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North Korea's first soccer games in Europe in 43 years ended in 0-0 draws against Congo and the French club Nantes. North and South Korea have both qualified for the 2010 World...
America lacks a language dictator like the Académie Française, whose 40 members, known as immortels, determined that the commonly used e-mail may not be accepted into the French language while un hamburger may. The closest thing here may be the copydesk of the New York Times, a stickler for protocol; yet it too is uncertain of its semiotic bearings. When the Obamas called on the Bushes after the election, the newspaper reported that "Mrs. Bush" greeted the Obamas and "Ms. Bush wore a brown suit." During the campaign, Hillary Clinton was two women in a single sentence...
...French-Algerian physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was arrested Oct. 8 after French officials discovered encoded e-mails between him and members of an al-Qaeda cell based in North Africa. Adlène Hicheur, who worked at CERN's Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, allegedly offered to help the group plan attacks in France. Initial news reports focused on Hicheur's work at the high-energy research lab, prompting speculation that al-Qaeda might be attempting to create nuclear or radioactive weapons. But a spokesman for CERN said the lab has been closed since last September...
JEAN SARKOZY, the 23-year-old son of the French President, answering accusations of nepotism over his bid to head the agency that oversees a major Parisian business district. More than 58,000 people have signed an online petition opposing his candidacy...
...Italian saltarello-inspired exposition pulsed with animation and drive, transitioning seamlessly into a tonally exquisite English horn solo. A few flubbed French horn entrances and a high strings section that occasionally tended to overpower its lower counterparts did little to detract from the ensemble’s procession towards an energetic, brass-heavy coda...