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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Europe Sun.com http://www.europesun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/e597bd109c960ae3/ en-us Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:46:47 -0500 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:46:47 -0500 30 Paris Hilton wants to name first daughter London Socialite heiress Paris Hilton has announced to name first daughter after a city just like her name. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450458/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:46 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450458/cs/1/ Sarkozy asks Syria to pressure Hamas for ceasefire Damascus, Jan 6 (Xinhua) France's President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday asked Syria to pressure Hamas to return to a ceasefire and help achieve a solution to the escalation in the Gaza Strip. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450405/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:01:42 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450405/cs/1/ Italy stun France in Hopman Cup comeback upset Italy's Simone Bolelli and Flavia Pennetta staged an upset against France's Gilles Simon and Alize Cornet at the Hopman Cup's mixed doubles Tuesday, earning a 2-1 victory which keeps both teams in with a chance to reach the Friday final. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450305/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:15 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450305/cs/1/ Sarkozy determined to help restore Lebanese-Syrian ties French President Nicolas Sarkozy, due to arrive in Beirut on Tuesday, promised to exert more effort to resolve lingering issues between Lebanon and neighbouring Syria. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450066/cs/1/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:00:38 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450066/cs/1/ Paris Hilton patches up with Lindsay Lohan Washington, Jan 06 : Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have dissolved differences and reformed their friendship. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450288/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:01:36 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450288/cs/1/ Paris Hilton blasts press for fabricating stories about her life Washington, Jan 06 : Paris Hilton has lashed out at the press for fabricating her life's stories. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450286/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:01:33 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450286/cs/1/ Paris Hilton wants to call first daughter London! London, Jan 6 : Paris Hilton wants to hand the honour of being named after a city to her first daughter - and plans to call her London. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450114/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:01:15 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450114/cs/1/ French ship with nine crew hijacked off Nigerian coast Pirates have seized a French ship off the Nigerian coast and taken its nine crew members hostage, the ship owners have said. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450079/cs/1/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:03 -0500 Europe Sun.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/450079/cs/1/ Incroyable! French navy victorious AUDIO: French Navy Takes on Pirates By Paul Westcott National Correspondent The French typically known as the ones with their hands in the air, took down over a dozen Somali pirates and rescued two... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902447/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:34 -0500 NewsTalk Radio 810 http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902447/ Lyon to fend off Benzema bids Benzema continues to be linked with a move away from Lyon despite signing a new contract in March, which ties him to Les Gones until 2013. The France international last month admitted he hoped to p... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903826/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:33:41 -0500 World Soccer News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903826/ Marseille end interest in Larsson Marseille have confirmed that they ended their interest in veteran striker Henrik Larsson. Larsson, a free agent after his contract at Helsingborg officially came to an end on New Year's Eve, had bee... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903830/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:25:26 -0500 RTE http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903830/ Smoking ban in cafes puts French off cigarettes BAT cited bans on smoking in bars and public places as well as high prices as factors encouraging the formerly smoking-mad French to stub out their cigarettes for good. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902038/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:52:22 -0500 Reuters http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902038/ French President Sarkozy says he is heading back to Egypt - 2nd Update Beirut/Damascus - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Tuesday in Beirut that he would return to Egypt for further talks with President Hosny Mubarak on the situation in Gaza. His visit to Leban... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903083/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:11:50 -0500 Earth Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903083/ France asks Syria to help end Gaza conflict Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy hold a news conference. French President Nicolas Sarkozy asked Syria on Wednesday to help convince Hamas to cooperate... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902968/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:06:28 -0500 One News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20902968/ Marseille choose not to sign Henrik Larsson, a free agent after his contract at Helsingborg officially came to an end on New Year's Eve, had been linked with a move to OM.All parties were interested but OM have now abandoned the idea wi... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903833/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:25 -0500 Soccernet http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903833/ France court begins trial in absentia for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue [BBC report] located in Djerba in April 2002. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack, in which 21 people were killed. Mohammed, along with German nation... