German troops sent to France in symbolic defence of the euro
German troops have been stationed in France as a gesture of unity between the two countries.
German combat troops were stationed today in France for the first time since the Nazi occupation during the second world war.
The force stationed outside Strasbourg was agreed by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel as a show of unity between the countries. The French defence minister, Alain Juppé, hailed the “highly symbolic” move as an end to “centuries of conflict”.
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Anthrax Polluted Heroin Alarms France
The French health ministry released an alert on Tuesday just after eight individuals died and seven became ill in two European countries through using heroin contaminated with anthrax.
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Tour de France 2010
The 2010 Tour will be launched from the south side of Rotterdam, for a prologue time-trial. The launching pad will actually be set up in Zuidplein, from where the riders will move north.
The choice of Rotterdam, a vast urban centre with one million two hundred thousand inhabitants, is directly in keeping with the special start of the Tour in London in 2007. The proposed project – “Rotterdam and the Tour, a new energy” – seduced us. It fits into an overall policy that aims to an even bigger place for the bicycle in the city’s heart, while leaning on the popularity of the biggest cycling race in the world, the Tour de France. From the banks of the Thames to the biggest port in Europe: the same desire, the same will.
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Bishop Denies Holocaust
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British Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson is clearly the most dangerously deluded man in the world. His denial of the Holocaust is at best naive – at worst it is the mind of a very sick individual.
In November 2008, he told Swedish television that he did not believe any Jews had died in gas chambers during the World War II.
Categories: News Tags: Auschwitz, Austria, gas chamber vents, gas chambers, Germany, Heinrich Himmler, poisonous gas, Poland, Richard Williamson, Rudolf Höß, Sobibor, Warsaw
French Financial Rescue Plan
The French plan to rescue the financial industry do not disrupt competition, says EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes .
The European Commission on Thursday cleared French and Dutch plans to preserve their lenders from the global credit squeeze.
Both were judged to be in line with EU rules on community aid and with guidelines reported by the European Union’s executive arm on 13 October.
These say that any rescue package should be limited in time and range and must not discriminate against foreign-based banks operating in that country.
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What are interesting smaller towns in eastern France and western Germany to explore?
I am planning a trip to France and Germany. Given their proximity, I'd like fly into Paris but check out smaller cities as we make our way from Paris into larger cities in Germany. Basically, I'm asking advice for places to stay along the way, be they charming, unique, have fantastic food, have an unbelieveable hotel or restaurant, anything.
Categories: Living in France, Sightseeing Tags: advice, charming, culture, fly, Germany, hotel, mix, proximity, pure, restaurant, smaller, trip