Frightful wedding night Oct 23, 2009
Her single mom, played by the director, is marrying off her daughter to an older, wealthy doctor, who has an uncanny resemblance to Charles de Gaulle ... Her single mom, played by the director, is marrying off her daughter to an older, wealthy doctor, who has an uncanny resemblance to Charles de Gaulle. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
FedEx completes France, Mexico expansions Oct 17, 2009
FedEx Express has completed the expansion of its European Hub at Charles de Gaulle in Paris, France, and its bonded warehouse at Guadalajara International Airport in Jalisco, Mexico ... FedEx Express hub at Charles de Gaulle has been in operation for 10 years and package flows have nearly doubled since it opened in 1999. (Memphis Business Journal, TN)
Unsolved Mystery in Paris Resurfaces After 44 Years Oct 15, 2009
The disappearance was investigated in apparent earnestness under then-President Charles de Gaulle. In 1967, two French police officers were convicted and sentenced to eight and six years in prison for their roles in the kidnapping. (Fox News)
International travel down in U.S. Oct 14, 2009
In June, Delta Airlines began nonstop service from Pittsburgh International Airport to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, a move , who had long bemoaned the lack of international flight access from Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh-to Paris flight has been unaffected by a earlier this year. (Pittsburgh Business Times, PA)
Zelizer: Obama should listen to Biden Sep 30, 2009
As the historian Fredrik Logevall has documented in his "Choosing War," there were several prominent international leaders, such as France's Charles de Gaulle, who called for the U.S. to avoid sending forces into the region and embrace a policy of neutralization, which would attempt to negotiate an agreement to preserve the status quo of a country divided into communist and non-communist sections. There were also secret memoranda from officials within the administration, including Secretary of... (CNN -- US)
Pilot Missing After Two French Military Jets Crash Sep 25, 2009
The Rafale jets took off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and crashed into the sea east of the French city of Perpignan. Rafale jets, made by France's Dassault Aviation, have never had a foreign buyer, but they are being considered for a deal with Brazil. (Fox News)
In Vacanza: The Dish goes abroad, Part one Sep 23, 2009
I had changed planes in Paris, so I'd just been through the wringer that is Charles De Gaulle, with its incessant corralling of your person, through security port after security port, onto escalators and busses, around bend after bend that eternally promise your gate, but never seem to deliver - an exhausting, alienating procedure. But once in Turin, I found an empty airport with long, barren hallways, where I followed green arrows that protracted along the floor to the exit. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Week in pictures Sep 22, 2009
French Customs Director Jerome Fournel shows off a lizard known as the Saharan spiny-tailed lizard on Thursday after it was seized at Charles de Gaulle airport with other animals in freight coming in from Niger. Inter Milans Cameroonian footballer Samuel Etoo celebrates after scoring during a match against Parma on Sunday. (BBC News -- Africa)
Fathia : The Rock Of The Nkrumah Family Sep 21, 2009
She mingled with African and world leaders, playing hostess to Charles de Gaulle, Haile Sellassie, Chou En-Lai and Nikita Khruschev. She had the honour of being the only Egyptian woman to dance with the Duke of Edinburgh when he accompanied Queen Elizabeth II on an official visit to Ghana in 1962. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
French general gets Nato command Sep 11, 2009
The late French President Charles de Gaulle had pulled France out in 1966. Gen Abrial will oversee Nato military reforms at his Norfolk naval base HQ.. (BBC News -- Europe)
Sarkozy is short Sep 11, 2009
In this sense he even towers over Charles de Gaulle. . (Harper's Magazine)
French leader using short people as props? Sep 9, 2009
Charles de Gaulle had to struggle to find a bed that would fit his 6-foot-5-inch frame when he was on the road, and Francois Mitterrand had a complex about looking small next to the 6-foot-4-inch German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, according to Jean-Pierre Friedman, the author of books on Sarkozy and the psychology of leaders. Questions have swirled about the exact heights of Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev, and whether they try to appear taller than they are. (MSNBC -- International)
Warsaw: City of tarts & polonaise Sep 3, 2009
I would any day settle for a pqczki, the doughnut of Blikle confectionary that Charles De Gaulle feasted on during the military mission after World War I.. But in Warsaw I certainly was shunning all sin, all peccadilloes. (India Times)