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903263/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:48:29 -0500 Jurist http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903263/ French President Plans Return To Egypt In Hope Of Gaza Ceasefire I will head back to Sharm el-Sheikh, after visiting French troops serving with the UN in Lebanon, to continue the dialogue launched yesterday in favo urof peace in Gaza and the Palestinian territories... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903831/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:36:17 -0500 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903831/ French warship captures 19 Somali pirates The French naval vessel "Jean de Vienne" was on patrol off the Somali coast as part of a European Union anti-piracy force when it came to the rescue of a Croatian cargo vessel and a Panamanian ship cr... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903827/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:10:26 -0500 ANS http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20903827/ Niger, French Areva sign biggest uranium mining deal Niger and French nuclear giant Areva have signed their biggest uranium mining deal in the mineral rich West African country, according to information reaching here. Nigerian Minister of Mines and Ener... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20901683/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:02:34 -0500 People's Daily http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20901683/ Burning car rams synagogue door in France A burning car was rammed into a synagogue door in southwest France as the interior minister convened Muslims, Jews and police in Paris to warn against contagion from the Gaza conflict.Damage to the sy... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898653/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:08:04 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898653/ Record power peak as temps drop A NEW record for electricity consumption has been registered, leading to fears of blackouts in Brittany and the south east. The peak of 89,480 megawatts came at 18.45 on Monday night according to RTE ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899030/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:53 -0500 The Connexion http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899030/ Snow strands hundreds at Paris airport PARIS - Hundreds of passenger were stranded Monday at the main Paris airport of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle by snow after scores of flights were cancelled.Some "1,658 people will be accommodated by ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899035/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:52:09 -0500 Leader-Post http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899035/ French sailor missing in yacht race Rescuers have spotted a yacht that went missing in rough seas in a round-the-world race. Vendee Globe competitor Jean Le Cam, 49, sent a distress call from his boat VM Materiaux to his shore team ear... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899037/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:45:44 -0500 ITN http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899037/ Arson attack on French synagogue Attackers rammed a burning car into a synagogue in the southern French city of Toulouse, officials have said. The car, packed with a petrol bomb, was set alight and then pushed into the synagogue doo... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898637/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:49:07 -0500 BBC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898637/ Years in the making, 10 days to film Over many gruelling months in 1919, after the last shots of the First World War, the leaders of the major powers and a host of other delegates met in Paris to piece together a new world order. Owing t... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899024/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:10:30 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899024/ Venus Williams aiming to sweep Australian Open, French Open and world No1 spot before Wimbledon begins Venus Williams is not yet ready to retire. Photograph: Noushad Thekkayil/EPA Despite watching some of her biggest rivals hang up their rackets in recent years, seven-time Grand Slam-winner Venus Wil... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20897692/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:08:43 -0500 The Guardian http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20897692/ Journalists turn down honours TWO journalists listed for New Year honours have turned them down, saying the distinction was unexpected and unmerited.The head of the political service at the radio station France-Info, Marie-Eve Mal... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899031/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:06:54 -0500 The Connexion http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899031/ French ski resorts get a lift in business Buoyed by major snowfalls and French families seeking to spend their euros closer to home, France's ski resorts are reporting a boom in business.Hotels and chalets in the French Alps, the Pyrenees and... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20897695/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:03:08 -0500 Breitbart http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20897695/ France pushes for Gaza truce at UN, Israel opposed France has stepped up its push for a ceasefire in Gaza by drafting a UN Security Council resolution demanding a truce but Israel vowed to continue military action until Hamas stops firing rockets. Di... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898681/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:18:32 -0500 SABC http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898681/ Italy beats France to stay in contention Simone Bolelli beat Gilles Simon in straight sets to cancel out France's advantage, then combined with Flavia Pennetta to guide Italy to a 2-1 Hopman Cup win on Tuesday.When Alize Cornet gave France a... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898652/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:11:39 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20898652/ Sept. 11 suspect goes on trial in Paris Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-styled mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, went on trial in Paris on Monday on charges he helped organize a truck-bomb attack on an ancient Tunisian synagogue se... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899022/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:05 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899022/ French announce November schedule France have announced home fixtures against New Zealand, Samoa and South Africa for November 2009.The Tests will provide the first meeting between France and the All Blacks since the World Cup quarter... