• Pope Gregory VII may have humiliated the Emperor Henry IV, as Innocent III later humiliated Philip Augustus of France and King John of England.

    ECONOMIST: Medieval history

  • In 1980, Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.

    CNN: News Almanac

  • Sir John, former UK ambassador to France and Portugal, was asked by the prime minister in April to look at the effectiveness and fairness of the current system.

    BBC: Military medals system 'needs rapid re-think'

  • On the continent, there was John the Redhead, known in France as Jean le Roux, duke of Brittany in 1237, who took on the clergy and was excommunicated, but managed to talk his way out of it.

    BBC: Gingerphobia: Carrot-tops see red

  • After the Security Council discussed the report in a closed session, US Ambassador John Bolton told reporters that the US and France will offer a joint resolution aimed at pressuring Syria to cooperate.

    NPR: U.S., France to Urge Syrian Help with U.N. Probe

  • For example, Britain's defence secretary during the Falklands war, John Nott, revealed in his memoirs that France had been Britain's staunchest ally, providing information that helped to render the Exocet anti-ship missiles used by Argentina ineffective, and supplying Mirage and Super-Etendard fighters for British Harrier pilots to pit themselves against in training.

    ECONOMIST: The Anglo-French defence pact

  • Two years after winning the longest match in grand slam history, No.10 John Isner was at it again as he faced France's Paul Henri-Mathieu in a marathon encounter.

    CNN: Nadal cruises as Murray battles back at French Open

  • John Marlow is 71 and moved to Melleran, western France after he retired.

    BBC: RELATED BBC SITES

  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat John Isner 6-3 6-2 to put France ahead before Williams fought off Mathilde Johansson 3-6 7-5 6-4 to draw the U.S. level.

    CNN: Injured Sharapova pulls out of season opening tournament

  • The top American in this month's International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Championships in France was U.S. national champion John Gaston, who finished 31st in his first international race.

    WSJ: Ski Mountaineering: Now They're Racing Up the Hill

  • Currently World Cup-winning stars John Smit, Victor Matfield and Percy Montgomery all play in France, while fly-half Butch James plays for Bath.

    BBC: Strike threat to Springbok tour

  • Famously John Hume drew inspiration from a walk across the bridge which links France and Germany at Strasbourg.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • Earlier this month, a Air France plane clipped a Delta Connection flight on a runway at New York's John F.

    CNN: Plane clipped by tractor-trailer at Boston airport

  • The 28-year-old from Belfast proved a class apart as he topped the leaderboard ahead of Scotland's Richie Ramsay, France's Raphael Jacquelin and England's Marcus Higley -- while American John Daly would have been joint second as well but for two closing bogeys.

    CNN: Maybin breaks course record for Italy lead

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