George Will: Ramping up in Afghanistan? Instead, it's time U.S. got out Sep 1, 2009
George Will: Ramping up in Afghanistan. California Credit Union League. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Search for Air France 'black box' ends Aug 21, 2009
Flight 447 went down June 1 in the Atlantic Ocean in stormy weather as it flew from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Charles de Gaulle airport here, killing all 228 people on board. BEA said in a statement that the second phase of the search for the wreckage and the data and voice recorders from the plane "has just been completed.". (CNN -- World)
Recipients of France\'s National Order of the Legion of Honor are (from left) Sherman Strasser, from St. Joseph, Robert Jackson, from Buchanan, Vaughn Rebbeck, from Michigan City, Ind., and Glen Edquist, from Niles. The medals were presented Thursday at the Niles Public Library. Don Campbell / H-P staff Aug 2, 2009
"The French Consul General in Chicago, Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere, was on hand to present the men with the Legion of Honor,The National Order of the Legion of Honor was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte and then reinstituted in 1962 by General Charles de Gaulle. It is the highest honor the French government can bestow."In my view, the significance of the ceremony is two-fold," de Boissiere said. "We want to express our thanks and gratitude to the United States. Without United States... (The Herald-Palladium)
A Lesson From de Gaulle Jul 31, 2009
finds an example of real "change" in Charles de Gaulle's foreign policy ... WHEN FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE took steps to terminate the 20-year French alliance with Israel in the aftermath of its military victory in the 1967 Six-Day War, his decision sent shockwaves around the world. (The American Conservative)
Never mind the policies, just admire the six-pack Jul 31, 2009
Contrast that with the last French president but one, Francois Mitterrand, who could no more have gone jogging in public than president Charles de Gaulle could have taken up bungee jumping. He wanted rightly to be judged on his policies, not his six-pack. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
French general takes over NATO command in Virginia Jul 30, 2009
In 1966, French President Charles de Gaulle abruptly pulled his country out of the NATO command and evicted all allied troops and bases, including its military headquarters, in an effort to assert France's sovereignty over its own territory. Although France remained a NATO member, it stayed outside the alliance's decision-making core. (North County Times)
Airport Check-in Jul 28, 2009
Part of boarding terminal 2G at Charles de Gaulle airport, on Sept. 3 last year, the first operating day of the new terminal. By Roger Yu, USA TODAY Paris' Charles de Gaulle is the worst airport to sleep in, while Singapore's Changi is the best, according to a survey of more than 6,000 travelers by travel website Sleepinginairports. (USA Today -- Money)
Soprano family values Jul 22, 2009
Paris' Charles de Gaulle, Moscow's Sheremetyevo and New York's own JFK are bad places to get stranded overnight. Search by Artist or Event. (Yahoo News -- The Sopranos)
The best, worst airports for shut-eye Jul 21, 2009
Avoid Paris' Charles de Gaulle at all costs, but embrace Singapore's Changi, according to a survey that rated the world's 10 worst, and best, airports to sleep in ... Charles de Gaulle was voted the absolute worst, followed by Sheremetyevo in Moscow, which one traveler called "hell on earth." In the third and fourth spots were New York's JFK and Los Angeles' LAX, while India's Delhi airport rounded off the top five worst airports. (MSNBC -- Travel)
What makes this Bastille Day different? Jul 15, 2009
Critics said the programs were proof positive that Sarkozy cravenly controls the French news media more than former President Charles de Gaulle did. Socialist spokesman Benoit Hamon called it a "hagiography worthy of a banana republic. Democratic debate was totally abandoned in favor of political propaganda," in a by Charles Bremner. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Two Cheers for France Jul 15, 2009
Charles de Gaulle once griped about having to govern a country that manufactured a couple hundred different kinds of cheeses; France doesn't have quite that many types of wines, but its viticultural diversity is remarkable all the same. Champagne, Chablis, Chinon, Chteauneuf-du-Pape, Condrieu, Cornas, Cahors; this short list contains an astonishing array of wines, from taut, mineral-driven whites to effusive, sun-splashed redsand these are just a handful of appellations whose names happen... (Slate)
Search for 'black boxes' enters new phase Jul 14, 2009
