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FRANCE: French take to the streets to protest Roma expulsions
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:42:48 +0000
Demonstrations are planned for Saturday across France to protest the government’s recent attempt to link immigration and crime. The protests are being viewed in France as curtain-raiser for the far larger nationwide labour strike set for Tuesday.
FRANCE: New challenges confront embattled French labour minister
France News Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:43:25 +0000
Labour unions are zeroing in on French Labour Minister Eric Woerth as he confronts new allegations that he lied about lobbying for an award on behalf of his wife’s future employer.
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FRANCE: Socialist leader accused of hypocrisy over Roma expulsions
France News Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:43:58 +0000
French Socialist leader Martine Aubry, a vocal critic of the government’s policy of closing traveller camps and "repatriating" their non-French inhabitants, faces accusations of hypocrisy after ordering camps closed in Lille, where she is mayor.
FRANCE: Friendly fire in Afghanistan injured French soldiers, says inquiry
France News Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:51:35 +0000
France's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that three French soldiers injured last month in an operation in Afghanistan had in fact been hit by friendly fire, due to "a series of misunderstandings".
FRANCE: Police search home of L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt
France News Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:42:15 +0000
French police have searched the home of France's richest woman, the billionaire L'Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, over ongoing allegations a Parisian society photographer took advantage of her to get written into her will.
MEDIA: 'Prison Valley' triumphs at 2010 Web Documentary Award
France News Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:57 +0000
The second FRANCE24-Radio France International Web Documentary Award has been won by “Prison Valley”, a powerful production created by French journalists David Dufresne and Philippe Brault.
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IRAN: Govt slams media for calling France's first lady a 'prostitute'
France News Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:51:45 +0000
Iran's foreign ministry on Tuesday criticised an Iranian hardline media outlet for calling French first lady Carla Bruni a "prostitute" after she expressed support for an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.
DIPLOMACY: France, Egypt want Med Union summit to underpin Mideast talks
France News Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:13:42 +0000
The presidents of France and Egypt met on Monday in Paris to discuss how a planned November summit of the Mediterranean Union could contribute to a Middle East peace accord after the resumption of direct Israeli – Palestinian talks.
FRANCE: New probe into minister’s role in Bettencourt scandal
France News Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:23:23 +0000
A French prosecutor has launched a new inquiry into Labour Minister Eric Woerth's role in the tax affairs of a L'Oreal heiress and allegations that he was treated with favouritism in a land deal. Woerth was cleared in the L'Oreal affair in July.
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FRANCE: France to tackle student housing crisis with… shipping containers
France News Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:42:54 +0000
Taking inspiration from their Dutch neighbours, French officials have inaugurated 99 refashioned shipping containers in a novel approach to solving the chronic lack of housing for university students.
FRANCE: Socialists wrap up summer conference with stinging attack on Sarkozy
France News Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:05:54 +0000
After years of bitter squabbling and three successive defeats in presidential elections, French Socialists wrapped up their summer conference with a united front and a defiant challenge to President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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AUSTRALIA: French “Spiderman” arrested in Sydney after scaling tower
France News Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:26:04 +0000
Famed stuntman Alain Robert climbed his way up another giant skyscraper on Monday. But unlike the fictional Spiderman who expertly evades the police, law enforcement was waiting for Robert at the top and took him in to custody.
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French defeat labelled catastrophic by press
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:46:49 +0000
<p>France's opening Euro 2012 qualifier 1-0 defeat by Belarus provoked united despair from the French press on Saturday.</p><p>"Catastrophic" was the headline in L'Equipe, which added that new coach Laurent Blanc's competitive debut had seen the French side "completely foul up against a modest and unambitious Belarus side".</p><p>The team would now have to get a result against Bosnia on Tuesday in Sarajevo to kick-start their Euro campaign.</p>
Seven killed in Darfur camp clashes: rebel leader
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:46:22 +0000
<p>A Darfur rebel group said seven people were killed on Saturday in clashes with Sudanese police in two camps for displaced people in the war-ravaged region of western Sudan.</p><p>A spokesman for Abdelwahid Nur, the exiled leader of a Sudan Liberation Army faction, said 18 people were wounded in the clashes. All the casualties were people displaced from their homes by the war.</p><p>The clashes were taking place in the Hamidiya and Khamsa Dagaig camps of West Darfur state, Ibrahim al-Hilu said.</p>
Iran activist on trial for 'warring against God'
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:46:27 +0000
<p>A vocal female human rights activist and journalist went on trial in Iran Saturday on charges including "warring against God," which is punishable by death, her lawyer was reported as saying.</p><p>Shiva Nazar-Ahari, 26, went on trial "on charges of Moharebeh (warring against God), conspiring and gathering to commit a crime, propaganda against the regime and harming public order," lawyer Mohammad Sharif told ILNA news agency.</p>
EU body reports record lending amid credit squeeze
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:26:10 +0000
<p>The European Investment Bank (EIB) dished out a record 79 billion euros (101.5 billion dollars) in credit last year as banks scaled back lending, its president said on Saturday.</p><p>The amount lent in 2009 by the EIB, the EU's long-term lending body, was a third higher than in 2008, Philippe Maystadt told a forum in Alpbach, western Austria.</p><p>The increase was due to the EIB "to a certain extent replacing" the financial sector in 2009, Maystadt was quoted as saying by Austrian news agency APA.</p><p>The EIB was expecting a reduction in lending in 2010, the Belgian said.</p>
Weakened storm Earl about to hit Canada
France News Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:06:13 +0000
<p>Tropical Storm Earl was about to hit Canada early Saturday after barreling past the northeastern US state of Massachusetts and losing its hurricane status.</p><p>But it still lashed the US East Coast with heavy rains and strong winds.</p><p>Residents of the US state of North Carolina were mopping up after a storm surge sent waves crashing ashore, flooding roads on the low-lying barrier islands as the high winds caused sporadic power outages.</p><p>New England and the outlying US tourist hotspot of Cape Cod was close to Earl's path, although it was not expected to receive a direct hit.</p>
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