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Fincantieri to build fourth cruise ship for France's Compagnie du Ponant

2013-07-18 01:00:00| Ship Technology

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has secured a contract from the French cruise line Compagnie du Ponant to build a luxury cruise ship.

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France's top court to review law banning shale gas fracking

2013-07-12 19:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: France's top court said it would examine a challenge to a law that bans hydraulic fracturing, the drilling technique used to produce shale gas and oil. U.S. firm Schuepbach Energy, which held two exploration permits that were canceled in 2011, has contested the law. The Constitutional Council, made up of judges and former French presidents, has the power to annul laws if they are deemed to be unconstitutional. "It is now up to the Constitutional Council to decide whether the law is constitutional,...

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Frances Nixes '3 Strikes' Law for Copyright Infringers

2013-07-11 00:29:00| TechNewsWorld

France has abandoned a law that called for copyright infringers' Internet connections to be cut off upon a third offense. The law stipulated that letters be sent the first and second time people illicitly downloaded copyrighted material; the third time around, an offender's Web would be disconnected. The change of heart reflects a shift in focus, according to a French spokesperson.

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Trade union outrage over Air France's VIP treatment for Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

2013-07-05 03:07:29| Airlines - Topix.net

Anne Penketh is a freelance journalist and columnist based in Paris. She was posted to Moscow, Paris and New York for AFP news agency before joining The Independent, where she was Diplomatic Editor until 2009.

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