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TGV ticket prices to rise 2% in Jan
TGV ticket prices to rise 2% in JanThursday, December 24, 2009
TGV ticket prices will rise nearly 2% in January. The 1.9% increase, announced in Le Figaro is said to compensate for a rise in charges to use the railways and dropping ticket sales. While Réseau f... (read more...)
Air chaos follows Eurostar blockageAir chaos follows Eurostar blockage
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
BRITONS trying to visit family in the UK for Christmas faced new setbacks yesterday as low-cost firm easyJet cancelled around 200 flights, including many to and from France, and Luton airport closed b... (read more...)
Limited Eurostar  service resumesLimited Eurostar service resumes
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
A EUROSTAR train has left Paris for London for the first time in four days. The train left at 8.10 as a limited service starts up again after technical problems caused trips to be suspended from Frid... (read more...)
France calls probe on Eurostar faultsFrance calls probe on Eurostar faults
Monday, December 21, 2009
TRANSPORT secretary Dominique Bussereau has demanded an inquiry into the Eurostar service after 2,000 people were left stuck in the tunnel for 11 hours and 120,000 people were stranded on either side ... (read more...)
Icy weekend for Christmas travelIcy weekend for Christmas travel
Friday, December 18, 2009
TRAFFIC conditions across France will be difficult this weekend as the Christmas getaway coincides with icy weather. Road monitor Bison Futé has issued an "orange" warning for today and Saturday, adv... (read more...)

· Cafes ignoring smoking ban
Friday, December 18, 2009

· €3k fine for man sleeping under TGV
Friday, December 18, 2009

· Snow disruption for 50 departments
Thursday, December 17, 2009

· Orly and Eurostar Christmas strikes
Thursday, December 17, 2009

· Swine flu jab now open to all
Thursday, December 17, 2009

SILVERTON, Ore. (AP) - The ashes of a 21-year-old Oregon man killed near Paris are finally back in his home state. Justin Little's body was found Oct. 9 in a northeast suburb of Paris - dead from a...
KATU 2 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:37:57 -0500
PARIS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris has tightened security on Saturday, especially for flights heading to the United States, after a failed attempt to bomb a U.S.-bound a...
SINA Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:26:54 -0500
Munster's poor Magners League form was left behind for a night at Thomond Park on Boxing Day with an impressive 35-3 win over Connacht. At a bitterly cold Thomond Park, stand-in captain Ronan O'Gar...
Planet Rugby Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:56:46 -0500
Paris - Three spelunkers who had spent days trapped by rising water 700 metres deep in a cave in the western Pyrenees were rescued Saturday, the organization that saved them said. The rescue team from...
Earth Times Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:48:16 -0500
PAU, France: Specialist divers battled Saturday to rescue three cavers trapped for four days deep underground in the Pyrenees mountains of southwest France. The cavers, two French and one Greek, were ...
Channel News Asia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:53:03 -0500
Leinster maintained their position at the top of the Magners League on Boxing Day, courtesy of a gritty 15-3 win over Ulster at the RDS. Tries either side of half-time from Rob Kearney and Jamie He...
Planet Rugby Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:47:30 -0500
PARIS--Yves Rocher, founder of a global cosmetics empire that carried his name and pioneered the use of natural ingredients, died in Paris on Saturday, a spokesman for his company said. He was 79. The...
Inquirer Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:35 -0500
A peach of a second half try by Ben Foden helped Northampton to a 26-6 Guinness Premiership win over Worcester on Boxing Day at Sixways. The full-back first set up Chris Ashton with a brilliant cou...
Planet Rugby Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:22:43 -0500
Three second-half penalties from Dan Biggar helped the Ospreys to a comfortable 21-14 win over the Scarlets at Parc y Scarlets on Boxing Day. Man of the match Paul James scored in each half to cond...
Planet Rugby Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:57 -0500
Cardiff Blues winger Tom James has recovered from his groin injury to make the starting XV for Blues v Dragons clash selected by Blues coach Dai Young. In other changes from last week's Heineken Cu...
Planet Rugby Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:59:56 -0500
France chastised China today for jailing dissident Liu Xiaobo and reminded Beijing of its commitments to dialogue on human rights with the European Union. Liu, China's most prominent dissident, was j...
SABC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:39:17 -0500
December 22, 2009 BEIJING - France and China on Monday hailed their reinvigorated ties, putting a spat over Tibet behind them and sealing a series of economic deals during a visit by French Prime Mini...
Business Report Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:23:36 -0500
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- France has notified the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that it will start a mutual fishing vessel inspection agreement with Taiwan, the Fisheries Administra...
The China Post Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:07:42 -0500
When France outlawed smoking in public places three years ago, residents took the news remarkably ? almost shockingly ? well. Almost overnight, cigarettes vanished from offices, restaurants,...
Time Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:22:14 -0500
Anyone expecting a great national rebellion bringing millions of irascible Gauloise-puffing Gauls to the barricades in defiance of authority and good sense will have been disappointed: France's nearly...
Time Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:22:13 -0500
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