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899025/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:16:34 -0500 Planet Rugby http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899025/ French Kiss And No-tell Last updated: 3:05 amJanuary 6, 2009 Posted: 2:53 amJanuary 6, 2009 PARIS - "My life is not a novel," says Rachida Dati (right), the glamorous, Muslim-born French justice minister who, at 43... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899033/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:15:51 -0500 New York Post http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899033/ French Consumer Confidence Drops on Unemployment Worries (RTTNews) - French consumer confidence dropped in December after showing an improvement in November as households showed increased pessimism regarding future unemployment and personal financial outlo... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899027/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:54:32 -0500 Quote.com http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899027/ French Public TV Scraps Nighttime Ads Commercials on French public television will soon become a relic of the past under President Nicloas Sarkozy's media reform plans, which many French broadcasters oppose. French Channel 2 presented it... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899034/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:53:39 -0500 Chosun http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20899034/ French boat, nine crew hijacked, but two other attacks stopped Pirates hijacked a French boat and took its nine crew members hostage in the latest attack in some of the world’s most dangerous waters off oil-rich southern Nigeria, the boat’s owner said... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20895028/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:13:48 -0500 The News Tribune http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20895028/ Record French power use likely during cold snap France may become a net importer of power today as colder weather pushes demand to a record, according to Réseau de Transport d'Électricité, the grid unit of Électricité de Fr... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20894343/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:43:59 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20894343/ Population surpasses 2.2 mln in Paris PARIS, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- Paris has in recent years seen a population boom that as of Jan. 1 exceeded 2.2 million people, French authorities said Monday. The capital of France now has registered a po... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20895029/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:43:37 -0500 SINA http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20895029/ France Tries 9-11 Plotter for Tunisia Synagogue Blast PARIS — A European convert to Islam allegedly caught on camera beside Usama bin Laden denied Monday any role in a 2002 suicide attack on a Tunisian synagogue allegedly ordered by the self-describ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891246/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:51:52 -0500 Fox News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891246/ France bans adverts on state TV during prime time Described as a "big bang", Sarkozy's plans to transform state broadcaster France Télévisions have sparked protests by journalists and 80 hours of heated rows in Parliament. Critics have likened him ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891413/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:55:15 -0500 Mail and Guardian http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891413/ Bolelli bowls over Simon to draw outsider Italy level with France Perth, Australia - Simone Bolelli scored a breakthrough victory over world number seven Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-3 to draw his nation level with hot favourite France at the Hopman Cup on Tuesday. The Itali... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891407/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:49:43 -0500 Earth Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891407/ Controversial French minister, not naming baby London, January 5: French Justice Minister Rachida Dati, who gave birth by caesarean section to a baby girl named Zohra on Friday, and has yet not revealed the name of the child's father, may make a l... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891698/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:57:55 -0500 New Kerala http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891698/ * Accused Sept. 11 plotter Mohammed faces a French trial AP, PARIS Tuesday, Jan 06, 2009, Page 6 The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks goes on trial in absentia in France yesterday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogu... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891699/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:23:22 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891699/ French ship attacked by pirates in Nigeria with nine taken hostage A French ship was seized by pirates off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend, with nine crew members taken hostage, the French media reported on Monday. According to the report, the ship, Bourbon L... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20890994/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:39:37 -0500 People's Daily http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20890994/ France hit by cold wave A cold wave has swept France with snowstorms causing disruptions and a record high electricity consumption in the country on Monday, French sources said. According to the sources, up to 10 centimeters... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891415/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:39:32 -0500 People's Daily http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20891415/ Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Goes on Trial in France for 2002 Bombing The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States and two other suspects went on trial in Paris on Monday in connection to another terrorist attack -- the bombing of a Tuni... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886904/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:37:38 -0500 VOA http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886904/ US, France, UN, EU and Russia all urge Gaza ceasefire An Israeli army mobile cannon redeploys closer to Gaza at sunset yesterday, near Israel's border with the Palestinian territory. Despite calls and proposals from many major global powers, Israel is in... