France happy with World Cup draw
France players welcomed a favorable World Cup draw Friday for their team, which was not seeded but avoided tough opponents for its group matches at next year's tournament. France, which won...
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Fri Dec 04 12:12:32 PST 2009
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Germany's Bierhoff glad to avoid France, Portugal
Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff admitted Friday he was relieved his side had avoided both European giants France and Portugal in their group stage draw for the 2010 World Cup finals.
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Fri Dec 04 11:51:43 PST 2009
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Afghanistan: France and Germany are urged to pull their weight
... the Foreign Secretary said. Mr Miliband's message was a coded call for major Nato allies such as Germany and France to pull their weight. So far, they have resisted committing addition...
Scotsman.com,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:21:53 GMT
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France coach says facing hosts will not be easy
France coach Raymond Domenech said on Friday that playing against hosts South Africa in next year's World Cup finals would not be easy.
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Fri Dec 04 11:12:32 PST 2009
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United States vs. England in World Cup opener
... on June 11 in Johannesburg at Soccer City, which also is where the final will be played July 11. El Tri then plays France, which qualified with the help of Thierry Henry's hand ball ag...
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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:20:27 GMT
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France drawn with hosts South Africa in World Cup finals
France, the 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up, were drawn in the same group as hosts South Africa in the draw for the 2010 World Cup finals on Friday.
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Fri Dec 04 10:41:03 PST 2009
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World Cup anything but predictable
... has provided some fascinating group games. Few tears would be shed if the French made an early exit back to Paris. France and Uruguay promises to be a clash of styles. The only slickne...
Slam Sports,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:20:15 GMT
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Mexico Get South Africa, France, Uruguay
Mexico will open the World Cup against the host South Africans, on June 11 in Johannesburg, and will also play France and Uruguay in the World Cup.
Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports,
Fri Dec 04 10:12:12 PST 2009
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Overview of the FIFA World Cup draw
... World Cup draw, there are already some big-time winners and big-time losers. Group A proves that cheaters do prosper. France qualified by eliminating Ireland on a Thierry Henry, gets r...
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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:20:15 GMT
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South Africa drawn with France at 2010 World Cup finals
Hosts South Africa were drawn alongside 1998 champions and 2006 runners-up France in the group stages of the 2010 World Cup.
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Fri Dec 04 10:31:30 PST 2009
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Federal employee caught filing claims for pet
... account of the incident on its website under the category of 'disclosure of wrongdoings in the workplace.' However, France Langlois, media relations manager for public works said the d...
Slam Sports,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:19:29 GMT
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France happy with World Cup draw
France players welcomed a favorable World Cup draw Friday for their team, which was not seeded but avoided tough opponents for its group matches at next year's tournament. France, which won...
Fox Sports,
Fri Dec 04 14:07:34 PST 2009
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Analysis: Spain, England, US winners in WCup draw
... something you have to prove on the pitch." Consider, however, that Spain could have drawn 1998 World Cup champion France, the United States or Mexico. Spain's bigger challenge will lik...
Sacramento Bee,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:18:55 GMT
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Germany, France Face Pressure; NATO Adds 7,000 Troops (Update4)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pressure mounted on Germany and France to send more troops to Afghanistan after other NATO allies offered 7,000 reinforcements in response to President Barack Obama
Bloomberg,
Fri Dec 04 09:21:04 PST 2009
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Impressionists: The avant gardeners
... A close friend of Monet, he was inspired by growing up in a grand house and gardens in Montpellier, in the south of France. He was killed in 1871 at the end of the Franco-Prussian War,...
Scotsman.com Living,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:17:41 GMT
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Brian France needs to answer tough questions
NASCAR has problems. Everyone from Brian France on down knows it. The real challenge? Finding a solution, Lee Spencer says.
Fox Sports,
Fri Dec 04 07:32:10 PST 2009
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How to be a wine expert
... Along with Cahors (six lines down), one of the never-legendary but often-wonderful low-glamour wines of south-west France. Pretty deep colour, hefty weight, and high-ish tannin levels ...
The Independent,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:15:45 GMT
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Germany, France Face Pressure on Afghan Troop Boost (Update2)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Pressure mounted on Germany and France to send more troops to Afghanistan after other NATO allies stepped up deployments in response to President Barack Obama
Bloomberg,
Fri Dec 04 06:38:45 PST 2009
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Ardiles: Diego will be "pretty happy" with draw
... who represented his country at both the 1978 and 1982 finals, was pleased to see Argentina avoid the unseeded France or Portugal, but admits it is difficult to predict how Maradona's s...
ESPN,
Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:15:03 GMT
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Talks between UK and France off
A scheduled meeting between the UK and France, which may have addressed the EU banking regulation dispute, is off.
BBC News,
Fri Dec 04 02:29:55 PST 2009
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