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• Sail online for thrills without danger
PARIS - Always wanted to sail around the globe but never had the nerve? Just sign up online and now you can compete in one of France's most beloved yachting events without ever having to leave your desk. By Wednesday, some 170,000 people were playing ...
• Buffett's Constellation bid challenged again
PARIS - France's state-controlled power company challenged a proposed takeover by Warren Buffett of Constellation Energy Wednesday, putting up almost as much money for half its nuclear business as the legendary investor had offered for the entire ...
• Stocks rise in volatile trading
... oil rose 27 cents to $47.23 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.79 percent. In afternoon trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.16 percent, Germany's DAX index was down 0.83 percent, and France's ...
• France appeals for release of aid worker
PARIS - A French aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan this month was probably not the intended target of the captors, his colleagues in Paris said on Thursday. Dany Egreteau, 32, was captured by gunmen in Kabul on Nov. 3 as he drove to work with ...
• China postpones EU summit over Dalai Lama
The Chinese decision, announced by the would-be summit host France, was a dramatic example of the lengths to which Beijing will go to try to internationally isolate the Dalai Lama, a 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner who wants greater autonomy for his ...