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  • French parliament hosts hearing about WCup fiasco on Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:01 AM PDT
    French legislators huddled behind closed doors to investigate an issue of national importance — not terrorism or recession, but the French football team's meltdown at the World Cup.
  • French parliament hosts hearing about WCup fiasco on Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:36 AM PDT
    Lawmakers taking part in a closed-door hearing about France's World Cup fiasco said Wednesday that coach Raymond Domenech refused to take any responsibility for his team's misbehavior and offered no real explanation for their debacle.
  • Le Monde to discuss takeover with bidders on Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:09 PM PDT
    Le Monde said Monday it would hold talks with a team of three businessmen seeking a controlling stake of the iconic but cash-strapped French newspaper, a move that would end the financial control that its journalists now have over it.
  • France team called 'catastrophe' after Mexico loss on Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:38 AM PDT
    "Catastrophe!" says one French commentator.
  • Al-Qaida offshoot grows in the desert on Sat Jun 5, 2010 3:25 AM PDT
    Dozens of Malian troops rush through the sweltering desert, yell war cries and open fire, spitting hundreds of bullets from rifles and machine guns. It's all part of a training session — run by the United States.
  • AP INTERVIEW: Turkish aid group had terror ties on Wed Jun 2, 2010 1:20 PM PDT
    The Turkish Islamic charity behind a flotilla of aid ships that was raided by Israeli forces on its way to Gaza had ties to terrorism networks, including a 1999 al-Qaida plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport, France's former top anti-terrorism judge said Wednesday.
  • Algeria braces for historic football comeback on Tue May 11, 2010 11:06 AM PDT
    After a 24-year absence from soccer's biggest tournament, Algeria's last-minute qualification for the World Cup sent shock waves of glee through a country still reeling from a decade of civil war, persistent al-Qaida-linked terrorism, and massive unemployment and graft.

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