71.   The young team sponsored by a French newspaper does not have experienced riders capable of protecting Simon and escorting him through the Pyrenees.

72.   Then today, a French newspaper, Les Echos, said the company was interested in buying the Meridien chain and several Exclusive hotels from Granada Group Plc.

73.   Traders bought marks for francs after the French newspaper Liberation said President Jacques Chirac will dissolve parliament by Thursday and call for new elections.

74.   Word of the offer was reported in the French newspaper Le Figaro.

75.   Yet as the French newspaper Le Monde reported, the anniversary was a publishing disaster.

76.   Pierce, the former darling of the French fans and media, was the target of fierce criticism in French newspapers.

77.   A French newspaper published two photographs Wednesday it claimed showed large cracks in the South Pacific atoll where France is conducting underground nuclear tests.

78.   A French newspaper reported that the seven were part of a network spanning several European countries and likely linked to bin Laden.

79.   A French newspaper published two photographs Wednesday claiming to show large cracks in the South Pacific atoll where France is conducting underground nuclear tests.

80.   A French newspaper on Thursday reported that nine syringes it found in a southern town on the Tour de France route were used for injecting the drug EPO.