France Tops the League, Asia Lags in Sex Poll
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France is well positioned as the world's sexiest state, according to a global survey of lovemaking published on Tuesday.
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Switzerland has slipped down another place in the global league of 'most competitive nations', but still ranks in the top ten.
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel tops Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women for the second year in a row, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice slipped to fourth from second last year.
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HONG KONG - A survey two days before Hong Kong legislative elections showed pro-democracy forces, tainted by a sex scandal, may fare less well than expected, but the election chief dismissed talk of dirty tricks by China.
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New Delhi: India, the world&#39;s largest democracy, ranks 120th in the media freedom index of 167 countries with Denmark on top and North Korea at the bottom.
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Switzerland has slipped down another place in the global league of âmost competitive nationsâ, but still ranks in the top ten.
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LONDON: After a mixed bag of results in the weekend&#39;s soccer qualifiers, Europe&#39;s major countries asserted their authority this morning with France, England and Italy all winning away.
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Anastasia Myskina beats Nathalie Dechy to put Russia ahead against France in the Fed Cup final.
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LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Robert Doisneau's famous image of a couple stealing a kiss on a Paris street immortalized the romantic reputation of France's capital, but a new British survey on Monday revealed it as the bust-up city of the world.
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Defending champion France took a 2-0 lead over Spain in the Fed Cup semifinals Wednesday behind singles victories by Nathalie Dechy and Tatiana Golovin.
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German investment in China is huge -- but is it losing its edge? France hopes to strengthen its business foothold in the vast Asian economy with a visit by President Jacques Chirac starting on Monday.
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CLERMONT FERRAND, France  - Richard Gasquet put France ahead in their Davis Cup world group tie against Romania on Friday with a 7-5 6-2 6-2 win over Romania's Victor Hanescu.
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France plays Portugal today in World Cup soccer action with the winner facing Italy in Sunday&#039;s championship game. The loser plays Germany Saturday in a consolation game.
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The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
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France, Japan and Australia rated best and the United States worst in new rankings focusing on preventable deaths due to treatable conditions in 19 leading industrialized nations, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Russia and France take commanding leads in their Fed Cup semi-finals against Austria and Spain.
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Paris - The United States ranked 22nd alongside Belgium and behind countries including Bosnia, France and Trinidad and Tobago on a media freedom index released this week by Reporters Without Borders.