France 24

RUSSIA: Medvedev vs Putin: will the protégé ... July 12, 2011 With parliamentary and presidential elections just a few months away, the Russian political landscape has seen a number of interesting changes. Former President and current PM Vladimir Putin has ...

France 24

FRANCE: Parliament votes on whether to pursue ... July 12, 2011 A debate in the French Parliament is underway Tuesday afternoon on whether to pursue France’s participation in NATO operations in Libya, four months after the first airstrikes against forces ...

France 24

LIBYE : Dans l’Ouest libyen, les rebelles des ... July 12, 2011 Alors que le Parlement français va se pencher ce mardi sur l’engagement de Paris dans la crise libyenne, sur le terrain, l'insurrection a enregistré plusieurs succès dans la région du ...

France 24

AFGHANISTAN: Karzai brother, controversial ... July 12, 2011 Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s controversial brother, rode the tide of history from an Afghan refugee to Chicago restaurateur to powerbroker. His killing on Tuesday has sent ...

France 24

UNITED KINGDOM: Assange due back in court for ... July 12, 2011 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is due to appear in a London court on Tuesday to appeal against his extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over allegations of rape and ...

France 24

INDIA: Tackling the world’s growing population ... July 11, 2011 July 11th is World Population Day. India is the world’s second most populous country, with more than 1.2 billion inhabitants. In order to stabilise its rising population, the country regularly ...

France 24

USA: Obama convenes second day of crisis debt ... July 11, 2011 US President Barack Obama convened a second day of crisis talks on Monday to raise the congressionally determined limit on US borrowing, now set at $14.29 trillion, after 75 minutes of talks on ...

France 24

THE INTERVIEW: Benjamin Loyseau, Photographer July 11, 2011 Benjamin Loyseau is a photographer who spent four weeks in southern Sudan during the elections. South Sudan became a world’s newest nation (July the 9th). Benjamin Loyseau talks about his ...

France 24

RUSSIA: Dozens feared dead after Russian ship ... July 11, 2011 Some 101 people were presumed drowned after a tourist boat with 188 people on board sank in Russia’s Volga river amid wind and rain late on Sunday, emergency services said. Dozens of children are ...

France 24

LIBYA: Gaddafi regime 'in talks with ... July 11, 2011 Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, told an Algerian newspaper on Monday that his father’s administration was negotiating with the French government, rather than the rebel ...

France 24

LIBYE : Tripoli négocie avec Paris, selon ... July 11, 2011 Saif al-Islam affirme dans la presse algérienne que son père, Mouammar Kadhafi, mène des négociations avec Paris. La France estime de son côté qu’il est désormais indispensable de trouver une ...

France 24

SYRIA: Overnight raids in Homs after day of ... July 11, 2011 Overnight raids killed one civilian in the city of Homs, according to an activist statement on Monday, a day after Syrian authorities hosted a “national dialogue” meeting aiming to discuss ...

France 24

SYRIA: France confronts Syria over embassy ... July 11, 2011 The French foreign ministry summoned Syria’s ambassador to France late Sunday after demonstrators burned a French flag at the embassy in Damascus. The protest follows a visit by ambassador Eric ...

France 24

SYRIE : Le ton monte entre Paris et Damas July 10, 2011 La France a convoqué l’ambassadrice de Syrie à Paris pour protester après des "dégradations" contre son ambassade à Damas. Plus tôt ce dimanche, l'ambassadeur de France avait lui aussi ...

France 24

SENEGAL: Senegal calls off extradition of ... July 10, 2011 Bowing to international pressure, Senegal decided on Sunday not to extradite Chad’s former president, Hissene Habre (pictured), back to his own country, where he has been sentenced to death in ...

France 24

FRANCE - CULTURE: Dance choreographer Roland ... July 10, 2011 French choreographer and dancer Roland Petit died Sunday in Geneva at age 87. French cultural minister Frédéric Mitterand called Petit "one of the major choreographers of the 20th century."

France 24

SENEGAL: UN urges Senegal not to extradite ... July 10, 2011 The UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Sunday urged Senegal not to send Chad’s former president, Hissene Habre (pictured), to his own country. Chad has sentenced Habre to death for the torture ...

France 24

UK: Murdoch arrives in UK to salvage BSkyB deal July 10, 2011 News International chief Rupert Murdoch flew from the US to the News of the World offices in London Sunday as the tabloid was published for the last time. The hacking scandal that closed the paper ...

France 24

JAPAN: Earthquake rattles tsunami-weary Japan July 10, 2011 A strong earthquake of a magnitude of 7 shook the northeastern coast of Japan Sunday, prompting a brief tsunami alert in an area still recovering from a massive quake and tidal wave in March. No ...

France 24

UK: News of the World prepares final issue July 09, 2011 The 168-year old British tabloid News of the World prepared Sunday’s edition, the last ever. Owner Rupert Murdoch's decided Thursday to close the publication following the controversial ...