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| | France: Environmental Issues |
 | | France pledged to limit its carbon emissions to the 1990 level (which was 102 million metric tons) under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. | | | France's commitment to the use of nuclear power has allowed the country to keep a lid on its carbon emissions, since nuclear power emits no carbon or other greenhouse gases. | | | France has also run afoul of European regulators for noncompliance with the Surface Water Directive. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: France |
| | Philip IV laboured to increase the royal prerogative and thereby the national unity of France. | | | Philip IV and his successors may have had the illusion that they were taking the place of the German emperors in European affairs. | | | At the suggestion of Père Coton, confessor to Henry IV, the Jesuits followed in the wake of the colonists; they made Quebec the capital of all that country, and gave it a Frenchman, Mgr. |
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| | France |
| | France is the tenth-largest consumer of oil in the world, importing oil from Norway, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Britain; but the nuclear push has lowered the dependency on oil from 71% in 1973 to 37% in 2002. | | | Areva controls France's nuclear know-how, from uranium mining to reactor construction, from recycling nuclear waste to plant decontamination. | | | Chirac, desperate for cash, sold China every high technology he could sell, from planes to trains to satellites to nuclear plants, knowing well that China has the means to copy French technology and become a competitor of China. |
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http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/france.html
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| | France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The meaning "free" was lost, except in a few set phrases, such as port franc (i.e. | | | France is also a founding member of the United Nations. | | | France also has extensive river systems such as the Loire, the Rhône, the Garonne and the Seine. |
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| | France Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online |
| | The following maps were produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, unless otherwise indicated. | | | France 1921 From Putnam's Handy Volume Atlas of the World. | | | France 1328 From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1911. |
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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/france.html
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| | France |
| | Three Leading North American Companies Receive the 2006 French Life Science Award in Chicago; Eli Lilly, Cerenis Therapeutics and Stryker Honored for Significant Biopharmaceutical Investments in France. | | | France is about 80% the size of Texas. | | | France was then the most powerful nation in Europe, with a population of 15 million. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.html
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| | France current local time from WorldTimeServer.com |
| | Add a free analog clock for this location to your own blog or web site | | | A comprehensive list of other locations in addition to France is also available which you can view current time by country name or by city name. | | | Before making travel plans for a hotel or flight to Paris, France or placing a telephone call to France with a phone card or direct dial, or even with an online chat room, it can be useful to understand the difference between locations, so make sure you know the correct and current local time. |
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http://www.worldtimeserver.com/time.asp?locationid=FR
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| | France national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | France's most successful years were the late 1990s, the generation of Zidane and others. | | | Members of the 1998 World Cup-winning team are in bold. | | | The generation of Michel Platini and others came fourth in 1982, and third in 1986. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team
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| | France (10/05) |
| | France is a large producer of many agricultural products and is expanding its forestry and fishery industries. | | | With virtually no domestic oil production, France has relied heavily on the development of nuclear power, which now accounts for about 80% of the country's electricity production. | | | France is the world's second-largest agricultural producer, after the United States. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Country profiles Country profile: France |
| | France has produced some of the continent's most influential writers and thinkers from Descartes and Pascal in the 17th century, through Rousseau and Voltaire in the 18th, Baudelaire and Flaubert in the 19th to Sartre and Camus in the 20th. | | | France produces over 250 cheeses and some of the world's best loved wines. | | | France's long-established commercial radio stations, particularly RTL and Europe 1, still command large audiences. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/998481.stm
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- France |
| | It retains controlling stakes in several leading firms, including Air France, France Telecom, Renault, and Thales, and is dominant in some sectors, particularly power, public transport, and defense industries. | | | The government has partially or fully privatized many large companies, banks, and insurers. | | | France is in the midst of transition from a well-to-do modern economy that has featured extensive government ownership and intervention to one that relies more on market mechanisms. |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fr.html
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| | France News |
| | France puts smoking ban on the back burner | | | From Chicago to Atlanta, Dallas to Los Angeles, thousands of undocumented immigrants have held rallies urging Congress to pass immigration reform legislation. | | | In an attempt to boost employment, France had passed a law that would make it easier for employers to fire a worker during his first two years on the job. |
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http://www.topix.net/world/france
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| | cote d'azur tourism, holiday south of france, accommodation |
| | More flights and more perks from Air France | | | Get more service and more benefits when you fly Air France.... | | | A new guide in 2006 categorizes the wide variety of Châteaux and Hôtels de France accommodations. |
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| | France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com |
| | PARIS - More than 1 million people poured into the streets across France and strikers disrupted air, rail and bus travel Tuesday — even shutting down the Eiffel Tower — in the largest nationwide protest over a youth labor law. | | | Altogether more than 35 million people enjoy France's beaches in any given year! | | | The Hotel Brighton dates back to the end of the XIXth century.Its name originates from the warm friendship which was held between France and England during the reign of Queen Victoria. |
