France to open new Louvre in Abu Dhabi
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France's storied Louvre museum, home to priceless art works like the Mona Lisa, said Tuesday it will open a new Louvre in this Persian Gulf boomtown, prompting outcries from some who accuse the museum of shilling France's patrimony for $1.3 billion in oil money.
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French President Jacques Chirac arrived in Abu Dhabi to offer condolences on the death of United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan, a diplomatic source said.
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PARIS -- The most visited museum in the world -- the Louvre -- is set to open its first international outpost on a currently uninhabited island off the coast of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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The northern French town of Lens has been selected as the site of an annex to the Louvre museum in Paris as part of a plan to culturally and economically boost neglected parts of the country, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said.
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France is to celebrate its rich architectural traditions with the opening of a major new museum in the heart of Paris.
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French officials on Friday inaugurated a museum that gives visitors a close-up glimpse of a network of tunnels where Allied forces hid as they prepared to attack German lines during World War I.
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The French government plans to merge Airbus parent EADS with defense company Thales to create a new European giant to rival Boeing Co.
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RAMALLAH (dpa) - The Palestinian Authority is considering creating a museum commemorating Yasser Arafat who died last week in a Paris hospital, the Israeli Itim news agency reported Tuesday.
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Abu Dhabi will host a Formula One Grand Prix race from 2009.
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French companies Areva (CEPFi.PA), Total   and Suez  are involved in plans to build two  third generation nuclear plants in the United Arab Emirates,  Jazeera Television said on Sunday.
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The man behind the Louis Vuitton luxury goods empire plans to open a major arts centre in Paris.
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French nuclear giant Areva, oil company Total and utility group Suez have reached agreement on plans to build two next generation nuclear power plants in Abu Dhabi, Total said Monday.
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Dubai-based airline Emirates and Qatar Airways are to announce new orders for the Airbus A380 superjumbo at the Paris Air Show this week, with Emirates to take up to 10 additional superjumbos, a company source told AFP on Monday.
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The Apollo Gallery, one of the glories of the Louvre Museum in Paris, will throw open its art treasures to public gaze again from November 27 after a 4.5-million-euro (5.9-million-dollar), three-year makeover.
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When President Jacques Chirac opens the first exhibition in Asia of one of France's artistic treasures, Picasso's "The Parade", in Hong Kong, he will also be unveiling what is hoped to be a new era in cultural ...
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To kick off Paris fashion week, the Louis Vuitton foundation announces a new building from the superstar architect
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Franceâs art world appears to be losing its political clout, but can a new leader energize the countryâs play-it-safe art scene?