French Guiana News

I can see it now. The travel crystal ball for 2012 shows amazing destinations, interesting price trends and, wait, is that Myanmar? Here's a look at where travel is headed this year - what's hot, what things will cost and must-dos for people who want to be on the cutting edge.

An Ariane 5 rocket at the European Space Agency's base in Kourou, French Guiana.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it was actively looking for a site and gas supplies for a potential gas-to-liquids plant in the United States, most likely to be built on the Gulf coast.

Final preparations are underway for the rocket's inaugural flight lofting 9 satellites as early as February 9 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Russian Federal Space Agency chief Vladimir Popovkin and press secretary Anna Vedischeva, speak after the blast off of the Russian Soyuz VS01 rocket in Sinnamary, French Guiana, October 21, 2011.

ESA's new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket's inaugural flight.

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European Space Agency launch operator Arianespace plans a busy 2012, with seven Ariane 5 heavy-lift missions and three medium-lift Soyuz flights from ESA's spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, along with two Soyuz launches at Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome.

ESA's new Vega rocket is now fully assembled on its launch pad. Final preparations are in full swing for the rocket's inaugural flight from Europe's Spaceport.

Tullow Oil has launched a scholarship scheme worth more than $6million to support 110 young scholars from nine developing countries including 50 from Ghana.

But is it all just a double bluff to make him seem less power-driven - and all the more electable? John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news.

The world is about to see Europe linked to South America in a way that has never happened before.

Town of Poughkeepsie and the Fairview Fire Department with other authorities at 112 Fairview Ave.

France: Nine people were killed and two others injured in a gang shootout at a gold-panning site in French Guiana, police commander Colonel Didier Laumont said.

Like many things, travel is subject to fashion and 2012 will see its share of trendy destinations which many will want to visit.

The world is about to see Europe linked to South America in a way that has never happened before.A A bridge will link , the last European outpost in the Americas, with Brazil the largest country in South America and now the sixth largest economy in the world.

Final checkout of Europe's new Vega launcher was completed last Friday, marking another milestone towards its maiden flight from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

Tullow Oil has announced a partnership with industry giant Royal Dutch Shell to seek 'transformational' discoveries in under-explored parts of the Atlantic.

The European Space Agency has long harbored hopes that it could launch humans aboard Russian Soyuz spacecraft from its French Guiana spaceport, but this is likely impossible, SPACE.com has learned.

Azerbaijan's first telecomms satellite will be delivered to the spaceport in French Guiana in October 2012, the communications minister has said.