1.   The OECS also agreed to investigate closer economic ties with the French overseas departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe.

2.   Thousands of dead fish have been appearing in the river Allier in the French department of Puy-de-Dme.

3.   He was the director of the French governmental department responsible for royal festivities and ceremonies and is known to have ordered such fittings for Versailles and other royal palaces.

4.   Pinault also owns the French department store Au Printemps and the Chateau Latour winery.

5.   But voters in this French overseas department may seek a return to their traditional leftist majority, even if they look outside the Progressive Party.

6.   He crossed the border into neighboring the neighboring French department, where police suspect he killed three gold miners over the last year, Guerra said.

7.   He also served on the General Council, one of two local legislatures in this French overseas department.

8.   In Martinique, the Lamentin International Airport closed at noon, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded in this French overseas department.

9.   In Martinique, the Lamentin International Airport closed at noon, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded in the French overseas department.

10.   Jospin was accompanied by his wife, Sylviane, and the minister in charge of the French overseas departments, Christian Paul.