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Culture France Photos Social Teenagers | The Guardian
Bonjour binge drinking
The French are famous for their sophisticated cafe culture and sensible approach to drinking. So why have their teenagers suddenly developed a taste for British-style boozing? Jon Henley reports | Caf... (photo: WN ) | |
 The Star
West slams Russia's move on Georgian regions
| PARIS (Reuters) - Western powers united on Tuesday in condemning Russia's recognition of two rebel regions of Georgia as independent states, sharpening a diplomatic standoff between former Cold War ... (photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky)
Georgia Independence Military Photos Russia |
 The Australian
Russia recognises restive regions
| MOSCOW: Russia last night formally recognised Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states in a startling new challenge to the West. | President Dmitry Medvedev announc... (photo: AP / Vladimir Popov)
Abkhazia Georgia Photos Russia S Ossetia |
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 The Press Democrat
Dollar, gold rise in Europe
| The euro traded at $1.4625, down from $1.4756 late Monday in New York. Later, in Tuesday afternoon trading in New York, the euro fetched $1.4626. | Other dollar rates i... (photo: WN)
Dollar Economy Euro Gold Photos |
 BBC News
US anger at Russian Georgia vote
| US President George W Bush has urged Russia not to recognise Georgia's two breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. | Mr Bush's comments c... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
Democracy Georgia Photos Russia US War |
 Lexington Herald-Leader
French police find bodies of 8 missing climbers
| CHAMONIX, France -- | French police found the bodies of eight climbers Monday after they went missing in an avalanche near Mont Blanc, western Europe's highest peak, of... (photo: GFDL / Tinelot Wittermans)
Avalance Disasters France Photos Police |
 CNN
Search for missing Alpine climbers halted
| CHAMONIX, France (AP) -- Alpine rescue squads have been unable to find the bodies of eight climbers presumed dead a day after an avalanche near Mont Blanc. | The office... (photo: AP / fls/Keystone/Arno Balzarini)
Avalanche France Mountaineer Photos Rescue |
