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Barroso urged Samaras and Venizelos to block Papandreou's referendum, reports FT
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso spoke to Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos in private in November 2011 and encouraged them to block George Papandreous proposal for a referendum on Greeces euro membership, a Financial Times report claimed on Monday.
French President Hollande's ex-Partner Enters New Cabinet
Segolene Royal, former partner of France's President Francois Hollande, has entered the country's new government.
Manuel Valls to Be France's PM after Ayrault Resigns
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls becomes the country's Prime Minister after Jean-Marc Ayrault resigned.
President Francois Hollande announced the move hours after his ruling Socialists suffered a bad defeat in the country's local elections, where center-right opposition UMP triumphed and far-right National Front showed unprecedented success, France 24 has reported.
Opposition Triumphs in French Local Elections
Center-right opposition UMP party has claimed victory in Sunday's second tour of French local elections.
Ten to fifteen towns could fall into the far-right National Front (FN)'s hands, according to various reports.
FN is poised to install mayors or councilors in some 200 places across France.
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Attias: Release of Libya HIV Case Medics Took 70 Hours of Talks
Cécilia Attias, ex-wife of former French President Sarkozy, met Thursday in Sofia with the Bulgarian medics who spent 8 years in prison in Libya over a HIV trial.
Cecilia Attias, then-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, had a major contribution to the release of the medics.