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RFI: British expat kills wife and burns body while drunk
Wednesday, 8 Sep, 2010 – 4:05 | No comments

The murder took place late on Friday night when both Hall and his wife were drunk.
It was discovered when Hall telephoned his adult children to tell them of their mother’s death. They then alerted the …

US OPEN: Federer eases past Melzer to set up quarter-final against Soderling
Tuesday, 7 Sep, 2010 – 8:07 | No comments

REUTERS – Five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer beat 13th-seeded Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 Monday night to reach the quarterfinals at a 26th consecutive Grand Slam tournament and set up an …

INTERNET: French president is butt of new joke on Google
Tuesday, 7 Sep, 2010 – 7:15 | No comments

For several days now, beginning over the weekend, the French words “trou du cul” (a**hole) have been atop the list of Google’s most popular search terms in France. The surge of interest in such salty …

FRANCE: Swiss to cooperate in L’Oreal heiress investigation
Tuesday, 7 Sep, 2010 – 3:04 | No comments

REUTERS – Switzerland is cooperating with a French investigation into whether financial assets of Europe’s wealthiest woman, l’Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, have been misused, a magistrate said on Tuesday.
What began as a family feud between …

ENERGY: Germany to extend lifespan of nuclear reactors
Monday, 6 Sep, 2010 – 6:08 | No comments

AFP – Germany said it would extend the life of its nuclear reactors by 12 years on average Monday after marathon talks on the controversial issue that will shape the energy policy of Europe’s top …

Cultured pearls – a marriage of nature, artifice, art and fashion
Monday, 6 Sep, 2010 – 0:10 | No comments

Fashion trends may come and go, in jewelry as in clothing and hairstyles, but just as in those arenas, there are some elements that never seem to go out of style. In fact, they get …

Cultured pearls – a marriage of nature, artifice, art and fashion
Sunday, 5 Sep, 2010 – 7:15 | No comments

Fashion trends may come and go, in jewelry as in clothing and hairstyles, but just as in those arenas, there are some elements that never seem to go out of style. In fact, they get …

Reigning champ Clijsters makes US Open quarter-final
Sunday, 5 Sep, 2010 – 7:01 | No comments

AFP – Defending champion Kim Clijsters advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, defeating Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 in 59 minutes for her 18th victory in a row on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.
The …

Reigning champ Clijsters makes US Open quarter-final
Sunday, 5 Sep, 2010 – 2:11 | No comments

AFP – Defending champion Kim Clijsters advanced to the US Open quarter-finals on Sunday, defeating Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-1 in 59 minutes for her 18th victory in a row on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts.
The …

iPhone 4 sales in S.Korea start this week
Sunday, 5 Sep, 2010 – 1:08 | No comments

AFP – South Korean telecom operator KT Corp said on Sunday it planned to begin selling Apple’s iPhone 4 this week amid growing competition to expand in the potentially lucrative smartphone market.
KT, the country’s sole …

‘Relief’ as Wilders-backed Dutch coalition fails
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 5:08 | No comments

AFP – Leftist Dutch political parties on Saturday expressed “relief” at the failure of negotiations to form a rightist coalition government backed by controversial anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders.
The talks to form a so-called minority coalition …

FRANCE: Can France really afford another strike?
Saturday, 4 Sep, 2010 – 4:12 | No comments

One week after the official end to France’s legendary month-long summer holiday season, with their sun tans fading and the children back in school, the country now braces for another of its quirky traditions: the …

TECHNOLOGY: Apple takes on Facebook with iTunes social network
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 10:11 | No comments

AP – Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced a new line of iPods on Wednesday, including a Nano model that has a touch screen and lacks buttons.
Like previous versions, the Nano has a built-in FM …

TECHNOLOGY: Apple takes on Facebook with iTunes social network
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 9:05 | No comments

AP – Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced a new line of iPods on Wednesday, including a Nano model that has a touch screen and lacks buttons.
Like previous versions, the Nano has a built-in FM …

MEDIA: ‘Prison Valley’ triumphs at 2010 Web Documentary Award
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 9:02 | No comments

 
“Prison Valley” is this year’s worthy winner of the FRANCE24-RFI web documentary award, which will be presented during the Visa Pour l’Image festival in Perpignan.
Created by David Dufresne and Philippe Brault, the striking multimedia …

US defence chief Gates on surprise Afghan visit
Thursday, 2 Sep, 2010 – 7:06 | No comments

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit following a trip to Iraq, where he attended ceremonies to mark the formal end of the American combat mission there.
During …