French Guiana Travel Guide
Outside their classical and historic country of France, the French are beefing up an island that will literally take their country to the stars. That island is French Guiana, the world’s largest non-island colony and France’s budding space shuttle program. Seated at the crest of the South American coast, French Guiana is one of France’s 26 overseas regions. Frequent airplane flights serve as the colony’s umbilical cord to its parent city, Paris. As the godfather, France invests a great deal of money to French Guiana’s economy, but the latter is sustained by its top industries such as fishing, gold mining and satellite launching.Although the colony shares...
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Wilkinson back after long absence Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:41:59 GMT
Jonny Wilkinson returns to action for the first time in 10 months as he comes through his debut for French top-flight side Toulon unscathed. read more...
Helicopter rescues French captain Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:48:28 GMT
A Royal Navy helicopter is sent to rescue the captain of a French fishing boat off the Isles of Scilly who is suffering from chest pains. read more...
New film puts the Coco into Chanel Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:14:55 GMT
French actress Audrey Tautou on bringing to life fashion designer Chanel, in the new bio-pic Coco Before Chanel. read more...
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