Posts Tagged ‘paris’

‘Tests in France’ for Mali leader

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Mali’s President Dioncounda Traore is going to Paris for medical tests after being assaulted by protesters on Monday, according to an aide.

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Plane Diverted After Passenger Claims an Implanted Device

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A passenger of the US Airways plane scheduled to fly from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., told the crew that she had a surgically implanted device, the authorities said.

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Six Somalis in Paris piracy trial

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

Six Somalis go on trial in Paris charged with taking the crew of the sailing ship Le Ponant hostage in 2008.

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Six Somalis in Paris piracy trial

France’s Hollande aims anti-austerity message directly at Germany

Monday, May 7th, 2012

PARIS — Francois Hollande said he wanted to make Berlin his first stop as president of France, but he warned that the Franco-German partnership was going to have to change and that Europe’s key word from now on was “growth.” Read full article > >

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Pippa Middleton’s ‘gun situation’: from royal in-law to outlaw?

Sunday, April 22nd, 2012

It’s the smile that catches you — that jet-set smile covered in frosted lipstick, behind those morning-after-the-party shades. In the photo, taken in Paris , Pippa Middleton sits in the red leather seat of a black convertible, smiling as the driver of the car points what appears to be a semiautomatic pistol at the lens. Read full article > >

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Pippa Middleton’s ‘gun situation’: from royal in-law to outlaw?

Paris church collapse kills child

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

A six-year-old child dies and many are injured, including two seriously, when the first floor of a Protestant house of worship north of Paris collapsed, police say

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Serial Killer Spreads Fear in France

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

With four dead in one Paris suburb.

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Serial Killer Spreads Fear in France

French serial killer fears grow

Friday, April 6th, 2012

Fears are growing that a serial killer may be operating in the French capital, Paris, following four similar murders since November.

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In Death of Richard Descoings, French Scholar, Few Answers

Thursday, April 5th, 2012

Richard Descoings, the leader of a university in Paris, was found dead in his hotel room in Midtown, and his cellphone and laptop computer were found thrown outside.

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In Death of Richard Descoings, French Scholar, Few Answers

French police arrest 19 suspected Islamists, seize weapons

Friday, March 30th, 2012

PARIS — In a continuing display of firmness against terrorism, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday that police had rounded up 19 Islamic activists and discovered several assault rifles in early-morning raids in Paris and two other French cities. Read full article > >

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VIDEO: Napoleon theme park planned

Monday, March 26th, 2012

A theme park based on Napoleon is being proposed in Montereau, south of Paris, the scene of one of Napoleon’s last victories.

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France questions gunman’s brother

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

The brother of a gunman killed in a siege in southwestern France was transferred Saturday to the country's counter-intelligence headquarters near Paris for questioning, a police union leader told French TV.

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Mohammed Merah, French shooting suspect, trades gunfire with police in standoff

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

PARIS — Under orders to seize him alive, French anti-terrorism forces engaged in marathon negotiations Wednesday with a young Islamic activist accused of killing three soldiers, three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi during an eight-day spree of point-blank shootings in southwest France. Read full article > >

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In France, halal meat drama enters election campaign

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

PARIS — In a bitterly divisive presidential election campaign, France is once again torn by an uncomfortable struggle over the place of Muslims in a society pledged to secularism but deeply rooted in Christianity. Read full article > >

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In France, halal meat drama enters election campaign

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

PARIS — In a bitterly divisive presidential election campaign, France is once again torn by an uncomfortable struggle over the place of Muslims in a society pledged to secularism but deeply rooted in Christianity. Read full article > >

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In France, halal meat drama enters election campaign