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  • Banker's Armani Suit Enters Museum of London in $32 Million Revamp: Review Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:16PMAn Armani woman’s suit, pinstriped and paired with a Hermes scarf, has entered the collections of the Museum of London , which has reopened after a 20.5 million pound ($32 million) revamp.
  • Kalima translates book on France's cultural politics Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 3:09AM'Politics of Culture or Culture of Politics: the Experience of France' now available in Arabic.
  • Contador clinches yellow jersey in Tour de France Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:49PMPAUILLAC, France — Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again.
  • Recap: Comic-Con 2010 Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:05AMAbove: Marvel brought down the house on Saturday with -- among others -- Robert Downey, Jr., Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johansson, and Chris Hemsworth.
  • Wyclef Jean's uncle to run for president of Haiti Tuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 6:06PMWyclef Jean’s uncle, who is Haiti’s ambassador to the United States, says he will run for president of Haiti this autumn.
  • War Stories: A Reporter's Education In The Mideast Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:18AMMegan Stack hadn't planned on becoming a war correspondent. But then Sept. 11 happened, and she found herself in the Middle East -- the beginning of a seven-year stint of wartime reporting. In Every Man in This Village Is a Liar , Stack reflects on the experience of reporting from war-torn countries.
  • Spain's Contador locks up Tour crown • Sports (www.HometownAnnapolis.com - The Capital) Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 7:08AMPAUILLAC, France (AP) - Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again.
  • Tour de France: The final stage all but a formality for Contador Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 3:26AMPAUILLAC, France — Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again. The Spaniard all but captured his third title in four years Saturday …
  • Contador locks up title in next-to-last stage Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 12:42AMPAUILLAC, France – Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again. The Spaniard all but captured his third title in four years Saturday by holding off a full-bore challenge from his main rival, Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, in a 32-mile individual ...
  • Spain's Contador locks up Tour title in next-to-last stage Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:57PMAfter three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, Alberto Contador is set to become the Tour de France champion again. The Spaniard all but captured his third title in four years Saturday by holding off a full-bore challenge from his main rival, Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, in a 32-mile individual time trial in the next-to-last stage. Sunday's ride into Paris is a mostly ...
  • The coronation awaits Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:38PMTour de France Contador extends lead in time trial Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio):  France Cycling Tour De France PAUILLAC, France - Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de France champion again. The Spaniard all but captured his third title in ...
  • Contador all but assured of crown Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 11:10PMPAUILLAC, France - Wiping away tears, Alberto Contador is ready for the champagne to flow. After three daunting weeks of crashes, biting cold, fog and searing heat, he is set to become the Tour de...
  • Lessons From South Africa 2010 – Which Way Forward? Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 1:37PMThe just ended 2010 Soccer World Cup Tournament in South Africa will go down in the annals of World Cup Soccer history as one of abject abysmal performance by certain soccer stalwarts as England, France, Italy and to an extent Brazil and Argentina, and signs of hope for a blissful tomorrow for countries such as Switzerland and the USA. But for Ghana’s inspiring performance that of the rest of ...
  • Ralph Titus spends month helping Haiti Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 10:38AMBy Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer Ralph Titus’ family is used to the man of the house traveling around the country for extended periods of time as part of his job as an international supply chain director at Best Buy. But none of them are used to him going to a developing country following a natural disaster. read more
  • French Connection: K.G.B. Colonel Plotting to Break the Isolation Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 5:06PMBased on true, surprisingly little-known events that hastened the downfall of the Soviet Union, Christian Carion’s espionage drama, “Farewell (L’Affaire Farewell),” is a refreshing reminder in the age of the Bourne movies that spies are real people leading everyday lives.
  • Goodyear revamps website to allow photo sharing, translation Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:11PMNew services were created to make the city's website more convenient and engaging for readers.
  • Mike Harden | Commentary: Village's immigrant imprint is fading Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 4:21AMWhen Heidi Wooley speaks of her beloved German Village, her words carry a certain wistful melancholy, as though it might actually once have been possible to build a Mannheim just south of Downtown.
  • Delegation of women from Morocco makes stop in Irondequoit Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 4:18PMIf more women in Morocco enter the political arena in the future, Irondequoit can say it played a role in that change. A delegation of four professional women from Morocco made a stop at Irondequoit Town Hall late Monday morning and spoke, through a translator, with Supervisor Mary Joyce D’Aurizio and Comptroller Annie Seeley.
