Surfing, sharing, learning: All on a celeb's summer's day Jul 29, 2008
With her kids Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4, they rang in Bastille Day at the Eiffel Tower. Liam Neeson and wife Natasha Richardson took a swim in June at Le Club 55 on Pampelonne Beach in St. Tropez. (USA Today -- Life)
Nude Shots of First Lady? In France, No Problem Jul 29, 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, waves as he stands with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace during Bastille day ceremonies in Paris on July 14. Thibault Camus / AP Article Tools. (Time.com)
Oil and US banks Jul 24, 2008
Bastille Day, July 14, is a good day for an old order to come to a sudden and brutal end. And on July 14, the blade came down on the phenomenally successful buy oil, sell financials trade. (FT.com -- Markets)
RHETA GRIMSLEY JOHNSON:Bastille Day and the memories of Paris Jul 21, 2008
FISHTRAP HOLLOW - I was digging deep in the brown recluse reaches of my closet for pink toilet tissue, trying, once again, to make this dark Mississippi hollow seem like France for Bastille Day ... Because once, long ago, I was in Paris for Bastille Day. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Nicolas Sarkozy in Ireland after No vote Jul 20, 2008
But last Tuesday, 48 hours after his Club Med triumph and 24 hours after Bastille Day celebrations, Sarkozy turned the mood sour with remarks to members of his UMP party that the Irish will have to vote again. This raised the important question: how much of a listener is the preening president of France. (Times Online)
Law of 'the Jungle' rules France's illegal refugees Jul 20, 2008
Last Monday night, as France was celebrating its Bastille Day holiday, one of the Jungle's residents, a young Iraqi Kurd who was trying to get to Manchester to join his brother, slipped while trying to jump off a truck. He was crushed under the truck's tires and killed. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Syria's winding road to peace Jul 19, 2008
Assad gave interviews, received visits from notables, and was perched on the reviewing stand for a Bastille Day celebration. At a time when his regime is conducting talks with Israel through Turkish go-betweens, Assad was being shown that he has a chance to end Syria's isolation. (Boston Globe)
Week in pictures Jul 19, 2008
France celebrated Bastille Day with a military parade down the Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris, involving 4,000 soldiers, firefighters and police, 65 aircraft and 241 mounted horsemen. Equally impressive is the F-16 fighter jet, seen here performing some aerial acrobatics at England's Farnborough Air Show. (BBC News)
Prim and proper Jul 18, 2008
In the new prim atmosphere, the political arena is becoming style central: after all, no one is working the new conservatism quite as masterfully as the ballet pump-wearing French first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who this week wore neat Jackie Kennedy-style magenta Christian Dior to celebrate Bastille Day. Dr Valerie Steele, director of New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, believes that this new prim mood is a reaction to an overdose of trashy looks. (Guardian Unlimited)
The Inside Scoop: Mexico DF chef heading north Jul 17, 2008
Rondelli chose the opening date - Bastille Day - in homage to his French roots. At least for now, he'll work out of the facilities of Christopher's Fine Catering in San Francisco. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Syria-Israel Peace Push Gets French Boost Jul 16, 2008
Basher Al-Assad, treated to a red-carpet welcome at the Elysee, joined more than 40 leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a Paris summit on Sunday to launch a new Mediterranean union and cheered yesterday's traditional Bastille Day parade from the Champs-Elysees towards the Arc de Triomphe. "Our aim is to get nations to sow the seeds of peace instead of hating one another and waging war. It is an historic achievement to have brought everyone to one place, around one table,"... (CBS News)
Infotainment Jul 16, 2008
Fireworks illuminate the sky at the Eiffel TowerParis: Fireworks illuminate the sky at the Eiffel Tower on Monday during Bastille Day celebrations. ap. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Swampscott veteran and physician honored by France on Bastille Day Jul 16, 2008
While France celebrated on Bastille Day the beginnings of the French Revolution and the men who crafted its History, a special ceremony in Boston honored Dr. Merrill I. Feldman of Swampscott and four other Massachusetts men who also made history by fighting for France s freedom. As part of France s celebration of its national holiday, Bastille Day, the Consul General of France in Boston, Fran ... Gov. Deval Patrick addressed the veterans during the official reception the consul general annually... (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
In Paris, burgers turn chic Jul 16, 2008
es for Bastille Day on Monday to watch seven parachutists float down in front of President Nicolas Sarkozy, you can still celebrate the greatness of France with a new local tradition. Eat a hamburger. (International Herald Tribune)