Flight 447 went down in stormy weather while flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. Brazil called off the search for bodies June 27, having found 51 of the 228 people who died, according to the military. (CNN -- World)
Jackie’s outfit on view at JFK Library Jul 7, 2009
Jackie s outfit on view at JFK Library - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
Books for cooks Jul 6, 2009
Now 73, Jacques Ppin was once the personal chef to French president General Charles de Gaulle, but declined a similar position at the White House under the Kennedy administration after he immigrated to the United States. Having already written 21 cookbooks by 2003, Ppin hadnt intended on including any recipes in The Apprentice, but he later agreed to do a recipe per chapter to exemplify the various periods in his life. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Yemeni official: flights to Comoros to continue Jul 5, 2009
A Yemenia airlines Airbus 310-300 taxis on the tarmac of Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris in this July 27, 2002 file photo ... Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer? Jul 4, 2009
Following the crash, their protests of what they call Yemenia's reckless practices disrupted the airline's flights from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport and forced it to discontinue its flights from Marseille. "This accident was inevitable, because these planes don't respect international standards," says Farid Soilihi, president of the Marseille-based SOS Voyages To Comoros association, which was formed in 2008 to protest Yemenia's service. (Time.com)
Air crash survivor back in France Jul 3, 2009
There were also protests at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. The EU and France have both said they highlighted safety concerns over Yemenia planes and that the jet that crashed had not flown into EU airspace since 2007. (BBC News -- Africa)
France extends search for Air France black box Jul 3, 2009
France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau speaks with the media as he leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 30, 2009. (REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Files). (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Today in History Jul 3, 2009
- 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle proclaimed Algeria an independent nation. (Algeria recognizes July 5 as its independence day. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Teen 'clung to wreckage' Jul 2, 2009
Some Comorans staged a protest at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday delaying a Yemenia flight for 40 minutes to highlight what they called poor safety conditions on the planes. Around 100 protestors forced two Marseille travel agents selling Yemenia tickets to shut down on Wednesday. (iAfrica.com)
France reverses 'black box' claim Jul 2, 2009
Several Comoran expatriates angry with what they see as the poor state of the company's aircraft tried to stop passengers from checking in for another Yemenia flight leaving Paris Charles de Gaulle airport for Sanaa. About 60 people failed to check in, reports said, but it was not clear how many did so as a result of the protest. (BBC News -- Africa)
Black box of crashed Yemeni plane located Jul 2, 2009
A Yemenia airlines Airbus 310-300 taxis on the tarmac of Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris in this July 27, 2002 file photo ... France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau (L) speaks to the media as he leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 30, 2009 ... Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Teen survivor of Comoros air crash clung to debris Jul 2, 2009
Baya Bakari is seen here in a hospital bed. The the could barely swim and held on to a piece of debris for 13 hours, as French authorities said one of the plane's black boxes had been found. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Young survivor of Comoros crash heading to Paris Jul 2, 2009
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Survivor speaks of Yemenia crash Jul 2, 2009
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Child may be the only survivor of plane crash Jul 1, 2009
a relative cries while waiting for news in the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday ... The flight began its first leg at Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday when an Airbus A330-200 aircraft flew to Marseilles, home to an 80,000-plus Comoran community. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Plane crashes in Indian Ocean with 150 people on board Jul 1, 2009
The flight, Yemenia Flight 626, started at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on Monday when an Airbus A330-200 aircraft flew to the southern French city of Marseille and then on to Sanaa in Yemen. At Sanaa, passengers changed to an Airbus 310 and departed for Moroni via Djibouti. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Jet crash: teenage girl found alive Jul 1, 2009