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886881/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:18 -0500 Irish Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886881/ French TV adverts ban sparks wave of strikes PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy's acolytes say a ban on advertising on public television heralds a "cultural revolution", a televisual "big bang" and the advent of a "French BBC". Yet the partial suppressio... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886896/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:25:01 -0500 Irish Times http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20886896/ Olmert Rebuffs Sarkozy Call For Gaza Ceasefire Talks earlier on Monday with Mubarak in Cairo focused on Egyptian efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza ... and a return to the truce betwee nPalestinians and Israelis, Egypt's official MENA... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20887384/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:45:08 -0500 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20887384/ M. Kouchner on the Situation in the Middle East Situation in the Middle East – Interview given by M. Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, to "France Info" Paris, 4 January 2009 http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20882044/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:50:22 -0500 Embassy of France In The US http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20882044/ Search mounted for French tourist missing in Mourne Mountains A French tourist has gone missing while walking in the Mourne Mountains, police said today.The man failed to return to his Newcastle hotel after going out walking in the mountains in Co Down late on S... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20882043/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:53:00 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20882043/ French court opens trial in absentia of 9/11 suspect held at Gitmo PARIS: Al-Qaeda's supposed 9/11 mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, was put on trial in absentia in a Paris court Monday, accused of plotting the 2002 suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue that left... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881522/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:54:24 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881522/ 9/11 plotter ordered bombing of Tunisia synagogue, French prosecutors say Three men charged with involvement in a deadly synagogue bombing in Tunisia went on trial Monday in Paris in a case expected to highlight the reach and complexity of al-Qaida-linked networks in North ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20880047/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:04:15 -0500 Haaretz http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20880047/ Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen given rent-free Paris apartment The City of Paris is providing a safe haven and an apartment to Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, who has been under constant threat by Islamist extremists for almost two decades. Nasreen ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881211/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:43:02 -0500 CBC News http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881211/ All Blacks to play France in November The All Blacks will meet France for the first time since the 2007 World Cup quarterfinal in June. Photo / Getty Images PARIS - France will play the All Blacks and Springboks in test matches in Novembe... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881634/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:48:31 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20881634/ Isabelle Huppert to head Cannes jury In this Nov. 21, 2008 file photo, French actress Isabelle Huppert, seen, during the closing ceremony of the Estoril Film Festival in Estoril, Portugal. http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875562/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:03:05 -0500 The Daily News Egypt http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875562/ Experienced Stensland strengthens Lyon lineup UEFA Women's Cup semi-finalists Olympique Lyonnais have shown their intent to take their first European title with the signing of Norway midfielder Ingvild Stensland. Experience The 27-year-old joins ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20874836/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:23:14 -0500 UEFA http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20874836/ Paris Hilton burglar was probably familiar with home Paris Hilton 's Mulholland Estates mansion last month was probably done by someone familiar with the home's layout and who knew how to access the socialite's collection of rings, watches and necklaces... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20873479/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:37:33 -0500 Newsday http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20873479/ Czech PM says has plan to resolve Gaza situation Topolanek also said on Monday that his spokesman Potuznik would keep hi s job despite issuing a statement that had angered the Arab world last Saturd ay by saying Prague's EU presidency saw the israel... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875569/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:25:01 -0500 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875569/ NGO leader denounces Gabon L IBREVILLE, Jan 5, 2009 (AFP) - A human rights activist on Monday denounced Gabon's campaign of "repression" against civil society in a letter to the European Parliament, following arrests of rights ... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875565/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:25:02 -0500 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875565/ Gazprom steps up accusations against Ukraine in gas row To meet demand from western Europe, Gazprom has delivered gas through alternative routes, using the Yamal-Europe pipeline through Belarus and Pol andand by tapping into underground storage tanks, Medv... http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875567/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:25:00 -0500 The Tocqueville Connection http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20875567/ Gas Supplies To France Not At Risk expired and the two parties failed to sign a new one. Gazprom said it had increased the amount of gas being pumped to European Union consumers after the cut to http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20873502/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:29:10 -0500 Morning Star http://story.europesun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/e597bd109c960ae3/id/20873502/