  • 'Thank you for helping us' Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 1:36AMAbington Memorial Hospital is covering medical expenses for a Haitian toddler who needs life-saving surgery. Hospital employees are also pitching in to help the family with living expenses.
  • A walk through Cartagena Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 9:46PMColombia's cocaine war is fading and the Caribbean coast is emerging as the country's new gold. Kym Agius takes a walk through Cartagena.
  • Home of PI Bala’s lawyer ransacked Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 9:30PMBy FMT Team KUALA LUMPUR: Private investigator P Balasubramaniam’s lawyer Manjeet Singh Dhillion’s house here was broken into, ransacked and a laptop was removed. Manjeet, who is currently in London with Bala, believes the robbery was not a random incident and expressed concern “at attempts to interfere” with the contents on his laptop. “I have serious concerns that attempts might be made by ...
  • Top line-up for Burnham Market book festival Monday, July 19, 2010 @ 7:09AMRespected wordsmiths of fact and fiction will be heading to north Norfolk later this year for the second annual Burnham Market Book Festival.
  • Reading in a foreign language no "petit" task Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:48PMHaving been learning how to read, speak and write French for two years, I thought I was pretty awesome at it. Nay, more than awesome. I was spectacular. read more
  • Your Neighbors in Rhode Island Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 6:45PMFor many years, the United Way of Rhode Island has paid tribute to a person or family who embodies the values of Alexis de Tocqueville, a mid-19th century French political thinker and historian who admired America's spirit of volunteerism and advancing the common good.
  • A Wonderful Life: A remarkable journey Sunday, July 18, 2010 @ 2:48AMGet FREE Daily Headlines by email! Peter Sebastian remembers when he met his wife, Harvel, in New York. "It was pretty mundane — we were on a double date that had been arranged by friends, and not until we switched partners did it get better.
  • Ronald Zubar breaks down the lamguage barrier Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 10:09AMSaturday 17th July 2010, 3:00PM BST. Wolves defender Ronald Zubar has revealed how he has gone from non-English speaker to translator with some of his Gallic-tongued pals at Molineux.
  • New Blue Jay Escobar gets clean slate with Toronto Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:25PMYunel Escobar says he was misunderstood in Atlanta, and Toronto Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston intends to provide his newly acquired shortstop a clean slate in a different city.
  • New Blue Jay Escobar gets clean slate with Toronto Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 6:10PMAPNewsBreak. Thierry Henry retires from French national team, with MLS the next chapter
  • LATIN LESSONS Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 11:44AMIn the past few years, just about anything that's Latin American has penetrated the pop database of the United States, and this reverse colonization began, in part, with art. Historically, these artists have never been afraid to tackle big subjects such as social injustice and are happy to embrace and Latin-up movements such as Cubism for their own work. They take a non-ironic stance with the ...
  • Cavendish takes Tour stage amid drama Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:04AMBy Jamey Keaten Associated Press Writer BOURG-LES-VALENCE, France -- Sprint specialist Mark Cavendish won the 11th stage of the Tour de France with help from an illegal head-butt from teammate Mark Renshaw, who was thrown out of the race
  • Album: The Books, The Way Out (Temporary Residence) Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 7:35AMOver the course of four previous releases, the New York duo of Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, aka The Books, have mapped out their own distinctive territory on the fringes where pop meets the experimental avant-garde, creating music that incorporates elements of folk and electronica, along with a wide range of sampled sounds, particularly speech, derived from recordings sourced largely from ...
  • French hostage in Niger concerns Sarkozy Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 6:49PMFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy has expressed his "burning concern" over the fate of an elderly Frenchman who is being held hostage in Niger.
  • Varèse: (R)evolution- Full Catalog Performed at Lincoln Center July 19-20 Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:01PMThis month Lincoln Center Festival pays tribute to Edgard Varèse, one of the 20th century's boldest musical groundbreakers. Over the course of two evenings, two eminent New York ensembles are presenting the entire catalog of his works.
  • PI Bala to meet French cops tonight Monday, July 12, 2010 @ 12:10AMBy FMT Staff LONDON: Private investigator P Balasubramiam is on his way to Paris, where he will be a key witness in investigations into suspected corruption in the Malaysian purchase of submarines. He is due to meet French investigators at 8 pm Malaysian time. A source said French police had officially contacted him and told him they were keen to record his statement this afternoon in Paris at ...
