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Swiss to release Polanski as soon as bail posted
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities will release Roman Polanski into house arrest as soon as he posts $4.5 million bail while the film director fights extradition to face U.S. sentencing over a 1977 case of sex with a 13-year-old girl. Full Article
French aid staff seized in Central African Republic
(Updates with French government statement) By Sophie Hardach PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two French aid workers were kidnapped on Sunday evening in the northeast of the Central African Republic, the latest in a string of kidnappings in the region. They ... Full Article
French aid workers kidnapped in Central African Republic
PARIS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Two French aid workers were kidnapped on Sunday evening in the northeast of the Central African Republic, their organisation said on Monday. The two were seized in the town of Birao, Christian Lombard, co-director at French aid ... Full Article
Syria urges firm U.S. plan on Middle East peace
PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that U.S. President Barack Obama should come up with a firm plan of action to renew peace talks between Syria and Israel. In an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Friday, ... Full Article
Syria urges firm U.S. plan on Middle East peace
PARIS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that U.S. President Barack Obama should come up with a firm plan of action to renew peace talks between Syria and Israel. Full Article
France urges closer Europe-US talks on Afghanistan
PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Europe and the United States must work together much more closely on coordinating their operations in Afghanistan and plans for the country, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in remarks published on Friday. Kouchner ... Full Article
France captures 12 suspected Somali pirates
PARIS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The French navy captured 12 suspected pirates off the coasts of Somalia and the Seychelles on Thursday, an army spokesman said on Friday. The French frigate, Floreal, captured a mothership carrying arms, ammunition ... Full Article
France captures 12 suspected Somali pirates
PARIS (Reuters) - The French navy captured 12 suspected pirates off the coasts of Somalia and the Seychelles Thursday, an army spokesman said Friday, as part of Europe's anti-piracy mission in the area. Full Article
Swine flu skepticism demands deft response
LONDON (Reuters) - European scientists and health authorities are facing angry questions about why H1N1 flu has not caused death and destruction on the scale first feared, and they need to respond deftly to ensure public support. Full Article
Israel open to Syria talks as Palestinians balk
* Israel ready to talk to Syria if no preconditions * Assad in Paris after Netanyahu met Sarkozy there JERUSALEM, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Israel said on Thursday it was ready to talk peace with Syria, whose leader is visiting Paris on the heels of talks there ... Full Article
