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Culture
TV5MONDE Style TV channel launches across the Middle East
TV5MONDE Style HD, which showcases the French finesse in its best form, is now available with the most popular channel providers in the Middle East. “Our new thematic channel broadcasts magazine shows, documentaries and short programs either supplied by our partner channels or produced /initiated by TV5MONDE. With subtitles available…
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Business
Hollande, Sarkozy heading to French vote runoff
PARIS – Francois Hollande, a mild-mannered French Socialist who wants to take better care of the jobless and the poor, is heading to a presidential runoff election against tough-on-immigration Nicolas Sarkozy in a vote that could alter Europe’s political and economic landscape. Hollande heads into the May 6 second round…
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“No More Tragedy”
A Jewish boy cries during a joint funeral of Toulouse shooting victims in Jerusalem on March 21, 2012. A gunman shot dead four Jewish people, including three children, outside Ozar Hatorah School in Toulouse, France, on March 19. <Photo: Xinhua/Yin Dongxun> news@theasian.asia
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128th Nice Carnival in France
A reveler performs during the 128th Nice Carnival, in Nice, southern France, Feb. 26, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Gao Jing> news@theasian.asia
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World
France Starts ‘Winter Bargain Sale’
People walk past a huge poster about sales outside the store Le Printemps in Paris, France, Jan. 11, 2012. The 5-week-long winter sales began on Wednesday in France. <Photo: Xinhua/Gao Jing> news@theasian.asia
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