"From Paris to San'a everything is fine, by the book. But from San'a to Moroni, they board you like you were getting into a minibus in the bush; no one has assigned seats, it's first come, first serve,'' said Mouijui Abdou, a Comoran who went to Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport following news of the crash. 1 Today in World Story Tools Latest World News Video Obama: Pullback a step forward US President Barack Obama declares 'Iraq's future is in the hands of its own people.' More videos: Readers'... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Child survives Comoros Islands air crash Jul 1, 2009
The passengers began their flight at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday, when an Airbus A330-200 took them to the southern French city of Marseille, home to a Comoran community of more than 80,000. It then flew on to the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, where passengers changed to the Airbus 310 that was scheduled to land in Moroni via Djibouti. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Yemeni Airbus jet crash: black box found, teenage girl rescued Jul 1, 2009
Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis centre in Marseille. July 1, 2009 - 5:17PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
* Yemeni plane crashes in ocean Jul 1, 2009
French TV showed pictures of friends and relatives of the passengers weeping at Pariss Charles de Gaulle airport, many of them railing at the airline. Airbus said it was dispatching a team of investigators to the Comoros. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Yemen Plane Crashes Into Indian Ocean With 153 Aboard; One Survivor Found Jul 1, 2009
It would be as if there were two accidents with Clios and we withdrew all Clios from the road, Bussereau said in remarks televised from Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, referring to the model from carmaker Renault SA.. Yemenia runs four A310-300 that are leased, according to the Arab Air Carriers Organization. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Child Survives Deadly Jet Crash Jul 1, 2009
A crisis area has been set up at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris to help relatives of the. "Everyone knows each other. Everyone has got someone on this flight he knows," a man at the airport told French reporters. (ABC News)
Safety 'faults' in jet draw scrutiny Jul 1, 2009
Relatives and friends of passengers on board the Airbus A310-300 flight from Yemen arrive at a crisis center on Tuesday at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris. VIDEO: PLANE CRASH. (USA Today)
Comorians protest, plane crash search resumes Jul 1, 2009
A relative of passengers of the Airbus A310-300 flight from Yemen speaks with the media as he arrives at a crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009 ... As a flotilla of boats took to sea off the main Grande Comore island at first light, angry Comoran expatriates tried to block passengers from checking into another flight from Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to Yemen, the airports authority said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
Sarkozy expresses condolences to air crash victims Jul 1, 2009
Some relatives of the French passengers on board the plane are waiting anxiously at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, where a crisis center has been set up. The airport is in order but an obvious atmosphere of sadness can be felt, and many relatives are still hoping for finding survivors. (Xinhuanet, China)
Child found alive from crashed Yemen airliner Jul 1, 2009
Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009 ... France's Transport Minister Dominique Bussereau (L) speaks to the media as he leaves the crisis centre at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris June 30, 2009 ... Relatives and friends of passengers aboard the Airbus flight A310-300 from Yemen arrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, June 30, 2009. (Xinhuanet, China)
Girl survives crash of Yemeni plane Jul 1, 2009
A crisis center was set up at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Many passengers were from the French city of Marseille, home to around 80,000 immigrant Comorans, more even than Comoros' capital of Moroni. (AZCentral -- News)
Air France: Missing plane probably... Jun 30, 2009
"This is a catastrophe the likes of which has never seen before," he said at Charles de Gaulle International Airport, where he met with relatives of the missing ... It lost contact with air traffic control between Galeao International Airport in Rio de Janeiro and Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, the airline said Monday. (CNN -- Law)
