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Tour de France: Wheels on fire as five go for glory in greatest Tour of all
They have pedalled 1,730 miles and spent 16 days in the saddle and still the tension remains at boiling point in the Tour de France after yesterday's gruelling mountain stage saw the five race favourites expend a lot of effort to little long-term effect. Never before have so many riders been in with a chance of winning one of the world's great sporting events, which is the ultimate test of a cyclist's endurance.
The Independent – Jul 22, 2008 11:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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They have pedalled 1,730 miles and spent 16 days in the saddle and still the tension remains at boiling point in the Tour de France after yesterday's gruelling mountain stage saw the five race favourites expend a lot of effort to little long-term effect. Never before have so many riders been in with a chance of winning one of the world's great sporting events, which is the ultimate test of a cyclist's endurance.
The Independent – Jul 22, 2008 11:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Bans lifted after nuclear site spill
Authorities in southern France say they are lifting a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.
MSNBC.com – Jul 22, 2008 10:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Authorities in southern France say they are lifting a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.
MSNBC.com – Jul 22, 2008 10:34 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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France lifts water ban from spill at nuclear site
AP - Authorities in southern France have lifted a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.
Yahoo! – Jul 22, 2008 10:24 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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AP - Authorities in southern France have lifted a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.
Yahoo! – Jul 22, 2008 10:24 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Schleck holds jersey, France's Dessel wins 16th stage
French rider Cyril Dessel won Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, and Frank Schleck of Luxembourg retained the yellow ...
USA Today – Jul 22, 2008 9:30 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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French rider Cyril Dessel won Tuesday's 16th stage of the Tour de France, and Frank Schleck of Luxembourg retained the yellow ...
USA Today – Jul 22, 2008 9:30 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Schleck holds Tour de France lead after 16th stage
JAUSIERS, France (AP) -- Frank Schleck of Luxembourg kept the yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Tuesday, with riders pushing themselves through the Alps as the race left Italy and returned to France....
AP – Jul 22, 2008 9:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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JAUSIERS, France (AP) -- Frank Schleck of Luxembourg kept the yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Tuesday, with riders pushing themselves through the Alps as the race left Italy and returned to France....
AP – Jul 22, 2008 9:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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'When the Guillotine Fell': A grisly historyAP - "When the Guillotine Fell" (St. Martin's Press. 256 pages. $24.95), by Jeremy Mercer: It may come as a surprise to some that France routinely used the guillotine as its official method of capital punishment until 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi became the last man guillotined in the port town of Marseilles.
Yahoo! – Jul 22, 2008 9:02 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Family of INLA murder man misled
The family of one of the disappeared say they are being misled in the search for his body in France.
BBC News – Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The family of one of the disappeared say they are being misled in the search for his body in France.
BBC News – Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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PEOPLE: Soccer playing youngster is going to Paris
North York's Christopher McCurbin-Parkin is going to Paris, France to represent Canada at the 2008 Danone Nations Cup Sept. 5 to 7.McCurbin-Parkin helped Team Canada East win the national finals of...
InsideToronto.com – Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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North York's Christopher McCurbin-Parkin is going to Paris, France to represent Canada at the 2008 Danone Nations Cup Sept. 5 to 7.McCurbin-Parkin helped Team Canada East win the national finals of...
InsideToronto.com – Jul 22, 2008 8:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Roddick bends but doesn't break against MahutAFP - TORONTO (AFP) - Former champion Andy Roddick had to work harder than expected to suppress an upset bid from France's Nicolas Mahut with a 6-1, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 second-round win on Tuesday at the Toronto Masters.
Yahoo! – Jul 22, 2008 8:40 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Britain jailed in France for drunken hit and run
A British man has been jailed in France for ploughing into two women in his four-wheel drive while drunk and then fleeing the scene.
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 22, 2008 7:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A British man has been jailed in France for ploughing into two women in his four-wheel drive while drunk and then fleeing the scene.
Telegraph.co.uk – Jul 22, 2008 7:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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