http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en .More than a dozen foreign ministers, including secretary of state Hilary Clinton, are in Montreal this morning for a donor conference on Haiti. . The Paris Club of creditor nations, which includes the US, Canada, Britain and France have already agreed to speed up the process of ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/25/donors-discuss-haitis-long-term-needs/ .The Black Eyed Peas were mistakenly declared best international group at France's top music awards. Choreographer Kamel Ouali presented the US band with the prize at the NRJ Awards in Cannes on Saturday. . Last year Katy Perry was mistakenly given the trophy for best international song when ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/24/black-eyed-peas-lose-out-in-awards-mix-up/ .New Manchester City recruit Patrick Vieira says he has a "100 per cent chance" of playing for France at next summer's World Cup finals, despite having not represented his country since June 2009. "As I'm an optimist, I'm going to say 100 per cent," he said in response to ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/24/vieira-confident-on-world-cup-chances/ .Stade Francais prop David Attoub has appealed against his 70-week ban for gouging in a Heineken Cup match against Ulster the previous month, competition organisers said overnight. "David Attoub has today lodged an appeal against both the finding of foul play and level of sanction imposed by an independent ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/22/attoub-fights-lengthy-gouging-ban/ .An Imam in Paris has given his support for a law against full-face veils and burqas in France. . The report will be handed to the national assembly on Tuesday after which the French Government is likely to pass a law banning clothing that covers the face while ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/22/imam-lends-support-to-french-burqa-ban/ .The French government has passed a radical affirmative action plan that will force publicly-listed companies to hire more women in their boardrooms. At the moment women hold fewer than 10 per cent of boardroom seats in publicly-listed companies, but the new laws will see that figure rise to 40 ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/21/french-kiss-all-male-boardrooms-goodbye/ . French cartoonist Jacques Martin, creator of the popular comic book hero Alix and a collaborator on the Tintin books, has died aged 88. Martin collaborated with Tintin creator Herge for 19 years on numerous cartoon books featuring the famous boy reporter and his faithful dog Snowy. . ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/21/alix-creator-dead-at-88/ .France coach Marc Lievremont has forgiven Mathieu Bastareaud for lying about being attacked after a loss to New Zealand last year and named him in a 30-man squad for the Six Nations championship. The 21-year-old centre had said he was attacked by up to five people as he returned ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/20/forgiven-bastareaud-returns-for-france/ .Three European tourists have been detained in Sudan for acquiring the remnants of a rare meteorite that hit a remote region in 2008, their lawyer said. . Mr Ahmed says the trio were "just tourists, who had no intention of committing a crime". "They were arrested two ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/19/space-rocks-land-tourists-in-sudanese-jail/ .Filmmaker Roman Polanski won more damages on Tuesday (local time) from French publications that printed photographs of him at his Swiss home where he is confined pending extradition proceedings in a child sex case. A Paris court convicted the magazines VSD and Voici and the weekly newspaper Journal de ... http://www.audio-talking-books.com/audiobook/2010/01/19/polanski-wins-damages-over-photos/