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| | France Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | Mid-July through to the end of August is when most city dwellers take their annual five weeks' vacation to the coasts and mountains, and the half-desolate cities tend to shut down a bit accordingly. | | | Check out what other travellers are saying about France. | | | When To Go Spring offers the best weather to visitors, with beach tourism picking up in May. Temperatures aren't too bad in autumn, although the short days mean limited sunlight and the cold starts to make itself felt towards the end of the season, even along the Côte d'Azur. |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/europe/france
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| | Technorati Tag: france |
| | I just read this post from a blogger who argues that France is the wicked country in Europe today because, “France gives reason to serious worries... | | | Find out why this beautiful historic country is the heart of Europe. | | | To contribute to this page, just post to your blog and include this code. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/france
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| | History of France |
| | Revisit the era of the "Lost Generation" in Hemingway's Paris. | | | It has, however, survived and emerged from the ruins of World War II to become an important world supplier of agricultural and industrial products and a major partner in the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (EC, or Common Market). | | | In addition, France has numerous small possessions called overseas territories. |
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| | Welcome to France in India Site |
| | How to obtain an internship in a French company. | | | Join us and get in touch with other students, trainees, and invitees to France. | | | Where ever you are, whatever you want, We bring France to your doorstep ! |
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http://www.france-in-india.org
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| | Ethnologue report for France |
| | Spoken along the border with Germany and Luxemburg in the Moselle Department, Thionville, France. | | | Total Basque speakers in France estimated at 80,000. | | | Lexical similarity 43% with American Sign Language in an 872-wordlist. |
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http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=France
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| | Real History and Holocaust debunkers |
| | Last year, a number of these groups pressured Yahoo France to bar the sale of Nazi memorabilia from its auction site. | | | More recently, an alliance of seven Jewish organizations sought to legally force French Internet providers to prevent users from accessing the American neo-Nazi Web portal front 14 org, which supplies links to over three hundred neo-Nazi and xenophobic Web sites. | | | The Jewish groups had filed a motion in a Paris court to force the editors of Quid to remove its reference to Faurisson from future editions. |
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| | France on 43 Places |
| | Keep track of the albums you're listening to on our new site, All Consuming! | | | If you can go to paris, send me message and i’ll tell you the good places to go out. | | | I went to France when I was a sophomore in high school (long time ago). |
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| | France |
| | note: on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in France at a fixed rate of 6.55957 French francs per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002 | | | Generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral | | | 14 July &; A National Holiday in France |
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http://www.kidskonnect.com/France/FranceHome.html
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| | Country Browser: France |
| | This area contains a list of interesting reports based around the 31569 titles in the IMDb from France (including international co-productions). | | | The form below allows you to search the database for titles from France only. | | | Visit the links in the left hand area of this page to access the different reports. |
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| | Find France search engines with Search Engine Colossus |
| | Find France search engines with Search Engine Colossus | | | Handy travel search engine, with travel directory, and friendly travel forums... | | | Panorama des webs et des lieux de France! |
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http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/France.html
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| | France |
| | Contact Summer in France Program, summerabroad@law.whittier.edu, or see their website | | | France law resource page with links to the France constitution, France government, France law firms, France law, France law schools, France bar association, France judiciary, France treaties, France foreign relations law, France intellectual property law, France legal research, France president, France e-commerce law, France legislature, and France law guide. | | | Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications." |
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| | Infobel World - Telephone Directories |
| | Find any business anywhere in Europe, on a comprehensive updated Business to Business page, in association with EuroPages. | | | Telephone Directories on the Web : Europe : France | | | This website includes comprehensive updated White and Yellow pages for all of France and reverse search capability. |
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http://www.infobel.com/teldir/teldir.asp?page=/eng/euro/fr
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| | Embassy of France in the US - France in the US- Customs |
| | World customs organization / Organisation mondiale des douanes Enter the European market | | | Mission of France To the UN American Embassy in Paris | | | Embassy of France in the US - France in the US- Customs |
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http://info-france-usa.org/intheus/customs/index.asp
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| | French Tourist Office for France tourism, travel & tours; Paris Provence Normandy Riviera Dordogne Champagne ... |
| | Museums of France (Le Louvre museum/Joconda/Mona Lisa, Orangerie/Monet museum,...) | | | Flying to France, traveling around France by rail/Eurorail, bus or car rental or limousine service; France and Paris hotel reservations/ booking; France and Paris sightseeing, day trips in France, Paris and around Paris; bus excursions and other tours in France, Paris and around Paris (Moulin Rouge, Lido,...) | | | Chateaux in France (Versailles, Loire Valley castles, Chambord, Talcy...) |
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| | France |
| | Enjoy a tour of the various regions of France, brought to you by the Embassy of France in Washington D.C. and the Internet Multicasting Service. | | | Many thanks to the French Government Tourist Office for rights to use artwork and text originally published in the 1994 France Discovery Guide. |
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