Yemen airliner crashes off Comoros with 153 aboard Jun 30, 2009
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Airliner crashes in Indian Ocean Jun 30, 2009
Relatives and friends of passengers aboard a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed in the Indian Oceanarrive at a crisis center at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, France, on Tuesday ... In Paris, a crisis cell was set up at Charles de Gaulle airport. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
DPM in Paris for working visit Jun 29, 2009
Flight MH20 carrying the Malaysian delegation touched down at the Charles De Gaulle International Airport at 6:40am (12:40pm Malaysian time). Muhyiddin and his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman were received by Malaysian Ambassador to France Datuk S. Thanarajasingam and other senior officials. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Hezbollah keeps its eye on the ball Jun 27, 2009
DAMASCUS - Many years ago, French president Charles de Gaulle said, "France has no friends; only interests." These words came to mind as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently met with anti-Syrian Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a man who has loudly been critical of Hezbollah, for the first time in three years. Meeting with Jumblatt, head of the Socialist Cooperative Party, raised eyebrows in Lebanon on whether the leader of Hezbollah had changed after the June 7 elections. (Asia Times Online)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers arrested after scuffle Jun 26, 2009
According to Agence France-Presse, the 31-year-old star of The Tudors was involved in a drunken scuffle when the staff at Le Quotidien bar in terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle airport refused to serve him. A witness told Britains The Daily Telegraph that Rhys Meyers threatened the staff at the airport bar. (MSNBC -- News)
'Tudors' star in punch-up Jun 25, 2009
The 31-year-old actor, who in 2007 was arrested and charged with being drunk and disorderly at Dublin airport, was detained on Saturday after the altercation at "Le Quotidien" bar in terminal 2F at Charles de Gaulle airport, the sources said. He has been ordered to appear in court in a Paris suburb in September on charges of "willful violence, outrage, hitting and threatening death," a judicial source said. (iAfrica.com)
Indoor Family Fun Jun 23, 2009
The well known person could be from the past or present, could be an actor (eg Hugh Grant, Paul Newman, Helen Mirren), sports men or women (David Beckham, Stefie Graff), TV personalities (Michael Parkinson, David Letterman), politicians (Tony Blair, Margret Thatcher, Charles de Gaulle) or historial figures (Aristotle, Genghis Khan, Captain Cook). Some more suggestions - Charles Dickens, Pavarotti, Agatha Christie, Al Capone. (Suite101.com)
Disney sets out to make 'The Passion for kids' Jun 21, 2009
If Charles de Gaulle wondered how anyone could govern a nation with 246 different cheeses, consider the frustration of Indian Railways in defining a good mutton curry or chicken biryani in a country where the cuisine changes every few stations. After a long search, Indian Railways has published a recipe book of the definitive curries. (Yahoo News -- 'The Passion of the Christ')
France in Africa: Burying Mr Bongo Jun 20, 2009
Indeed, Charles de Gaulle and his Monsieur Afrique , Jacques Foccart, installed Mr Bongo himself in 1967. In Paris this week Mr Kouchner vowed that fran;afrique is finished. (The Economist)
When a pilot dies mid-flight Jun 19, 2009
net, here is (registration F-GZCP), taken at Charles de Gaulle airport on the morning of May 31. It would later depart for Rio de Janeiro, with a scheduled return to Paris in the evening, as Flight 447. (Salon)
Gabon leader's death revives debate over France's cozy ties with former colonies Jun 18, 2009
Bongo was France's last old-style dictator-patriarch in Africa, a French ally and broker helped into office by Charles de Gaulle in 1967. He died in a Barcelona hospital last week. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
France to pay nuclear compensation Jun 16, 2009
This was the moment France obtained its nuclear deterrent, to the great joy of the president of the time, Charles de Gaulle. But the test programme it launched also exposed participants and local populations to potentially lethal radiation. (BBC News -- Europe)
Debris 'not from Air France jet' Jun 5, 2009
In Paris, Air France Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon and Chairman Jean-Cyril Spinetta briefed passengers' relatives in a hotel near Charles de Gaulle airport where they have been waiting for news. Mr Gourgeon said the Airbus A330 jet, which was carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, broke apart either in the air or when it hit the sea. (BBC News -- Europe)
