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Boston Hospital Performs Second Full Face Transplant

BOSTON -- Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed the nation's second full-face transplant, less than a month after the first. A team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked for more than 14 hours last week to replace the full facial area of 30-year-old Mitch Hunter, of...

University Prof Calls for Congressional UFO Hearing

Congress has a full plate of hearings coming up. Everything from medical liability reform, creating and promoting jobs and investigating Internet child pornography to assessing China's behavior and making immigration work for American minorities. Do you think the House or Senate will have any extra time to discuss UFOs?...

US to Give Libyan Rebels Non-Lethal Aid

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration plans to give the Libyan opposition $25 million in non-lethal assistance in the first direct U.S. aid to the rebels after weeks of assessing their capabilities and intentions, officials said Wednesday. Amid a debate over whether to offer the rebels broader assistance, including cash...

France Vows to Step Up Airstrikes on Gadhafi's Forces

PARIS -- France vowed Wednesday to step up airstrikes on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces and acknowledged that it has military officers already working with Libyan rebels on the ground. Italy joined Britain in announcing their commitment of military instructors to train the rebels, who have failed to rout Moammar...

France to Italy: We Don't Want Your Tunisian Immigrants

MENTON, France -- Simmering tensions between Italy and France over the influx of thousands of Tunisian immigrants reached the boiling point after French riot police blocked trains carrying North Africans bound for the French Riviera from southern Italy. More than 20,000 Tunisian immigrants have arrived in Italy since the...

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'The Intouchables' Directors: Racist Criticisms 'So Dumb'

Already a massive success in its native France, where it became the second-highest grossing French film of all-time, The Intouchables is finally making its way across the Atlantic.

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Paris, City of Love...or Censorship?

The French aren't exactly known for their modesty.

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Luka Rocco Magnotta Manhunt: French Police 'Sure' Accused In Body Parts Case In France

French police say they're actively searching for a Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering his victim before sending out body parts in the mail.

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France opposes payout for ex-Air France-KLM CEO

PARIS -France's new Socialist government says it opposes a (EURO)400,000 ($500,920) payout for Air France-KLM's former CEO, part of its push to rein executive salaries at state-owned companies.

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Thomson's 5.3-inch X-view 2 brings its dual-SIM capabilities, Android 4.0 to la France

Last we heard, Thomsom had its PoMMeS IPTV tablet land at the rigorous FCC offices -- oh, and how could we forget that perky V888 slider from a few years back.

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06/02/12 Seriously, What's Up With All The Zombie Cannibals? Source: DrJays.com Blog Earlier in the week, I wrote about the impending zombie apocalypse and the man in Miami shot dead while chewing off another man's face- but the week's cannibal and zombie related news has only gotten weirder and more disturbing since then.
06/02/12 EU nations could restore border checks in visa-free... Source: EUbusiness - UK European countries in the visa-free Schengen area may be allowed to restore border controls for up to a year under "exceptional circumstances" in proposals to be put to ministers this week.
06/02/12 France's president says only way to end violence in... Source: Whistler and Pemberton Question France's president said Friday that only the departure of Bashar Assad would end the violence in Syria, saying his regime had acted in an "intolerable way."
06/02/12 Absinthe-minded: GHS grad explores mystique of 'Green... Source: Greenwich Citizen - Greenwich CT "After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were.
06/02/12 Euro 2012 preview: France's high hopes Source: FOX Sports It used to be easy to assess the French.

Background on france

France ( or ; ), officially the French Republic ( ), is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans.

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