Aquitaine, France News

"They were one of the most active ETA groups at present, if not the most active," Alfredo Perez Rubacalba told a press conference in Madrid the day after their arrest near the southern French city of Pau .

Spain's interior minister says three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA who were captured in France were wanted for violent acts within Spain and had been on the run from police for months.

A baby girl from Warrington who had an eyelid tumour that nearly blinded her, has had it removed by a drug usually used for heart defects.

A GWENT accountant has swapped his calculator for cycling shorts as he embarks on a 700-mile bike ride across Europe.

Pioneering treatment at Bedford Hospital for a baby girl whose sight was threatened by a tumour on her face A baby girl born with a sight-threatening tumour is back to full health thanks to pioneering treatment at Bedford Hospital.

Spending quiet days in the south west - enjoying the sunshine and all the good things rural France has to offer.

From left, Alexandra Lux, Stephanie Geyer-Barneix and Flora Manciet , all of France, plan to paddle approximately 1,500 kilometres each this summer in a relay across the Atlantic Ocean from Isle Madame to Capbreton, France.

A Basque political group says a Spanish Basque activist was briefly detained in southwest France on a European warrant.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and the BEM Bordeaux Management School in Bordeaux, France, have established a Degree Program Partnership at the master's level that allows for the transfer of credits between schools.

This weekend celebrates Father's Day. With Dad in charge of the day's menu, many will opt for a big, juicy steak on the grill.

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Luis Leon Sanchez - Route du Sud Luis Leon Sanchez interview of the 2009 Paris - Nice winner on the eve of the start of his return to competition in the Route du Sud and preparation for the tour de France Luis Leon Sanchez on the way to securing Paris-Nice 2009 hoto © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti Luis Leon Sanchez, whose last race was the Tour of ...

Paddleboarders prepared to pack it on Trio bulking up before transatlantic challenge By LAURA FRASER Cape Breton Bureau Mon.

Starting to get into the swing of things. We had a smaller group this time - these guys are welcome back any time.

In the world of wine-speak, the only words used more frequently than 'currants' and 'cassis' are 'Old World' and 'New World.' Wine aficionados are referring to the apparently dramatic difference in styles between the wines of California, New Zealand and Australia and those from most of Europe .

Warren Templeton, 54, was found guilty of cheating British pensioners and other foreigners living in France's sunny Dordogne region out of their life savings by posing as a financial advisor.

He lived in a French manor house and drove around the Dordogne in vintage cars. Among his previous girlfriends, he claimed, was the fashion designer Karen Millen.

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If the South of France has become known as the "new" New World of wine, the south-west is its new old world.

A private residence in Bordeaux, France, designed by architect Rem Koolhaas / OMA in 1994 and completed in 1998 is the focus of a 58-minute film by Italian-French independent film production company BekaFilms.