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• French author Le Clezio awarded 2008 Nobel
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Swedish Academy said Thursday that French novelist Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio has won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature. The academy called Le Clezio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer ...
• GOP's Palin denies abuse of power finding
Democratic Senator Hollis French, who oversaw the investigation, contributed to that perception when he said the report could provide an "October surprise" for the McCain campaign. Elton said partisanship played no role in the report. "When we began ...
• French bank to take majority stake in Fortis
BRUSSELS, Belgium - French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a 75 percent stake in the remaining operations of troubled bank Fortis NV, the Belgian government announced Sunday. Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the deal gives the Paris-based bank ...
• CONTINUED : Obama: 'Not the time for fear or panic'
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said she saw the discussions as a way to help emerging-market countries understand actions by wealthier nations so they can be included in solutions and "if they wish, adopt the same principles." In a ...
• Dispute behind Nobel Prize for HIV research
The announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine to French researchers Francoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier brings another chapter, perhaps the concluding one, to one of the ugliest controversies in modern medical science, charges ...