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  • California winemaking patriarch Robert Mondavi dead at 94 17 May 2008 06:55 GMT
    ... Robert Mondavi, the man hailed as the ambassador ... share of the winery. He decided to strike out on his own. His goals were ... that bested the French at the legendary Paris tasting of 1976 and showed that California wines ...

  • Outrage over Sarkozy's plan for teachers' strikes 17 May 2008 06:20 GMT
    ... Sarkozy listens to CGT union representative Margot Undriener ... Employment in Dammarie-les-Lys, a southwestern suburb of Paris, yesterday French teachers, trade unions and opposition ...

  • Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 17 May 2008 04:40 GMT
    ... the dismissed Palestinian government in two air strikes against security sites in Rafah and Khan ... and wounded 3 others in an air strike in al-Shoja’eya neighborhood in the east of ... 1. Ja’far Eshtayeh, 33, a cameraman of France Press, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to ...

  • Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike 17 May 2008 04:10 GMT
    ... Civil servants and teachers in France go on strike Hundreds of thousands of ... million state employees were on strike. In Paris, organizers said 50,000 people had demonstrated, while ... It was another test of President Nicolas Sarkozy's resolve in his efforts to cut down ...

  • Nationwide strike against job cuts in France 15 May 2008 21:30 GMT
    ... Nationwide strike against job cuts in France (RTTNews) - French teachers and civil servants ... government's proposed job cuts. The cities of Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and Nantes witnessed massive rallies ... service sector." The government of President Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to cut some 11,200 teaching ...

  • Civil servants and teachers in France strike against cutbacks 15 May 2008 19:37 GMT
    ... Sarkozy has said that he will stand firm ... students, about the future of schooling in France, will we have asked ourselves why education ... the Revolutionary Communist League, told students in Paris that instead of cutting educational positions, "we ...

  • Challenges mount to Sarkozy reforms 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... to be a summer of discontent in France, and on Thursday several entire public sectors went on strike, notably education workers. It is the hottest ... up 22 percent of the workforce. President Sarkozy is not springing this on an unsuspecting ...

  • French state employees strike over job cuts 15 May 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... French state employees strike over job cuts Tens ... workers and other state employees marched in Paris and several other cities around the country. ... are angry at reforms by President Nicolas Sarkozy and are planning an even larger strike ...

  • France Strikers Challenge Sarkozy's Plan to Cut Jobs 15 May 2008 19:12 GMT
    ... PARIS — Hundreds of thousands of French teachers ... was 34.4 percent, while 24.8 percent of France's 2.5 million state employees were on strike. ... to halt rail and airline service. Mr. Sarkozy has said that he will stand firm ...

  • Thousands protest as French public sector workers strike - Summary 15 May 2008 17:04 GMT
    ... Paris - Tens of thousands of French public ... plans by the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy to cut some 11,200 teaching jobs this ... attempt to enact wide-ranging reforms and slash France's budget deficit. Sarkozy and his ministers have ...

  • French teachers go on strike over job cuts 15 May 2008 16:58 GMT
    ... PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of French ... and reforms announced by conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. It was the third broad public ... leader of the UNSA Education union, told France Info radio. At noon, the education ministry ...

  • Massive strike hits France 15 May 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... on Thursday in a one-day show of force against job cuts. 15 May 2008 PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy faced a new test of his resolve to streamline France's public sector as hundreds of thousands of teachers and civil servants walked off the ...

  • UPDATE 1-French power workers to strike on May 22-union 15 May 2008 15:18 GMT
    ... PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - French EDF power workers will strike on May 22 over government plans to ... expected to involve power capacity cuts on France's 63,000-megawatt nuclear network, the official added. "There ...

  • Rail, Air France unions call for May 22 strike to protest pensions reform 15 May 2008 14:51 GMT
    ... Datafeed and UK data supplied by ProQuote. While London South East do their best to ...

  • French economy braces for wind of liberty' 15 May 2008 13:56 GMT
    ... for her music that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will pin a bit of bling on ... circle of going global while remaining local. France has no Celines. And it's hard to ... the unionized workers reacted by going on strike. It's not this France that Christine Lagarde, ...

  • French teachers protest plan to shed jobs 15 May 2008 13:09 GMT
    ... other public sector workers have gone on strike, protesting against job cuts and reforms announced ... cuts and reforms announced by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. It was the third broad public ... leader of the UNSA Education union, told France Info radio. He says he expects three-quarters ...

  • Sarkozy tested by mass strike over public sector cuts 15 May 2008 13:08 GMT
    ... banner reading Stop breaking our public services. SARKOZY TESTED BY MASS STRIKE OVER PUBLIC SECTOR ... new test of his resolve to streamline France's public sector as hundreds of thousands of ... were planned across France, with the main Paris rally to set off at 2:00 pm ...

  • French economy braces for ?wind of liberty' 15 May 2008 10:38 GMT
    ... for her music that French President Nicholas Sarkozy will pin a bit of bling on ... circle of going global while remaining local. France has no Celines. And it's hard to ... the unionized workers reacted by going on strike. It's not this France that Christine Lagarde, ...

  • Michigan news headlines-May 15 15 May 2008 09:53 GMT
    ... essentially the same as they are now. AP-GM-STRIKES GM plant in Ohio withdraws strike threat DETROIT (AP) - Workers at a ... for follow up on 'Fahrenheit 9/11' CANNES, France (AP) - Michael Moore is taking America's temperature ...

  • French economy braces for 'wind of liberty' 15 May 2008 09:45 GMT
    ... imagine their reaction to foreign takeovers. Mr. Sarkozy is in no small measure to blame ... announced plans to close a plant in France's Lorraine region, the President of the Republic ... the unionized workers reacted by going on strike. It's not this France that Christine Lagarde, ...

  • 'Black Thursday' expected in France as public sector workers strike 15 May 2008 09:38 GMT
    ... Paris - A strike by unions representing teachers, ... plans by the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy to cut some 11,200 teaching jobs this ... fear may become a "black Thursday" in France. While public transport and the national railway ...

  • Air France unions call for strike on 22 May - report 15 May 2008 07:41 GMT
    ... > > > Air France unions call for strike on 22 May - report Air France ... for strike on 22 May - report PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Air France unions have called ...

  • Remembering 1968 Revolution 15 May 2008 07:33 GMT
    ... By Michel Rocard Project Syndicate PARIS ― It is May 1968. The world, flabbergasted, ... May 1968. The world, flabbergasted, discovers that France has gone crazy. A general strike, affecting everything except electricity and the press, ...

  • Disgraceful Baseball Fan Drops F-Bomb 15 May 2008 00:32 GMT
    ... Plus: Ongoing Saga of Teen Sluts in Heat Pissed ... throw your hat down when our players strike out or pop up or don’t throw ... is getting more press than Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Miley Cyrus and Gwen Stefani combined. I’m ...

  • Illegal Immigrant Workers in Paris Want Resident Status in France 15 May 2008 00:15 GMT
    ... Illegal immigrants working in the Paris area have launched an unprecedented wave of ... Paris, Lisa Bryant reports it also challenges France's tough stance on immigration - which the ... rights. The center-right government of President Nicolas Sarkozy, which toughened immigration rules last year, says ...


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