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Well it would seem that Sarkozy is set to move to London. It is said that he is trying to escape higher taxes. Though with all the trouble he has been in it seems more like he is running from the legal trouble he is headed towards and not the taxes...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/11/world/africa/mali-france/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 Talk about a free for all, nationalists, Islamists and Milanese/French all trying to kill each other. Well, here's hopping for a French victory.

When welfare can remove the incentive to work. I think there are various shades of gray from the point where welfare helps to where it hurts. This might be an example of where it hurts. This is also where something like Milton Friedman's negative income tax would not run into this issue...

Fire crews have been rushed to a nuclear reactor in northern France after an escape of smoke but the energy company EDF says the site is secure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17630358 I like nuclear less as time goes on. It is just too much to clean up when something "really" goes...

Iran has stopped oil sales to France and UK in protest on economic sanctions placed the EU on them for the developing nuclear program. The move comes as UN officials go to Tehran to discuss the program. It is largely a symbolic move as the UK and France don't buy much Iranian oil...

Looks as though Belgium is following in the footsteps of France with banning burqas in public, also for security reasons. Muslim women in Belgium are quite upset with this. Perhaps the Government has a good point in banning this? YahooNews

France announced today that it would contribute 80 troops to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The news came as a disappoint to some countries, namely the US, which expected around 1000. France was expected to contribute more in light of troop removals from Kosovo, but French President Nicholas...

What are the reasons you think for Air France Flight 447 "crash"? I think it was nixed by a thunder bolt when it was flying in an electric storm. It nixed all the electronics of the plane and disintegrated before it hit the ocean. This is an up to date news story...