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A French judge has rejected President Nicolas Sarkozy's attempt to stop sales of a "voodoo doll" in his image...
2008-10-29
France Nicolas Sarkozy voodoo dollThe question of who shot down the plane carrying the former president of Rwanda in April 1994 could turn out to be one of the great mysteries of the late 20th Century. The act served as a catalyst for the genocide of some 800,000 (others say as high as one million) people in just 100 days. Last week a French investigative judge, Jean Louis Bruguiere, accused the ethnic Tutsi rebel leader at the time, Paul Kagame, of having been responsible...
2006-11-29
president airplane France Rwanda genocideA French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean Sea. The Danton, with many of its gun turrets still intact, is sitting upright in over 1,000m of water. It was found by the Fugro geosciences company during a survey for a gas pipeline between Algeria and Italy. The Danton, which sank with 296 sailors still onboard, lies 35km southwest of the island of...
2009-02-19
Germany France shipwreck Mediterranean World War IBenedict XVI, who is on a tour of Africa, said handing out condoms only increased the problem of HIV/Aids. The Roman Catholic Church says marital fidelity and sexual abstinence are the best way to prevent the spread of HIV. But France, echoing the reaction of some aid agencies, said it "voices extremely sharp concern over the consequences of the Pope's comments". While it is not up to us to pass judgment on Church doctrine,...
2009-03-18
Cameroon condom Catholic France religion Pope HIV Africa AIDS pandemic contraceptionThe French National Assembly has passed a draft law that would allow illegal downloaders to be thrown off the net.
2009-09-15
file sharing FranceThe US Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from Panama's ex-leader Manuel Noriega against his extradition to France on money laundering charges. Noriega wanted to be sent back to his country after completing a drug sentence at a jail in Florida...
2010-01-25
France USA Panama Manuel Noriega