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AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.
Nations:France Sweden People:Ronald Reagan Jacques Chirac
2008-10-06
Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial
PARIS - The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris mansion. A cast of defendants ranging from a debt-ridden tycoon to a Chinese opera singer.
Nations:France Israel Russia South Africa People:Nicolas Sarkozy Jacques Chirac Source:(AP)
2008-10-03
Sarkozy heads to Syria for Mideast peace talks
PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday headed to Damascus on the first visit by a Western head of state since the 2005 murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri left Syria isolated.
Nations:Israel France Lebanon Turkey Qatar Syria People:Nicolas Sarkozy Jacques Chirac Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Source:(AFP)
2008-09-03
Obama meets pro-US Sarkozy in Paris
PARIS (AFP) - Barack Obama met in Paris Friday with the pro-US President Nicolas Sarkozy on a world tour aimed at burnishing the White House hopeful's foreign policy credentials ahead of November elections.
Nations:France Afghanistan Israel U.S. Germany People:Barack Obama John McCain Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Ronald Reagan Jacques Chirac Activities:US Election 2008 U.S.-France
2008-07-25
Freed hostage Betancourt to return to France today
PARIS - Freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, Ingrid Betancourt returns to her beloved France and a hero's welcome Friday in the gilded halls of the presidential palace.
Nations:France Colombia People:Nicolas Sarkozy Segolene Royal Jacques Chirac Activities:2008 Colombian Hostage Rescue Source:(AP)
2008-07-04
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