Europe awaits Obama with open arms Jul 16, 2008
"Look at what good that did him," a Sarkozy friend noted dryly during this week's swanky Bastille Day celebrations in the garden of the presidential Elysee Palace. "We're not trying to give advice to Americans," said Samuel Solvit, 22, a French business student who started an Obama support committee in Paris that counts prominent politicians among its 3,000 members. (Los Angeles Times)
Roger Cohen: France on amphetamines Jul 16, 2008
Sarkozy's Mediterranean Union summit - a kind of Club Med Bastille Day bash - had its share of vapid ostentation, but was significant for several reasons. It got the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, in the same room, drew the latter out of isolation, and signaled a new European awareness of how its identity has become inseparable from societies across the "mother sea" that have sent so many of their Muslim sons and daughters northward. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
France gathers world leaders for Bastille Day Jul 15, 2008
President Nicolas Sarkozy, fifth right, shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad prior to the start of the Bastille Day ceremony in Paris on Monday ... PARIS - The leaders of Syria and Israel, countries with a bitter enmity, as well as the Palestinian and Lebanese presidents together marked France's Bastille Day on Monday in a diplomatic coup for French President Nicolas Sarkozy ... Other leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, also... (MSNBC -- International)
ATI HD 4870 X2 Nvidia-buster is here Jul 15, 2008
With Bastille Day comes a small trickle of Iphone 3Gee reviews. We ve only managed to find a few, that s for sure, as most plaices are afraid the local Apple rep will take away their toys if they don t have prior consent. (Inquirer)
Media 'hampering' crimes debate Jul 15, 2008
Page last updated at 23:10 GMT, Monday, 14 July 2008 00:10 UK. Re-offending figures still very high. (BBC News -- UK)
Breakthrough IVF baby celebrates turning 30 Jul 15, 2008
Page last updated at 17:52 GMT, Monday, 14 July 2008 18:52 UK. 30th birthday for first IVF baby. (BBC News -- UK)
Half-built homes as firm closes Jul 15, 2008
Page last updated at 05:50 GMT, Tuesday, 15 July 2008 06:50 UK. Work on the Tranquility development at Pembrey has stopped. (BBC News -- UK)
Hospital assault admissions rise Jul 15, 2008
" Bookmark with: KNIFE CRIME LATEST NEWS FEATURES & ANALYSIS CASE STUDIES HAVE YOUR SAY VIDEO REPORTS RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED White lion cubs delight crowds Nigerian football conmen exposed Obama team decries cartoon image In pictures: Bastille Day parade Islam and Hinduism's blurred lines READ Nigerian football conmen exposed SS doctor 'still alive in Chile' Sudan angered by genocide claims Sydney overturns Pope... (BBC News -- UK)
Sexuality stance Jul 15, 2008
" As the only female leader of a national Anglican church, the Very Rev Katherine Jefferts Schori was always going to be a distinctive figure on the Anglican stage. Her desire for the American church to remain a full participant in Anglican gatherings has angered her conservative opponents, some of whom are boycotting the Lambeth Conference. She said that the meeting would be "diminished" by their absence. But she believes that the bishops who are attending the Lambeth Conference are much more... (BBC News -- UK)
Should the British pub get a government sub? Jul 15, 2008
They think higher taxes will increase that threat - and not tackle the problems of binge drinking, which we all want to try and resolve," says Rob Haywood of the BBPA. He claims that by 2012 a pint of beer in London will cost 6.50 a pint, if the alcohol escalator is retained. But the government told BBC One's Politics Show where pubs provide evidence of their importance to community life, they may get help to stay open. And Parliament plans to investigate the role of the pub companies. The... (BBC News -- UK)
Three dead in head-on collision Jul 15, 2008
" Insp Innes appealed for drivers who were in the area around the time of the collision to come forward to police. The deaths take the total number of people killed on Grampian's roads to six in the last week. Bookmark with: RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED White lion cubs delight crowds Nigerian football conmen exposed Obama team decries cartoon image In pictures: Bastille Day parade Islam and Hinduism's blurred lines READ... (BBC News -- UK)
Maze row 'harming development' Jul 15, 2008
" The Gaelic Athletic Association, Irish Football Association and Ulster Rugby have all confirmed they would play games at the Maze venue. Bookmark with: MAZE STADIUM DEBATE LATEST STORIES ANALYSIS BACKGROUND MAZE HISTORY RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites E-MAILED White lion cubs delight crowds Nigerian football conmen exposed Obama team decries cartoon image In pictures: Bastille Day parade Islam and Hinduism's blurred lines READ... (BBC News -- UK)
Heart transplant toddler Zoe dies Jul 15, 2008
Page last updated at 16:32 GMT, Monday, 14 July 2008 17:32 UK. Zoe was born with a heart valve which was too narrow. (BBC News -- UK)
Youth crime plan to be unveiled Jul 15, 2008
