Actress Binoche turns dancer for new show in London
LONDON (AFP) - Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche is adding another string to her bow by appearing in a dance show which she is co-directing with top British choreographer Akram Khan, she said Friday.
(AFP
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Iran responds to world powers' nuclear offer
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Friday handed world powers its "constructive and creative" response to their bid to end the five-year standoff over its contested nuclear programme, top officials said.
(AFP
) - Jul 5, 4:33 am
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French regulator fines Societe Generale for rogue trade
PARIS (AFP) - France's banking regulator Friday fined Societe Generale four million euros (6.3 million dollars) over "grave deficiencies" in its internal controls that enabled a massive rogue trade scandal at the bank.
(AFP
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Jones storms into 50m free semis, Phelps gears up for double
OMAHA (AFP) - Cullen Jones clocked a sizzling 21.59 Friday to top the qualifying times in the men's 50m freestyle at the US Olympic swimming trials.
(AFP
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Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy
PARIS (AFP) - European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020.
(AFP
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Phoenix scientists soon will analyze Martian ice
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Scientists with the US Phoenix lander will make their first analysis of Martian ice fragments in coming days but it could be the last done in one of the probe's small ovens, NASA said on its website Friday.
(AFP
) - Jul 5, 2:28 am
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Strike forces La Scala to cancel 'La Boheme' shows
MILAN (AFP) - La Scala has been forced to cancel three performances of Puccini's "La Boheme" next week due to a strike, the famed Italian opera house said Friday on its website.
(AFP
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Wimbledon dream time for Federer and Nadal
LONDON (AFP) - Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will renew their epic rivalry on Sunday when the world's two greatest players meet in a third successive Wimbledon final.
(AFP
) - Jul 5, 1:11 am
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Zimbabwe out of World T20, retains ICC membership
DUBAI (AFP) - Strife-torn Zimbabwe will remain a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), officials said on Friday, after the deeply-divided world body worked out a last-minute compromise.
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 11:36 pm
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Oil prices fall after record highs
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell Friday on profit-taking, a day after surging to record highs on the back of a weak dollar and concerns over tight supplies, traders said.
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 11:13 pm
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| Earlier Stories: |
| Freed hostage Betancourt arrives in France
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 10:26 pm |
| Federer demolishes Safin to reach Wimbledon final
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 10:01 pm |
| Subprime-hit UBS could break even second quarter
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 4:35 pm |
| Dozens injured in Belarus concert blast
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 4:28 pm |
| Zimbabwe retains ICC membership - official
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 3:58 pm |
| 'Pregnant man' gives birth to girl: reports
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 3:43 pm |
| Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 3:34 pm |
| China, Taiwan resume direct flights
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 3:02 pm |
| Zimbabwe retained as ICC full member, official says
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 2:49 pm |
| Merritt stuns Wariner, Richards romps at US athletics trials
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 2:43 pm |
| Oil steady in Asian trade
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 2:08 pm |
| Buying frenzy lights up the Iranian art market
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 2:03 pm |
| Dozens injured in blast at Belarus concert: report
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 1:54 pm |
| Merritt upsets Wariner at US Olympic track and field trials
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 1:48 pm |
| Betancourt leaves Colombia for France on 2nd day of freedom
(AFP
) - Jul 4, 11:31 am |
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