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U.S. involved in botched French raid

U.S. troops lent "limited technical support" in France's bloody and unsuccessful bid in Somalia to rescue an intelligence agent who'd been held hostage for years, President Barack Obama said Sunday.

 

Snigdha Nandipati wins National Spelling Bee

Snigdha Nandipati

Snigdha Nadipati of San Diego clinched the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee title with the French word guetapens.

 

French quadruple amputee swims across English Channel

French quadruple amputee swims across English Channel

A Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated swam across the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached ...

 

AXA Asia Pacific Rejects Bid

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings rejected cash and equity takeover proposal worth $10.1 billion that would see its French parent AXA and rival Australian wealth management firm AMP split the business in two.

 

Babies are found to cry in their mother's tongue

Babies are found to cry in their mother's tongue

Just days after birth, German and French infants' wails mimicked the patterns of their languages.

 

French tourists ranked as world’s worst

French tourists ranked as world’s worst

French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world.

 

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