoria - Ladies Caps Dubai, UAE - Fashion - Woman's Accessories
Dubai   Fashion   Festival   Photos   Wikipedia: Dubai   Women  
 Khaleej Times 
Flash mob sets Dubai Fashion rolling
| Style takes centrestage this DSF and the spotlight will fall on haute couture fashion. Models representing leading designers and labels will take to the catwalk on the second day of Dubai Fashion 20... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Ivory Coast President, Alassane Ouattara, reviews the honor guard upon his arrival at Orly airport, south of Paris, for his first state visit in France, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012.  All Africa 
President Ouattara to Sign Military Accord On Paris Visit
RFI (Paris)-Côte d'Ivoire's President Alassane Ouattara starts a three-day visit to France on Wednesday. The trip, during which he will sign a security accord with Paris, is seen as marking the end o... (photo: AP / Bertramd Langlois)
France   Ivory Coast   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Alassane Ouattara  
Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011.  Austin American Statesman 
UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace
| KABUL, Afghanistan — The U.N.'s new representative to war-torn Afghanistan said Wednesday that he was encouraged by widespread discussion about prospects for making peace with the Taliban. | J... (photo: UN / Fardin Waezi)
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Top Stories
Goldman Sachs chairman and chief executive officer Lloyd Blankfein sits down to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations hearing on Wall Street investment banks and the financial crisis on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. The New York Times
Goldman Makes Money for the Romneys
| After a long, controversial wait, Mitt Romney released details of his federal tax returns on Tuesday, inciting a flurry of wide-eyed analysis from those curious to see ... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
Goldman Sachs   Mitt Romney   Money   Photos   Wikipedia: Goldman Sachs  
AIDAdiva in Izmir, Cruise ships are organized much like floating hotels, with a complete hospitality staff in addition to the usual ship's crew. Toronto Sun
How the cruise industry sails under the radar
| The very public dispute between Captain Francesco Schettino and the owners of his stricken vessel is a symptom of lax regulation and supervision that can only add to pr... (photo: Creative Commons / Omur Tanyel)
Cruise   Industry   Italy   Photos   Shoreline   Wikipedia: Cruise ship  
Newly appointed French Foreign Minister and French mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppe reacts during a press conference at the City Hall of Bordeaux, southwestern France, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy named former prime minister Alain Juppe as his new foreign minister on Sunday, after Michele Alliot Marie who has been roundly criticized for her ties to Tunisia's ousted regime, resigned. Daily Press
France urges Turkey not to overreact to genocide law
| PARIS (Reuters) - France urged Turkey not to overreact on Tuesday after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by ... (photo: AP / Bob Edme)
France   Genocide   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Armenian Genocide denial  
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi seen during a meeting with Turkey's Environment and Urban Planning Minister Erdogan Bayraktar, unseen, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. Salehi said Istanbul is the likely venue for further talks on his country's nuclear program The Boston Globe
Bid for Iran nuclear talks confronts old snags
| DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-The last time Iran's nuclear envoys held talks with the U.S. and other world powers, the negotiations limped along until a parting shot by t... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Iran   Mideast   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Members of a leftist Turkish party hold a poster showing the leader of Turkey's War of Independance, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, left, and Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin as they stage a protest outside the French embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. Zeenews
Turkey rejects French law on Armenian genocide
Ankara: Turkey has slammed the French Senate's adoption of a contentious bill to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks as disrespectful and unjust. | "T... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Armenia   France   Genocide   Photos   Wikipedia: Armenian Genocide  
Politics Defence
- We'll Always Have That Other Paris
- Dutch to ban Muslim face veils next year
- Senegal awaits court's decision on president
- President Alassane Ouattara's Visit to France
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (right) meets with UK Prime Minister David Cameron (left), 15 June, 2011.
Cameron warned his reforms will lead to rise in human rights abuses
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- We are the Champions … of the World?
- Authorities in France file charges against former head of su
- France: Ex-head of breast implant firm charged
- France: Ex-head of breast implant firm charged
Afghan border policemen march to attend at the ceremony of transfer of authority from the NATO led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops to Afghan security forces in Guzara, Herat province, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2012.
France suspends Afghan troop training
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Business Technology
- Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
- Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
- Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
- Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal
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Alcatel-Lucent to Cut 336 Jobs in France
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- >Airlines Developing Different Strategies For Acquiring Carb
- Twitter faces censorship charges
- Twitter faces censorship charges
- The Laffer Curve Works, Even in France
View of telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent building in Velizy, outside Paris,jsa1
Alcatel-Lucent to Cut 336 Jobs in France
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Health Education
- France to Speed Troops’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Breast implant firm chief charged
- We'll Always Have That Other Paris
- Faulty breast implant boss charged
Jan Kubis (centre, in red tie), the newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), arrives in Kabul to take up his post, 17 January, 2011.
UN's new Afghan envoy heartened by talk of peace
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- Will Star Wars game reshape the online universe?
- School of Seven Bells dates
- 10-year-old French boy misses bus, drives dad's car to s
- Fed chief Bernanke goes back to school
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Entertainment Sports
- Why 'The Artist' Heralds a Golden Age in French Ci
- Why 'The Artist' Heralds a Golden Age in French Cine
- The Artist dominates Cesar nominations
- Will Star Wars game reshape the online universe?
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BAFTA 2012 Nominations: 'The Artist,' 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' Lead Nominees
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- Cycling: Dean hell-bent on Olympic reprise
- French eye-gouger David Attoub to make return after lengthy
- Lazio's Djibril Cisse close to sealing QPR move - report
- Remembering Andre 'The Giant' Roussimoff
New Zealand's Julian Dean, of Team CSC, refreshes himself during the 7th stage of the 67th Tour de Suisse cycling race from Savognin to Oberstaufen, in Germany, on Monday, June 23, 2003, in Oberstaufen. Kazakhstan's Sergei Jakovlav won the stage, Italy's Francesco Casagrande remains overall leader.
Cycling: Dean hell-bent on Olympic reprise
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