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Chancellor Angela Merkel last night, insisting that a switch away</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rain-on-his-parade--then-franois-hollande-flies-into-a-storm-7754459.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rain-on-his-parade--then-franois-hollande-flies-into-a-storm-7754459.html</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Hollande delivers on gender in government</title><dc:creator>INDEPENDENT</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate><description>President François Hollande showed an unexpectedly ruthless streak yesterday by shaping a gender-balanced French government from which several friends, and one notable foe, were excluded. </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hollande-delivers-on-gender-in-government-7758082.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hollande-delivers-on-gender-in-government-7758082.html</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>In France, New Cabinet Is Announced by Hollande</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:55:06 GMT</pubDate><description>France’s new president, François Hollande, unveiled a center-left cabinet on Wednesday, leaving out the head of the Socialist Party, Martine Aubry, who is considered on the left-wing of the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=943a5959075a8fa8c6c6a55e811c8ff0</link><guid 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hoping to unite his coalition ahead of the June legislative vote.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577408311139843868.html?mod=rss_europe_whats_news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303879604577408311139843868.html?mod=rss_europe_whats_news</guid><category>France</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-SZ280_0515fr_G_20120516140250.jpg"/></item><item><title>Strauss-Kahn Files Suit Against NY Maid</title><dc:creator>ABCNEWS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:54 GMT</pubDate><description>On the day he might well have been sworn in as the new president of France, former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn instead filed a million-dollar countersuit 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president</title><dc:creator>MSNBC.MSN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 09:37:15 GMT</pubDate><description>Francois Hollande became French president on Tuesday in an official handover ceremony that makes him the country's first Socialist leader since Francois Mitterrand.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11711950-exit-sarkozy-enter-hollande-socialist-sworn-in-as-french-president?lite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11711950-exit-sarkozy-enter-hollande-socialist-sworn-in-as-french-president?lite</guid><category>France</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/15/11711950-exit-sarkozy-enter-hollande-socialist-sworn-in-as-french-president?lite"/></item><item><title>Francois Hollande becomes French president</title><dc:creator>INDEPENDENT</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:40:23 GMT</pubDate><description> Francois Hollande became president of France today in a ceremony steeped in tradition, taking over a country worried about Europe's future and pledging to make it a fairer place. </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/francois-hollande-becomes-french-president-7753080.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/francois-hollande-becomes-french-president-7753080.html</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Strauss-Kahn sues hotel maid</title><dc:creator>INDEPENDENT</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 23:00:01 GMT</pubDate><description>The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has filed a $1m countersuit against the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault, costing him his job and any chance of being elected</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/strausskahn-sues-hotel-maid-7754340.html</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/strausskahn-sues-hotel-maid-7754340.html</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Eurozone crisis live: Greece heads for make-or-break elections as talks fail</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:24:00 GMT</pubDate><description>• Last-ditch talks over unity government collapse• Fears Greece could run out of funds• Bank run worries as €700m withdrawn since May 6• IMF: Greek euro exit would be 'messy'• Eurozone</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/may/15/eurozone-crisis-gdp-greek-government-talks</link><guid 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url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pixies/2012/5/16/1337126361689/Angela-Merkel-and-Fran-oi-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Hollande meets Merkel for summit in Berlin</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:25:22 GMT</pubDate><description>French president's plane may have been hit by lightning, but there was no spark between him and the German chancellorIt was a dramatic arrival, but arrive François Hollande did. Not even</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/15/francois-hollande-angela-merkel-summit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/15/francois-hollande-angela-merkel-summit</guid><category>France</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/5/15/1337113198848/Merkel-and-Hollande-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Francois Hollande becomes France's new president, replacing Sarkozy and vowing a fairer future</title><dc:creator>TOPIX</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 12:46:10 GMT</pubDate><description>Francois Hollande is awarded "Grand Maitre" in the Order of the Legion of Honor, from chancellor of France's National Order of the Legion of Honor, General Jean-Louis Georgelin, as he is</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.topix.com/world/europe/2012/05/francois-hollande-becomes-frances-new-president-replacing-sarkozy-and-vowing-a-fairer-future?fromrss=1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.topix.com/world/europe/2012/05/francois-hollande-becomes-frances-new-president-replacing-sarkozy-and-vowing-a-fairer-future?fromrss=1</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>French cabinet hopefuls share Francois Hollande’s pragmatic view of socialism</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2012 14:56:00 EST</pubDate><description>PARIS — The men and women who are elbowing for senior posts in Francois Hollande’s new French government reflect a range of political trajectories. But one thing they share is Hollande’s</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f4e2e839d85f35f484bcacab1078ca0f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=f4e2e839d85f35f484bcacab1078ca0f</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Power with dignity, simplicity: Hollande</title><dc:creator>THEHINDU</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:20:47 GMT</pubDate><description>Francois Hollande was on Tuesday officially inaugurated as the 7th President of France's Fifth Republic, marking a return to the left after 17 years of conservative rule. Throughout this long</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3421822.ece</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article3421822.ece</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>France's Hollande says wants 'new path' in Europe</title><dc:creator>HINDUSTANTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:21:51 GMT</pubDate><description>French President Francois Hollande said he wanted to "open a new path" in Europe after his inauguration on Tuesday following his May 6 election victory.         </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.hindustantimes.com/~r/HT-WorldSectionPage-Topstories/~3/jT1omv3MIp0/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.hindustantimes.com/~r/HT-WorldSectionPage-Topstories/~3/jT1omv3MIp0/story01.htm</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Lightning hits French president's plane, none hurt</title><dc:creator>HINDUSTANTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:53:28 GMT</pubDate><description>Socialist Francois Hollande took over as France's president today and jetted off to Berlin hours later for talks on Europe's debt crisis -- only to have hisplane struck by lightning. No</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.hindustantimes.com/~r/HT-WorldSectionPage-Topstories/~3/jwmyflpsXs4/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://feeds.hindustantimes.com/~r/HT-WorldSectionPage-Topstories/~3/jwmyflpsXs4/story01.htm</guid><category>France</category></item><item><title>Hollande Is Sworn In</title><dc:creator>WSJ</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:26:24 EDT</pubDate><description>François Hollande was sworn in as president of France, returning a Socialist to the power as the euro zone plunges deeper into the debt crisis.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/France_I.php?url=@http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304371504577405544265907290.html?mod=fox_australian</link><guid 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