<div>UPDATE 1-France's Orange moves closer to IPO of MidEast, Africa operations</div> <!-- no image --> <div>* Group has been weighing IPO of operations for years (Adds details, background)<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U3ES1gAv3w:X-w-8RM6hok:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U3ES1gAv3w:X-w-8RM6hok:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2U3ES1gAv3w:X-w-8RM6hok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2U3ES1gAv3w:X-w-8RM6hok:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2U3ES1gAv3w:X-w-8RM6hok:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/2U3ES1gAv3w" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters