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...first time, the shadowy group promised to free the three Frenchmen if Paris secured the release of 17 Shi'ite terrorists imprisoned in Kuwait for the 1983 bombing attacks on the U.S. and French embassies--a long-standing condition for freeing the U.S. hostages. While the Americans in captivity seemed bitter, the Frenchmen sounded desperate. Kauffmann told his family, "It is horrible to say perhaps I will never see you again, but it is the truth." Diplomat Marcel Fontaine warned, "I cannot stand anymore." In Paris, Kauffmann's wife Joelle called on French officials to "show proof they are capable...
...know what happened to the Swedish child after she was rescued or whether her family survived. Tens of thousands of Europeans - including an especially large number escaping the wintertime darkness of Scandinavia - were enjoying the Asian sunshine when the tsunami hit. Hundreds are confirmed dead - Swedes, Norwegians, Finns, Frenchmen, Britons, Germans, Danes and on and on - with thousands still missing. Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke of "an incomprehensible tragedy of national...
...looking for a more laid-back music scene, walk over to Frenchmen Street, the place locals go for a good time, away from the bead-tossing, shirt-lifting tourists. In the past few years several clubs have opened on Frenchmen. The newest, a dimly lit, posh hangout called the Hookah Café, has two spacious seating areas in which to catch jazz acts. The Spotted Cat, across the street, offers a more energized, down-home Frenchman experience. In either case, you've moved beyond Bourbon. And for that, you deserve a cold Hurricane.Onecold Hurricane...
...that soccer success requires buying the best talent available - and given the fact that far wealthier clubs in Western Europe are going to take the cream of the world's soccer talent, clubs in the Ukraine and Russia - and France and Belgium - who can't afford top-tier Brazilians, Frenchmen, Scandinavians or even the established stars of African football have looked increasingly to Africa's second tier as the prime source of imported talent to raise their game. KSK Beveren, the Antwerp team who reached last season's Belgian cup final, has been known to field a team composed entirely...
...players who play the Brazilian game - whether from Latin America, Africa or even France or Portugal - but mix it up with organizational traditions long established in Europe. Arsenal's Premiership winning squad last season relied on a combination of English and African defenders; a set of midfielders comprising two Frenchmen, two Brazilians and a Swede; and a set of strikers that included a Frenchman, a Dutchman, a Spaniard and sometimes a Nigerian. And in Europe's top clubs today you'll find a blend of Western European, Latin American, African and Eastern European players...