" Note of caution Evicting the problem families just moves them from one place to another. I think it would be better to deal with the root causes, not just the surface cracks. Nicola Clubb, Bournemouth Ministers have been accused of making a u-turn over plans to make young people who carry knives meet the victims of knife crime. Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve said the government had used "gimmickry" to try to tackle the problem. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith denied the plan had ever been to... (BBC News -- UK)
British man in Ghana jail appeal Jul 15, 2008
" The attorney general of Ghana, Joe Ghartey, told the BBC that he could not comment directly on the case. He said the country had a very independent judiciary and that any comments he made would not have made any difference to the outcome of the trial. His team has been appealing for a longer prison sentence for Tichler, arguing that the circumstances of the case do not support the length of the sentence originally handed down by the judge. Law in Action is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 1600 BST... (BBC News -- UK)
Widow in drugs drive ban call Jul 15, 2008
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Fire cancels flights into island Jul 15, 2008
" Airport managers said a decision would be taken on Tuesday morning about whether flights would be able to leave and arrive. Are you in Jersey? Have you been affected by the blasts? Send us your experiences using the form below. You can send your pictures and moving footage to yourpics@bbc.co.uk or text them to 07725 100 100 or short code 61124 When taking photos or filming please do not endanger yourself or others, take unnecessary risks or infringe any laws. Name: Email address: Town and... (BBC News -- UK)
Will Sarkozy's Mediterranean union be more than a big photo-op? Jul 15, 2008
World leaders view troops as they sit on the viewing platform during Bastille day ceremonies in Paris on Monday ... Some of the students at the elite French military academy Saint-Cyr were displeased when they learned that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would be one of the guests of honor Monday at the Bastille Day parade: A Syrian ally, Hezbollah, was responsible for an attack in Lebanon in 1983 in which 58 French soldiers were killed. (International Herald Tribune)
Leaders mass for parade in Paris Jul 15, 2008
Key moments from Bastille Day celebrations. Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa have been attending France's Bastille Day military parade ... Many of the leaders who attended that summit on Sunday stayed on for the Bastille Day celebrations. (BBC News -- Europe)
Ghosts of G8 haunt Genoa Jul 15, 2008
In pictures: Bastille Day parade. MOST READ. (BBC News -- Europe)
Evans takes Tour lead Jul 15, 2008
"And today, up until this point in the Tour, it's been my Tour high. It's a bit of an emotional roller coaster to say the least."The 31-year-old Silence Lotto leader, a favorite going into the race, seized the lead from Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg in a stage won by Leonardo Piepoli of Italy on Bastille Day. Evans has the smallest possible lead -- one second -- over Frank Schleck of Luxembourg as the race takes a rest day today. (News & Observer -- Sports)
In France, Syrian stirs tensions Jul 15, 2008
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was a guest of honor at France's annual Bastille Day parade here on Monday, a day after he attended the inaugural meeting of a new Mediterranean-oriented association in sign that his diplomatic isolation is ending but one that angered many because of Syria's links to Iran and militant groups. The parade capped off the inauguration on Sunday of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Union for the Mediterranean, which aims to bring closer together the countries of the... (International Herald Tribune)
Piepoli wins Tour's 10th stage; Evans takes lead Jul 15, 2008
The 31-year-old Silence Lotto leader, a favorite going into the race, seized the lead from Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg in a stage won by Leonardo Piepolo of Italy on Bastille Day ... Remy di Gregorio, who crashed out of his first Tour last year with a broken elbow, gave his fellow French a Bastille Day thrill by leading the pack over the 11-mile Tourmalet pass. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Hundreds arrive to find no room at the inn Jul 15, 2008
ABOUT 380 French pilgrims bravely sung hymns and patriotic songs to mark Bastille Day at Sydney Olympic Park, despite not having anywhere to sleep by sunset last night. Having been on the road for seven days in Goulburn and Canberra, the group arrived in Sydney yesterday morning only to be told the accommodation organised for them at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview was no longer available. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Go hear the Concert Band! Jul 15, 2008
But this Wednesday night at the La Crosse Concert Band s concert at Riverside Park, just two days after the French national holiday of Bastille Day, we ll get to hear the famous overture from Offenbach s most famous comic opera, Orpheus in the Underworld. Why is this so famous. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Piepoli wins; Evans ahead Jul 15, 2008
