http://france.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for france en Fri, 25 May 2007 04:35:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008030 unknown@Netscape.com Long standing rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to have been confirmed by files seized from the home of a senior spy. Fri, 25 May 2007 04:35:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2008030jacquesChiracfrancejapansecretbankaccountNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1945404 unknown@Netscape.com French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday unveiled a 15-minister government that includes seven women and the leftwing human rights champion Bernard Kouchner as foreign minister. Fri, 18 May 2007 22:11:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1945404sarkozyCabinetfranceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1910675 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken office in the Elysee Palace, after waving goodbye to President Jacques Chirac. The new centre-right president succeeds Mr Chirac, his former mentor, after defeating the Socialists' Segolene Royal in the 6 May run-off." Wed, 16 May 2007 13:05:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1910675nicolassarkozyChiracfrancepresidentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1797135 unknown@Netscape.com Nicolas Sarkozy's triumph in the French presidential elections could open the way for deep political and social changes, not unlike those that began with the era of Margaret Thatcher in Britain in the 1980s. At the same time, Sarkozy's triumph, or rather, the defeat of the Left in the shape of Socialist candidate SÃ;©gol& Tue, 08 May 2007 10:11:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1797135franceAnotherPoliticalThatcherisBornNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1781783 unknown@Netscape.com Mr Sarkozy's campaign motto, "Work more to earn more", resonated with many younger voters too. Mr Suber - who has dual US and French citizenship - says he wants "France to become more like the US, where growth is strong because people work". Mon, 07 May 2007 14:54:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1781783franceelectionsSarcozyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1779339 unknown@Netscape.com The French have not voted in a man they particularly like. SÃ;©golÃ;¨ne Royal came across as a better person. But France has voted in a president it feels it needs. Mon, 07 May 2007 08:21:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1779339franceelectionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1779957 unknown@Netscape.com Clashes between police and Leftist protestors have been reported in central Paris and the southeastern city of Lyon after conservative leader Nicolas Sarkozy was overwhelmingly elected French President overnight. Mon, 07 May 2007 07:55:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1779957franceelectionleftfascistProtestersNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1770564 unknown@Netscape.com Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidential election, beating his Socialist rival Segolene Royal by a comfortable margin, television projections said. Sun, 06 May 2007 21:12:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1770564francesarkozypresidentfrenchelectionroyalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1759030 unknown@Netscape.com The right's candidate could canter home in today's election - but that will do little to heal deep divisions still raging in France. As hope for Socialist Segolene Royal slips away, Jason Burke finds a nation polarised Sun, 06 May 2007 03:48:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1759030SegoleneroyalfranceelectionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1718721 unknown@Netscape.com Right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist rival Segolene Royal staged an often bad tempered televised debate Wednesday that could have a crucial effect on France's presidential vote. Thu, 03 May 2007 03:22:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1718721francepresidentialdebateroyalsarkozyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1657098 unknown@Netscape.com Sarkozy wins first round of French presidential elections,amid a range of candidates who all claim, "I am France." Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:07:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1657098francesarkozyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1647889 unknown@Netscape.com French presidential hopeful Segolene Royal and defeated candidate Francois Bayrou have held a televised debate in which they vowed to seek common ground. But both ruled out working more closely together before the final vote next month, stressing their differences. The debate, on a cable TV channel, has dominated recent political campaigning. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:48:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1647889franceBayrouroyalrunoffNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1636283 unknown@Netscape.com The French dislike themselves even more than the Americans dislike them, according to an opinion poll published on Friday. The survey of six nations, carried out for the International Herald Tribune daily and France 24 TV station, said 44 percent of French people thought badly of themselves. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:25:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1636283selfhatredCriticismoffranceinternationalHeraldTribunepollNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1610908 unknown@Netscape.com NEW YORK (AP) -- Lance Armstrong applauds Tour de France champion Floyd Landis' decision to publicly share his mistrust of the French lab involved in his doping investigation. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:58:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1610908lancearmstrongtourdefranceFloydlandisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1567509 unknown@Netscape.com BBC correspondents in Paris have been covering a dramatic election evening from the main candidates' headquarters, as results from Sunday's first round came in. Here are their reports so far. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:12:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1567509franceelectionPoliticspresidentNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1562904 unknown@Netscape.com French voters turned out in force Sunday to choose a new president in one of the country's most suspense-filled elections in recent times, after a frenzied campaign by a dozen contenders left voters undecided but eager for a say. Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:40:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1562904turnoutUsuallyhighasfrancevotesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1545559 unknown@Netscape.com A "day of reflection" -- in which campaigning is barred -- is under way in France, before voting begins in presidential elections on Sunday. Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:50:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1545559franceelectiondayofreflectionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1516660 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "The main candidates in the French presidential election are holding their final campaign rallies on Thursday. A new opinion poll shows centre-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy still leading with 29%, ahead of the Socialist Segolene Royal on 25%...the centrist candidate Francois Bayrou slipping a few points to 15%. But at least one-third of voters remain undecided ahead of Sunday's first round." Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:28:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1516660francepresidentelectionsarkozyroyalSegoleneFrancoisBayrouNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1456784 unknown@Netscape.com The Philharmonie de Paris, a aluminum-clad building - which in a model, drawings and computer-generated images resembles a mound of loosely stacked plates topped by a 170-foot-high sail - will have a 2,400-seat auditorium designed in what experts call a "vineyard" style, with the audience on all sides of the orchestra on multilevel " Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:01:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1456784architecturePraisfranceOrchestraNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1308747 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Seventy-one people have been lightly injured after a commuter train hit the buffers as it pulled into one of Paris's main railway stations. The accident took place at the Gare de l'Est at around 0830 (0630 GMT) during the morning rush hour. The train was traveling at low speed, but a number of people were thrown to the floor on impact, passengers said." Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:10:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1308747trainaccidentgaredelEstParisfranceInjuriesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1309355 unknown@Netscape.com French Champagne makers have agreed to harvest more grapes from 2007 and to plant new vines in the future to head off shortages, reflecting growing demand from outside Europe, a leading producer said Wednesday. Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:00:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1309355champagnefrancewineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1278163 unknown@Netscape.com France and Israel are on a collision course in south Lebanon following incidents involving Israeli warplanes over- flying the positions of the French military contingent serving with the UN peacekeeping force there. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:26:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1278163IsraelLebanonfrancewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1109551 unknown@Netscape.com France became the first country to open its files on UFOs Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1600 sightings spanning five decades. The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that continue to perp Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:11:24 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1109551ufofilesfrancedocumentsarchivesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1089487 unknown@Netscape.com Mohamed Hadfi, 31, tore out his 23-year-old wife Samira Bari's eyes following a heated argument in their apartment in the southern French city of Nimes in July 2003 after she refused to have sex with him. Ms Bari, who had demanded a divorce before the attack, was permanently blinded. Wed, 21 Mar 2007 18:29:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1089487franceislamMarriageSexeyeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1040641 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sun, 18 Mar 2007 07:04:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1040641VideobeatboxMusicfunnyfrance http://web2announcer.com/go/958980 unknown@Netscape.com Jaque Chirac - twice president, twice prime minister and 18 years the mayor of Paris - resigned from politics last night. Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:40:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/958980JaqueChiracfranceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/822603 unknown@Netscape.com Iraq is nearing partition, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Friday as violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims raged on in Baghdad. Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:11:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/822603iraqpartitionfranceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/598924 unknown@Netscape.com A summit intended to strengthen ties between Africa and former colonial power France opened on Thursday but all eyes will be on a subject not on the agenda -- Sudan's battered Darfur province. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:34:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/598924franceAfricaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/516737 unknown@Netscape.com French auto manufacturer Peugeot is considering re-entering the United States market. Peugeots and Renaults have been conspicuously missing from the American automotive landscape for almost two decades. With recent trends towards small cars, they may make a comeback. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 01:05:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/516737peugeotcarsfrenchfrancerenaultNews http://web2announcer.com/go/435577 unknown@Netscape.com Forty-five nations answered France's call Saturday for a new environmental body to slow inevitable global warming and protect the planet, perhaps with policing powers to punish violators. Absent were the world's heavyweight polluter, the United States, and booming nations on the same path as the U.S. - China and India. Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:56:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/435577environmentglobalwarmingClimatechangefranceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/425759 unknown@Netscape.com French authorities will give out 175,000 USB memory sticks loaded with open-source software to Parisian high-school students at the start of the next school year. Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:50:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/425759flashdrivefranceopensource175000studentsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/397890 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Thu, 01 Feb 2007 03:21:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/397890Streamingp2ptvjajahvoice over ipinternet telephonylandlinezoneip phoneinternet telephonefrancecallcanadachinasingaporehong kongspecial zonezone 3callsactivatedvoice-over-ipAustralialand line http://web2announcer.com/go/375374 unknown@Netscape.com Part one of a French ban on smoking in public places comes into force on Thursday, covering workplaces, schools and hospitals and setting the clock ticking for smoke-filled cafes and bars which have until next January to kick the habit. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:23:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/375374francenosmokingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/360131 unknown@Netscape.com France has fallen dramatically out of love with the auteur and the whole idea of art house film which it invented. The nation that created the New Wave and elevated film-makers such as Godard and Truffaut to god-like status, can no longer bear to sit through anything that smacks of seriousness or pretension. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:47:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/360131francearthousecinemaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/328129 unknown@Netscape.com A French Muslim who attacked a male gynaecologist for examining his wife just after she had given birth, saying it was against Islam, has been jailed for six months by a Paris court. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:29:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/328129muslimfranceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/320662 unknown@Netscape.com Paris-based satellite company Eutelsat is investigating "unidentified interference" with its satellite broadcast services that temporarily knocked out several television and radio stations. The company declined to say whether it thought the interference was accidental or deliberate. Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:04:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/320662SciencesatelliteEutelsatfranceinterferenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/236063 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:00:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/236063Traficmashuptrafficweb2.0france http://web2announcer.com/go/170546 unknown@Netscape.com In the 1940s, German secret police agents in Nazi-occupied France were on the lookout for a woman with a wooden leg. She was known only as "the woman with a limp," but the Gestapo's many wanted posters described her as "the most dangerous of all Allied spies," asserting that the Nazis "must find and destroy her." Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:09:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/170546NazisfrancewoodenleggestapoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/48731 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Sun, 10 Dec 2006 08:30:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/48731Videoanimationpost-itartstopmotionNewstvfrancemediaTelevision http://web2announcer.com/go/46372 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:27:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/46372official webfabulousfranceillusionsseg murat country:frvideo dailymotionjerome murat http://web2announcer.com/go/43428 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:13:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/43428canadaenglishfrancefrenchCountryGermanyhungaryswedishchooseirelandwearfinnishczech republicfinlandswitzerlandbelgiumh&mDutchdenmarkaustria http://web2announcer.com/go/25420 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 15 Oct 2006 04:53:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/25420animetvcomedytv seriesphotosphotofranceimages http://web2announcer.com/go/5303 unknown@Netscape.com French President Jacques Chirac reiterated on Friday that the enlarged UN force in Lebanon should have a clear mission, specific rules of engagement, and that it should be truly international. Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:40:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5303Newsfrancespecific http://web2announcer.com/go/5164 unknown@Netscape.com President George W. Bush said on Friday he hopes France will send more troops to a U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon after it said it would deploy only 200 soldiers. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:12:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5164Newsbushfrance200soldiers http://web2announcer.com/go/4905 unknown@Netscape.com The war in Lebanon has given France the chance to shine again on the world stage. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:32:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4905Newsfrancemandate http://web2announcer.com/go/3983 unknown@Netscape.com The Tuileries Palace, home to French kingsbefore it was destroyed, could be rebuilt after the French government created a commission to draw plans for its restoration. The 300 million euro construction project near the Louvre museum and the Place de la Concorde would be a replica of the original palace and would also serve as museum space. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 19:52:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3983Art & DesignarchitecturetulieriesfranceculturemuseumsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2635 unknown@Netscape.com The United States and France appeared at odds Wednesday over Arab demands to change a U.N. resolution they are co-sponsoring to call for a complete cessation of Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities and withdrawal of Israeli forces, diplomats said. Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:11:04 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2635NewsfranceLebanonIsraelUnited Nations http://web2announcer.com/go/1578 unknown@Netscape.com The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for a "full cessation" of fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 21:47:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1578NewsfranceUSAagree http://web2announcer.com/go/1532 unknown@Netscape.com The United States and France agreed Saturday on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah but would allow Israel to defend itself if attacked, officials said. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:32:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1532PoliticsU.S.franceTruceresolutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1509 unknown@Netscape.com The United States and France reached agreement Saturday on a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said. Sat, 05 Aug 2006 17:37:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1509Newsisrael.lebanonfranceUnited Nations