  • Brother’s death not in vain, says sister of officer slain in Oka Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 10:10PMTwenty years to the day after the shooting death of a provincial police officer triggered the Oka crisis of 1990, the officer’s sister visited the Mohawk community of Kanesatake near Oka Sunday to say Cpl. Marcel Lemay’s death was not in vain.
  • Bala surfaces in London and Paris Sunday, July 11, 2010 @ 6:16AMWHEN something threatens to become public, and the people in power have no desire for you to know the details, an official investigation is arranged. This way, a good old-fashioned whitewash supported by selected facts is guaranteed. Meanwhile, the truth is obscured.
  • Hunt for French bread in Vietnam and you find a slice of culture Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 2:18PMWhen I first broached the subject - a tour of bakeries in Ho Chi Minh City, or Saigon as it's still commonly known - Thanh stared at me. I had hired Thanh as a translator. We were exploring the city's temples and museums. Soon we would approach the Reunification Palace, whose gates were breached by North Vietnamese tanks 35 years ago. French bread didn't fit the day's equation.
  • RPK says will return if no ISA for him Saturday, July 10, 2010 @ 2:32AMTo back his claim, he issued an open offer to Najib to “guarantee me that I will not be placed under ISA and forget another six charges I know they were preparing, and I will come back and fight the sedition and criminal defamation cases.” By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider LONDON, July 10 — Going to musicals, enjoying dinner with a group of Malaysian friends until 11pm, and speaking at ...
  • RPK says will return if no ISA for him Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:01PMTo back his claim, he issued an open offer to Najib to “guarantee me that I will not be placed under ISA and forget another six charges I know they were preparing, and I will come back and fight the sedition and criminal defamation cases.” By Shannon Teoh, The Malaysian Insider
  • Des Kelly: A beach ball, a ghost goal and the drone of plastic horns...The ho-hum World Cup Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 8:22PMWe'll remember it for the moments when... er, you know? There was that match, the one where whassis-name didn't score and didn't do much. Or the, um... hang on while I think...
  • Morlot, incoming Seattle Symphony maestro, is 'ready to build something' Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 8:08PMNewly appointed by the Seattle Symphony to replace Gerard Schwarz as music director, Ludovic Morlot pauses in his busy conducting schedule to talk about his choice of Seattle and his plans for the SSO.
  • Des Kelly: A beach ball, a ghost goal and the drone of plastic horns...The ho-hum World Cup Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 6:47PMIf you are a football fan you measure your life in World Cup-sized chunks. Wives, girlfriends, cars and houses come and go. Hairlines recede and pets die.
  • National library hosts meeting with writer Danny Donikian Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 9:24AMDanny Donikian is a founder and editor of several known Armenian websites and blogs. Besides, he is an activist in the struggle for the Armenian Genocide recognition.
  • French students visit Natchez during Gulf Coast trip Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:10AMThe Grand Village of the Natchez Indians was the perfect place for an impromptu soccer match between the ...
  • Ghost of Mongolian model continues to haunt Malaysian government Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 7:24AMBy Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun The ghost of murdered Mongolian model and translator Altantuya Shaariibuu refuses to lie quiet.
  • Ghost of Mongolian model continues to haunt Malaysian government Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 7:01AMBy Jonathan Manthorpe, Vancouver Sun The ghost of murdered Mongolian model and translator Altantuya Shaariibuu refuses to lie quiet. For the Malaysian government of prime minister Najib Tun Razak a line appeared to have been drawn under the sordid and politically explosive affair when two of his bodyguards from his days as defence minister were convicted last year of the young woman's murder in ...
  • News Wrap: Bombing Targets Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 7:49PMIn other news Wednesday, cleanup workers struggled to clean oily waste from Lake Pontchartrain, north of New Orleans and militants targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq killed 38 people in attacks across Baghdad.
  • Summer school on other side of world Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 5:02PMTen teachers with the Lambton Kent District School Board are teaching summer school, but they're not complaining, because their classrooms will be in China.[...]
  • PI Bala: Razak Baginda is innocent Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 9:09AMLONDON, July 7 – Private detective P. Balasubramaniam today dropped a bombshell by insisting that his former client Abdul Razak Baginda was not involved in the murder of Mongolian translator Altantuya Shariibuu. Although Abdul Razak, a close associate of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, was acquitted of the crime, certain quarters, ...
  • IPhone User Hit with $8,000 Roaming Bill Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 6:42AMA Canadian man has received a phone bill for nearly C$8,000 after using his iPhone for mobile data services while roaming in France for three days.