Archive for the ‘france’ Category

Another nuclear leak in France

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Uranium-bearing liquid has leaked from a broken underground pipe at a nuclear plant in southeastern France, the national nuclear safety authority said Friday. It was the second leak discovered at a French site this month. The Nuclear Safety Authority said experts were trying to determine how much leaked uranium ...

French folk song is ‘world’s earliest recording’, beating Edison by 11 years

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

American researchers have pieced together a 10-second audio clip of a French folk song which they believe is the oldest recognisable recording of the human voice.Read the full story

French Strikers Disrupt Rails for a Second Day

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Strikers shut down French trains and buses, disrupted electricity production at nuclear plants and barricaded universities Wednesday, giving President Nicolas Sarkozy the toughest challenge yet to his ambitious plans for restructuring the country's huge social welfare programs.Read the full story