Sarkozy, Bruni win lawsuit against Ryanair
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President Nicolas Sarkozy and France's new first lady Carla Bruni on Tuesday won a lawsuit filed against Irish budget airline Ryanair for featuring a photo of the couple in an ad campaign.
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SUPPORTERS of the European constitution won a significant victory in France last night when the countryâs Socialist Party voted to approve the document in an internal ballot.
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Alstom SA, the French engineering company rescued from near bankruptcy, said it won contracts worth 1.36 billion euros ($1.69 billion) to provide China with trains as well as hydroelectric and nuclear power equipment.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his  friend Carla Bruni are suing Irish airline Ryanair over an  advertisement featuring her daydreaming about a wedding, their  lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Loyal Bushies rejoice The American judicial system handed another victory to executive power today, as a federal court judge in San Jose threw out a lawsuit filed against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen for its involvement in the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. The lawsuit concerned five individuals who claimed to have been kidnapped by the CIA and then transported by Jeppesen to third countries, where they were subjected to torture, far from the glare of the western media.â¦
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A US judge upholds a $300m fine against British Airways for trying to fix the price of fuel surcharges.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and former model Carla Bruni join a long list of politician-celebrity couples who have made headlines. Some others:
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Better run run run run run run awaaaay.... French fromage grand Nicolas "Killer" Sarkozy and squeeze Carli Bruni have decided that Ryanair's cut-price ad featuring a snap of the beaming couple is a publicity stunt too far, and will seek redress in the courts, the BBC reports.â¦
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Court awards damages over cut-price ticket ad A French court has ordered Ryanair to pay Nicolas Sarkozy and missus Carla Bruni â¬60,001 in damages for the unauthorised use of a lovely snap of the couple in one of its cheap-fare ad campaigns.â¦
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France's highest court paved the way Friday for a trial of officials being investigated in connection with the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people.
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Business & money: Ryanair expected to announce it will appeal against ruling.
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Europeâs second-highest court today upheld a ruling that found the software company abused its dominance in computer operating systems.
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A state appeals court upheld a &#36;500,000 award to a flight attendant who blamed secondhand smoke on airliners for her bronchitis and sinus trouble &#151; a decision Wednesday that could clear the way for damage trials on up to 3,000 similar claims.
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Low-cost carrier Ryanair  said on  Friday it had submitted a claim for just over 3 million pounds  ($5.7 million) in compensation from the UK government after  stepped-up airport security forced it to cancel flights.
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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will together pay about $203 million to settle a lawsuit accusing them of illegally fixed the price of fuel surcharges on long-haul trips.
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French President Jacques Chirac backed  the judiciary on Friday in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas  Sarkozy, who has accused judges of being too lenient.
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Budget airline Ryanair is obliged to be taken to court under EU law if it fails to pay back illegal state aid for flying to Belgium's Charleroi airport.