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+#!/usr/bin/env  python
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Mathieu Godlewski <mathieu at godlewski.fr>'
+'''
+lemonde.fr
+'''
+
+import re
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+
+class LeMonde(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = 'LeMonde.fr'
+    __author__ = 'Mathieu Godlewski <mathieu at godlewski.fr>'
+    description = 'Global news in french'
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 20
+    no_stylesheets = True
+
+    feeds =  [
+             ('A la Une', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/une.xml'),
+             ('International', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3210,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Europe', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3214,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Societe', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3224,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Economie', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3234,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Medias', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3236,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Rendez-vous', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3238,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Sports', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3242,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Planete', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3244,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Culture', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3246,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Technologies', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-651865,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Cinema', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3476,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Voyages', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3546,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Livres', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3260,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Examens', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3404,1-0,0.xml'),
+             ('Opinions', 'http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3232,1-0,0.xml')
+             ]
+
+    remove_tags    = [dict(name='img', attrs={'src':'http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/img/lgo/lemondefr_pet.gif'}),
+                                    dict(name='div', attrs={'id':'xiti-logo-noscript'}),
+                                    dict(name='br', attrs={}),
+                                    dict(name='iframe', attrs={}),
+    ]
+
+    extra_css      = '.ar-tit {font-size: x-large;} \n .dt {font-size: x-small;}'
+
+    filter_regexps = [r'xiti\.com']
+
+    preprocess_regexps = [ (re.compile(i[0], re.IGNORECASE | re.DOTALL), i[1]) for i in
+        [
+            (r'<p>&nbsp;</p>', lambda match : ''),
+            (r'<img src="http://medias\.lemonde\.fr/mmpub/img/let/(.)\.gif"[^>]*><div class=ar-txt>', lambda match : '<div class=ar-txt>'+match.group(1).upper()),
+            (r'(<div class=desc><b>.*</b></div>).*</body>', lambda match : match.group(1)),
+        ]
+    ]
+
+    def print_version(self, url):
+        return re.sub('http:.*_([0-9]+)_[0-9]+\.html.*','http://www.lemonde.fr/web/imprimer_element/0,40-0,50-\\1,0.html' ,url)
+