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Giant Pandas Arrive in France for the First Time in 10 Years
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. has announced the safe arrival of two three-year-old giant pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China to Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport in France.
French Lawmakers Push Genocide Bill In the Face of Turkish Threats
French lawmakers are to vote Thursday on a bill making genocide denial illegal, despite Turkish threats to sanction France if the law is passed. The legislation threatens to further erode bilateral relations.
France Grants $780,000 Subsidy for Social Infrastructure in Mauritania
The French government has granted a $780,000 financial subsidy (or 230 million ouguiyas) to Nouakchott for the funding of “concerted priority projects for social infrastructure.”
Indo-French Joint Military Training Exercise SHAKTI – 2011 Comes to a Successful Conclusion
An Indo-French Joint Military Training Exercise SHAKTI – 2011 has been held at Chaubattia with effect from October 09 to 21 2011 under the aegis of Garud Division. The French Army was represented by four Officers and 50 troops of the 13 Mountain Infantry...
European Budgets Committee Blocks 24.5m Euro Aid Request for Renault Redundancies
The European Parliament’s Budgets Committee has blocked a French application for €24.5 million in EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aid to help former Renault employees in France.
Unseemly Scrabble for Libya’s Post-Gaddafi Oil Assets Underway
While NATO members, led by France, piously proclaimed at the onset of their military offensive in Libya that their concerns were solely humanitarian, a covert tussle to gain a commanding lead in developing the country’s energy riches in light of Colonel...
France Charters Aid Ship for Horn of Africa
A ship chartered by France, transporting 381 metric tons of food for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) operations in the Horn of Africa, is scheduled to depart from the port of Toulon, France for Djibouti, which it should reach in around 12 days.
France Investigates Producing Electricity From Ocean Tides
Tidal energy proponents are optimistic that the French government strategy of “investments in the future” could by the end of the summer lead to governmental support for the France Ocean Energies technological platform supported by the Institut...