Following a nervous start, eight riders, including CSC's Fabian Cancellara, took their chance and on Bastille Day, France's Remy di Gregorio was the only genuine climber in a band enjoying a nine-minute lead at the foot of the Col du Tourmalet. Saunier Duval team rider Leonardo Piepoli of Italy celebrates on the podium after winning the tenth stage of the 95th Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Hatacam, July 14, 2008. (Xinhuanet, China)
Evans takes overall Tour de France lead Jul 15, 2008
The 31-year-old Silence Lotto leader seized the lead from Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg in a stage won by Leonardo Piepolo of Italy on Bastille Day. Evans has the smallest possible lead - one second - over Frank Schleck of Luxembourg as the race takes a rest day today. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
The Syrians Take Paris Jul 15, 2008
Over the past weekend, Syrian state television has been beaming round-the-clock images of the Syrian President and his tres chic First Lady making the scene in the City of Light: Bashar at a summit for Mediterranean leaders, Asma at the Louvre and Centre Pompidou, and both of them as official guests of French President Nicholas Sarkozy at Bastille Day celebrations on Monday. From all the high-wattage smiles, it's clear they're having a blast. (Time.com)
France celebrates Bastille Day Jul 15, 2008
PARIS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was a guest of honour at France's annual Bastille Day military parade on Monday, sparking a small protest and adding to tensions at the march over job cuts in the armed forces ... Sarkozy expressed his support for the nation's armed forces in a tradition message ahead of the Bastille Day parade. (India Times, India)
Cadel apologises for his French faux pas Jul 14, 2008
Nor on Monday, as that is July 14 - Bastille Day - when French riders are at their attacking best. Tuesday's rest day can't come too early for the peloton. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
New guidance given on autism care Jul 14, 2008
Page last updated at 12:44 GMT, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 13:44 UK. The public health minister has announced new guidelines on autism. (Yahoo News -- Autism)
French top honour for Betancourt Jul 14, 2008
The decoration, one of France's highest civilian honours, will be formally presented to her by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 14 July, Bastille Day. Ms Betancourt - who has Colombian and French citizenship - received a hero's welcome in France 10 days ago. (BBC News -- Europe)
Russian justice 'fails thousands' Jul 14, 2008
Bastille Day parade in Paris. Smallest council house for rent. (Yahoo News -- Russia)
Riccardo Ricco wins stage as Tour de France enters Pyrenees Jul 14, 2008
The stage produced no big changes in the overall standings, meaning that the first big fireworks in the 95th Tour de France are likely to come on Monday - appropriately enough, Bastille Day. Riccardo Ricco, a 23-year-old Italian rider for the Saunier Duval-Scott team, won the 224-kilometer, or 139-mile, stage on Sunday, his second mountaintop victory this year on the Tour. (International Herald Tribune)
Bold Mediterranean summit opens diplomatic doors Jul 14, 2008
An invitation to Assad to watch the Bastille Day military parade Monday also has angered some in the French military, who have been deployed at times in Lebanon. Syria also attended the American-led Middle East summit meeting last November in Annapolis, Maryland, but only sent its deputy foreign minister. (International Herald Tribune)
Sarkozy helps to bring Syria out of isolation Jul 14, 2008
Assad's invitation to watch the Bastille Day parade on Monday has also angered some in the French military, who have been deployed at times in Lebanon, France's former colony and a traditional ally, which is dominated by Syria. Some French soldiers currently serve as United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon. (International Herald Tribune)
Europe, Mideast, North Africa seek unity Jul 14, 2008
The Mediterranean gathering will be capped Monday with more than dozen leaders attending France's national Bastille Day military parade as special guests. The new union is to include at least 43 nations, nearly all of which sent a president or prime minister to the summit. (Globe and Mail)
Group's Rally Hopes To Reverse L.A.'s 'Declining Quality Of Life' Jul 14, 2008
Organizer Says Meeting In Spirit Of Bastille Day ... The rally is being held Monday because it is Bastille Day, which celebrates the start of the French Revolution and is the anniversary of a crowd storming the prison known as the Bastille in 1789, according to Kaye. (NBC4.tv, CA)
US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians' Jul 14, 2008
" He said that those who passed on intelligence to the US military ahead of the air strike should be tried, "as well as those who carried out the bombing". Mr Yasini demanded that "all operations should be conducted in full co-operation with our security forces in the future". 'Ashamed' Correspondents say most civilian deaths in Afghanistan are caused by Taleban fighters and other militants opposed to President Karzai and US and Nato-led forces. On Monday a suicide attack on the Indian embassy... (Yahoo News -- Afghanistan)
