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Gay soccer organization calls for sanctions after accusing French club of homophobiaWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:12AMPARIS - A gay soccer organization has asked the French federation to punish an amateur club that refused to grant one of its members a playing licence because he is gay.

France blow away cobwebs to sink BosniaWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:07AMFrance got their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign back on track and quickly turned the page on their shock defeat by Belarus with a superb 2-0 win over Bosnia-Hercegovina here on Tuesday.

Tweet tweet: Today's top sports chatterWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:05AMAthletes are guarded in front of a mic, but give em 140 characters on a phone and you won't believe how much they'll say. Sport - People - Training - Organizations - Twitter

Sarkozy Won’t Move on Pension Age, Makes Bill ChangesWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:00AMFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy agreed to modify his bill to overhaul the pension system in response to strikes and demonstrations by workers, though he won’t retreat on raising the retirement age.

Strikes cause disruptions across France, LondonWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:49AMStrikes cause disruptions across France, London

Sarkozy faces down French unions on pension age riseWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:45AMSarkozy faces down French unions on pension age rise

Sarkozy faces down French unions on pension age riseWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:42AMPARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy faced down French trade unions on Wednesday, refusing to back down on plans to raise the retirement age despite Tuesday's nationwide protests against pension reform.

Porta Mariae in Naga to be inaugurated todayWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:38AMPORTA MARIAE, a commemorative arch of the tercentenary or 300th celebration of the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary in front of Naga City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, is set for inauguration today. The grand portal, 18 meters wide, 4 meters deep and 11 meters high, is almost complete and undergoing finishing touches. The 10-foot-tall brass image of the Lady of Peñafrancia and two angels have ...

STAAR Surgical's Visian Implantable Collamer Lens featured prominently at 2010 ESCRS CongressWednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 6:37AMSTAAR Surgical Company, the leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of phakic intraocular lenses, today announced that the Visian Implantable Collamer® Lens (ICL) was featured prominently in more than 40 presentations by leading ophthalmologists at meetings prior to and during the 2010 Congress of European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) held in Paris, France ...