Topic: France
A Eurolines bus from the Netherlands ran off a motorway in northern France Friday, leaving at least one person dead and three others seriously injured, rescue officials said.The bus was carrying 37 passengers of a dozen nationalities including Dutch, British and Chilean, ...
The father of a 33-year-old man of Moroccan descent who died while in police custody in France on Monday seized on President Nicolas Sarkozy's vacation in Morocco to appeal for justice for his son.Mohammed Tais asked in a letter sent to Sarkozy ...
Embryonic stem cells, which can turn into a variety of cells in the body, can produce temporary skin that could help burn victims while they're waiting for skin grafts, new research from France suggests.. The findings, reported in the Nov. 20 issue ...
SWINE flu and hospital superbugs may have a common weapon: the dirty hands of doctors and nurses that act as germ "superspreaders". Didier Guillemot of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, and colleagues created a mathematical model of a hypothetical intensive care ...
Stade Francais outside-half Lionel Beauxis is a doubt for France's autumn Test matches after hurting his hand against Perpignan on Saturday, source from his club revealed on Monday.The 24-year-old sustained an injury to his right hand during Stade's 20-14 defeat to Perpignan ...
At least 46 people were injured Friday when an explosion rocked a foundry in northern France during a demonstration for visiting members of the public, firefighters said.The blast took place at a bell-making foundry in Villedieu-les-Poele, a town in Normandy, at the ...
Defending champion Ana Ivanovic reached the French Open second round on Sunday with a battling 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 win over Italy's Sara Errani.The 21-year-old, eighth seeded Serbian, who came into Roland Garros nursing a knee injury, will play either Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn ...
French champions Toulouse rebounded from two successive defeats to record a 13-6 victory over relegation-threatened Bourgoin on Saturday in a match which marked the last on home turf for Toulouse icon Fabien Pelous.The former France captain, who guided his side to the ...
A group of pupils and teachers had a lucky escape after avoiding serious injury when their coach overturned in France.. The accident happened near to Calais at about 5am on Saturday as the party, from St Helena secondary school, in Colchester, Essex, ...
A group of pupils and teachers had a lucky escape after avoiding serious injury when their coach overturned in France.. The accident happened near to Calais at about 5am on Saturday as the party, from St Helena secondary school, in Colchester, Essex, ...