2009-07-02 Congoo
World's Largest Commercial Satellite Launched to Space (SPACE.com)
by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the Ariane 5 rocket â?| Space News Staff Writer SPACE.com peter B. De Selding space News Staff Writer PARIS - The largest commercial satellite ever built - the massive TerreStar-1 - launched into space on Wednesday, riding a European-built rocket into... [read ...]

2009-07-01 Congoo
Sarkozy envoys meet Assad in Syria
PARIS (AFP) Two top aides to President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad this week, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, in the latest sign of improved ties between France and... [read ...]

2009-07-01 M&C
Ariane launch puts US telecom satellite in orbit
Paris - An Ariane-5 booster rocket Wednesday was successfully launched from the European space center at Kouru in French Guayana on Wednesday, carrying a US telecom satellite into orbit, Arianespace officials said in... [read ...]

2009-07-01 Yahoo! Sports
Sarkozy wants to help Tour fight doping
PARIS (AP)French president Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged his support to help the Tour de France fight the scourge of doping. Sarkozy said Wednesday that it was necessary to support the Tour de France and its organizers, his government spokesman Luc Chatel... [read ...]