France’s Grand Slam campaign returns to Paris this weekend as Italy become the latest side to attempt to derail Les Bleus’ charge
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France eye finishing straight (scrum.com)
France’s Grand Slam campaign returns to Paris this weekend as Italy become the latest side to attempt to derail Les Bleus’ charge
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France eye finishing straight (scrum.com)
Impersonating a police officer is already a crime in many countries but it looks as if France may have to legislate against wannabe bus drivers. The Paris region has seen several thefts of buses by aspiring public transport officials this year.
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RFI – FRANCE: Wannabe bus drivers rob Paris public transport
A top aide to former US president George W. Bush has defended the use of harsh interrogation techniques, insisting he is “proud” of the methods and they had helped prevent terrorist attacks.
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Ex-Bush aide Rove ‘proud’ of tough interrogation
US retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.3 percent in February, despite severe winter storms that hammered large regions of the country, official data showed Friday. The Commerce Department said that retail and food service sales increased to 355.5 billion dollars, according to adjusted data that does not reflect price changes.
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US retail sales unexpectedly rise 0.3% in February
Factory output across continental Europe’s core euro currency zone surged ahead in January, delighting analysts, although not enough to remove longer-term concerns. Official statistics released by the European Union on Friday showed that industrial production in the 16 countries which share the euro rose by 1.7 percent compared to the previous month, and by 1.4 percent compared to 12 months earlier.
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Eurozone official factory output surges in January
The economy of crisis-hit Greece shrank by 2.5 percent, slightly better than an earlier estimate, in the last three months of 2009 compared to output in the fourth quarter of 2008, official data showed on Friday. The 12-month figure figure was a slight improvement on the agency’s previous forecast of a 2.6-percent contraction in the fourth quarter of 2009. On a quarterly basis, the country’s gross domestic product was down 0.8 percent in the last quarter of 2009 compared to output in the third quarter, the Esye national statistics institute said
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Greek fourth-quarter GDP shrinks official 2.5%
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Recent Paris News: French try to defuse grand slam expectation – Sydney Morning Herald
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Recent Paris News: France v Italy – Sydney Morning Herald
Italy coach Nick Mallett has retained the XV which beat Scotland for Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations clash against unbeaten France in Paris.
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Azzurri unchanged for trip to Paris (PA Sport via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)