Philip Morris offers $1bn to kill off EU smuggling lawsuits Jul 14, 2008
The leaders of Syria and Israel, countries with a bitter enmity, as well as the Palestinian and Lebanese presidents together marked France's Bastille Day today in a diplomatic coup for French President Nicolas Sarkozy. new. (Yahoo News -- Tobacco Lawsuits)
Love tops agenda as Sarkozy launches Mediterranean Union Jul 14, 2008
Staged on the eve of Bastille Day, the summit also afforded Sarkozy the chance to parade as a world leader despite his flagging ratings at home. But he has been forced to scale back initial plans for a French-led union of 21 Mediterranean littoral states which would have been funded by the EU but would have excluded northern and eastern Europe. (guardian.co.uk)
1st Kuwaiti woman MP sworn in Jul 14, 2008
France celebrated its national holiday Bastille Day on Monday with celebrations marked by the presence of Mideast leaders, including bitter enemies, on the same stage ... France presented former hostage Ingrid Betancourt on Monday with the country's highest award, the Legion of Honour, in a ceremony coinciding with Bastille Day celebrations. (Yahoo News -- Kuwait)
World leaders gather for Bastille Day Jul 14, 2008
PARIS (AP) -- Leaders from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa and the head of the United Nations are gathering in Paris for France's Bastille Day military parade. The leaders stayed on after attending a summit Sunday that launched an unprecedented Union for the Mediterranean aimed at securing peace across the restive region. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Too Muslim To Be French? Jul 14, 2008
Initial reaction in France has been muted ahead of the Monday's Bastille Day holiday, though activist group (Neither Whores Nor Submissive) that champions secular and feminist causes said it was "relieved" by the ruling. "The Republic can in no manner validate this kind of tool of oppression and submission of women," a communique by the group said-referring to what it has called the "green fascism" of misogyny practiced in many of France's blighted suburban housing projects under the cover of... (Time.com)
On Bastille Day, Bruni Causes a Storm Jul 14, 2008
First Lady of France, Carla Bruni Michel Euler / AP Article Tools. Plenty of pop albums have been ripped apart by music critics including a few by model-singer turned French First Lady Carla Bruni. (Time.com)
Sarkozy says Syria and Lebanon agree to open embassies Jul 13, 2008
The event will be capped tomorrow with dozens of leaders attending France's national Bastille Day military parade as special guests. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Jens through the years Jul 13, 2008
Chef Jens Hansen will celebrate 20 years of operating his eponymous restaurant during Bastille Day events Monday ... Jens Hansen is looking out the window of his eponymous restaurant, which will celebrate its 20th year Monday at its annual Bastille Day dinner. (Anchorage Daily News)
SARKO'S QUEST FOR A SYRIAN SWITCH Jul 13, 2008
Of course, it has to: Sarkozy has invited Assad to sit next to him next week in the presidential niche at the military parade for Bastille Day, France's most important public holiday. The invitation, an honor bestowed on few foreign leaders, is intended to transform Assad from an international pariah into a partner for France and the European Union. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Swampscott veteran and physician to be honored by France on Bastille Day Jul 13, 2008
While France celebrates on Bastille Day the beginnings of the French Revolution and the men who crafted its history, a special ceremony in Boston will honor Dr. Merrill I. Feldman of Swampscott and four other Massachusetts men who also made history by fighting for France s freedom. As part of France s celebration of its national holiday, Bastille Day, the Consul General of France in Boston, Fran ... Gov. Deval Patrick is scheduled to attend this ceremony and address the veterans during the... (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Ingrid Betancourt's homecoming Jul 13, 2008
After having been feted all week in Paris and flying to the Catholic shrine of Lourdes for the weekend, she will be given the L;gion d honneur by Sarkozy tomorrow and will attend the Bastille Day parade in the Champs-Elys;es. Does she feel that she has to go back into politics to give a meaning to her six years in captivity. (Times Online)
* Boycott lifted, France hosts Syrian leader Jul 13, 2008
The Syrian leader will stay on for tomorrows Bastille Day celebrations X and will face exiles protesting about human rights abuses and lack of freedoms. Sarkozys shift on Syria reflects the constructive role Assad is deemed to have played in reaching Mays Doha agreement ending the impasse in Lebanon between his ally Hezbollah and the Western-backed Beirut government, as well as the re-launch of peace talks with Israel. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
