<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/france/post?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Bottled Buzz]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34036-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34036-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[PR hotshot Jonathan Cheban mixes celebrities and products, then stirs and pours.]]></description><author> David Segal</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mining Their Own Business]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26711-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26711-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Local theaters -- like the Shakespeare -- are digging into the forgotten-plays past for what they hope will be gems.]]></description><author> Peter Marks</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[News Reports Focus on Religious Tone]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24962-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24962-2005Jan20.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As foreign governments pondered their reactions to President Bush's inaugural speech Thursday, newspapers  around the world reported it with particular emphasis on the religious tone and Bush's 27 references to "freedom" in the United States and abroad.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbus Unveils the Massive A380]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19497-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19497-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ TOULOUSE, France, Jan. 18 -- With theatrical ceremony before four European national leaders and 5,000 guests, Airbus SAS unveiled the world's largest airliner Tuesday, the A380, the consortium's latest effort to dominate the world's market for passenger jets.]]></description><author> Erika Lorentzsen</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bioterrorism War Game Shows Lack Of Readiness]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10746-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10746-2005Jan14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A real-life distinction between the nations with sufficient smallpox vaccines and those with far too little was a key element of the day's events.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michel Thomas Dies; Linguist, WWII Adventurer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64492-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64492-2005Jan10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Michel Thomas, 90, the linguist-to-the-stars with a curious past, whose World War II exploits were seemingly exonerated with a Silver Star last year, died of a heart ailment Jan. 8 at his home in New York.]]></description><author> Adam Bernstein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hostess Jeannine Kennedy, 84]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54873-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54873-2005Jan6.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Jeannine F. Prevot Kennedy, 84, the Paris-born hostess for three French restaurants in Washington for almost a quarter-century, died Dec. 21 at the Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Alexandria, as a result of complications brought on by strokes.]]></description><author> Patricia Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interior Designer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33306-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33306-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Celeste Davis was something of an unknown quantity in the local design community when she took on a small garret space at the 2004 National Symphony Orchestra's Decorators' Show House in October.]]></description><author> Patricia Dane Rogers</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[European Laws Place Emphasis On the Driving, Not the Drinking]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35079-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35079-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The accident bore the familiar details of a drunk driving tragedy. Six young people, age 16 to 20, had been out late at a club. On the long ride toward home early on a Saturday morning, their small car smashed into a bridge pillar, killing everyone. Witnesses said the driver, 20, appeared drunk as he left the club.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two French Hostages Released]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17971-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17971-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released in Baghdad on Tuesday and should be home in time for Christmas.]]></description><author> Jamey Keaten</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bistro Cooking, by Degrees]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15928-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15928-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[This season, three prominent figures on the American culinary scene have produced cookbooks that focus on bistro cooking. Think onion soup, hearty pates, roast chicken and steak frites.]]></description><author> Judith Weinraub</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Bans Al-Manar, Says  TV Network Backs Terror]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18011-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18011-2004Dec21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Al-Manar, one of the most popular television networks in the Arabic-speaking world, has been removed from U.S. airwaves after the State Department designated it a supporter of terrorism.]]></description><author> John Mintz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airbus Hopes Big Plane Will Take Off]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9900-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9900-2004Dec18.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With wings that stretch nearly the length of a football field and cabin room for as many as 1,000 passengers, the $12B superjumbo offers luxury options never enjoyed aboard a commercial airliner.]]></description><author> Sara Kehaulani Goo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paratrooper Joe Beyrle Dies; Fought for U.S., USSR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A240-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A240-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Joe Beyrle, 81, a World War II paratrooper whose gung-ho zest for leaping out of planes earned him the nickname "Jumpin' Joe" and who was the only man to fight both for the United States and the Soviet Union, died Dec. 12 of congestive heart failure in a hotel room in Toccoa, Ga., the small town where he had trained. He was in Toccoa to speak to school and veterans groups and to promote a book about his life.]]></description><author> Joe Holley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Spokesman for Cycling History, Every Last Inch of It]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62391-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62391-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[      BICYCLE <br>   The History <br>By David V. Herlihy. Yale Univ. 470 pp. $35]]></description><author> Colman McCarthy,</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racist Taunts Rattle European Soccer]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59919-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59919-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Professional soccer teams, their national and international governing bodies and anti-racism groups have been grappling with a number of incidents around Europe over the last month.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese TV Maker Sets Sights on Europe]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59962-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59962-2004Dec12.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Urged on by China's government and armed with credit from state-owned banks and stock market listings, many Chinese manufacturers are going global. <br> <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Peter S. Goodman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marketing Consultant Orville Cresap Shirey; Wrote of World War II]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56499-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56499-2004Dec10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Orville Cresap Shirey, 82, a marketing consultant who wrote a book about his experiences with a famous Japanese American battalion during World War II, died of a heart attack Dec. 7 at Riderwood Village in Silver Spring, where he lived.]]></description><author> Patricia Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Powell Slams Iraq Mission Boycott]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52217-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52217-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a fresh sign of lingering tensions over the Iraq war, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Thursday criticized European allies who declined to assist a NATO-led training mission in Iraq as "hurting the credibility and cohesion" of the military alliance.]]></description><author> Glenn Kessler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Wave's Old Pro]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31480-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31480-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/france/post</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 6:32:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With Jean-Luc Godard's new film "Notre Musique," or any of his earlier works in the National Gallery's ongoing Godard series, you may get a sense of the man behind the camera.]]></description><author> Desson Thomson</author></item></channel></rss>