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Croatia extradites Djindjic murder convict to SerbiaIn a sign of increasing cooperation between the two former Yugoslav republics, Croatia has extradited a man to Serbia for his suspected involvement in the 2003 murder of former Serbian...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 13:25
Soros urges France to stop the mass expulsion of Roma
Billionnaire investor George Soros on Wednesday urged "France to stop the mass expulsion of Roma" and asked the European Union for a "comprehensive inclusion plan"."The...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 13:21
Alcohol Dependence Damages Both Episodic Memory And Awareness Of Memory
* A first-of-its-kind study has found that not only were alcohol-dependent patients relatively unaware of their memory deficits, but that they also overestimated their memory capacities.
topix.net | 25-Aug-2010 13:19
Economic recovery at stake in Latvian elections
Latvia is just weeks away from its next general election. One of the key issues is the country's fledgling economic recovery. But the party that is leading in the opinion polls wants...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 13:00
Obama to appeal stemcell research ruling
The US Justice Department said it will appeal a judge's decision to block federal funding for stemcell research, risking an election year fight over hot-button issues of science and religion.
"I can confirm we plan to appeal," Justice Department spokesperson Tracy Schmaller said Tuesday, adding that the department was "likely to file this week."
She said the department would both appeal US District Judge Royce Lambert's temporary suspension of federal funding for stemcell research and seek a stay of the suspension while the appeal is pending.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:46
Israel military court convicts anti-wall protester
A military court has convicted the Palestinian organiser of regular protests against Israel's West Bank wall, prompting the European Union to express concern on Wednesday.
The court at Ofer prison, near Ramallah, on Tuesday convicted Abdullah Abu Rahma, 39, for "participating (in), organising and inciting" protests in the West Bank village of Bilin, said the Committee against The Wall which he heads.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:26
Mauritanian troops foil suicide barracks attacks
A suicide bomber attacked a military barracks in eastern Mauritania early Wednesday but was foiled by troops who fired on his vehicle and blew it up, a senior military official told AFP.
The would-be bomber tried to ram his four-wheel drive vehicle into the barracks before soldiers fired on the vehicle, sparking a "big explosion" which caused heavy damage, the official said.
No other deaths were reported, though witnesses said three people were slightly injured.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:26
Chirac to settle Paris jobs claim
FORMER French president Jacques Chirac and the governing UMP party have reportedly offered to pay 2.2m in damages to Paris city council to settle a corruption claim dating back more...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:22
Muslims upset over Sarko Ramadan hoax
PRESIDENT Sarkozy has been the subject of an internet hoax saying French Muslims should still enjoy their morning coffee and croissant during Ramadan which was carried as a true story...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:22
Catastrophic rise in abandonments
IT HAS been a "catastrophic summer" for abandoned animals, says TV channel TF1. The number of abandoned pets has never been so high: up 25% on last year. Animal shelters are...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 12:22
India elect to bat against New Zealand
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni elected to bat after winning the toss against New Zealand in the last league match of a triangular one-day series on Wednesday.
The winner of the day-night game will clash with Sri Lanka in the final on Saturday.
India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Dinesh Karthik, Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel, Ishant Sharma.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 11:26
Chile: The miracle of the "San Jose 33"
Interactive graphic on the plight of the 33 Chilean miners trapped 700 metres underground at a gold and copper mine in the Atacama desert who might have to wait up to four months to be rescued.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 11:26
Return of the seals delights tourists in northern France
Victims of hunters, seals had almost disappeared from the coasts of northern France at the end of the 1970s, but in the past few years they have come back, to the delight of...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 09:21
How a topless beach helped my self-esteem
This piece originally appeared on Lee Harrington's Open Salon blog . A few years ago I had a breast reduction, and although the benefits of this surgery were innumerable , I found myself going through a strange period of adjustment.
topix.net | 25-Aug-2010 09:09
French-made gifts at the NYIGF, with CreatedinFranceA
From tableware to textiles, scents and beauty products to stationary, accessories, childrena TMs toys and seasonal ornaments, the CreatedinFranceA pavilion in the General Gift section brings together twenty-three outstanding French manufacturers.
topix.net | 25-Aug-2010 05:04
French synagogue receives death threats, bullets
A letter containing bullets and death threats to Jews was sent to a synagogue in a northern Paris suburb, where an infamous transit camp for Jews was set up during World War II,...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 04:20
635 Roma removed from France in nearly a month: minister
About 635 Roma in France have been repatriated a crackdown announced last month, the government said on Tuesday as it defended the explusions against a storm of criticism.By...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 01:19
US pursues insider trading case over hostile BHP bid
US authorities on Tuesday froze the assets of two Spanish traders and charged them with insider trading linked to a multibillion dollar hostile bid by Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton for Canada's Potash Corp.
Juan Jose Fernandez Garcia, the head of the research arm of Spanish bank Banco Santander advising BHP on its bid, and Luis Martin Caro Sanchez allegedly made nearly 1.1 million dollars in "illegal profits" by trading in advance of last week?s public announcement of the multi-billion dollar offer.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 01:05
Moldovan police seize multi-million-euro uranium haul
A large haul of radioactive uranium, thought to be worth around nine million euros, has been confiscated by authorities in Moldova. The suspected smugglers include former police...
expatica.com | 25-Aug-2010 01:00
Hezbollah urges power-starved Lebanon to build nuclear plant
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday called on Lebanon to consider building a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved nation.
"I call on the Lebanese government to seriously consider ... building a nuclear power plant for the peaceful purpose of generating electricity, which would be more cost-efficient than the plan the government has endorsed," Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast via video link.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 00:46
Longest and coldest day for lifecyclists
Comment about "Longest and coldest day for lifecyclists" Phone Name Comment 0 Tuesday, 24th August 2010 - 19:49CET Longest and coldest day for lifecyclists As lifecyclists experienced their longest and coldest day in the challenge so far travelling 246 kilometres from Charleroi to Dunkerque in France, they also made an urgent appeal for donations.
Topix.net | 25-Aug-2010 00:44
Obama administration to appeal stemcell research ruling
The US Justice Department said Tuesday it will appeal as early as this week a judge's decision to block federal funding for stemcell research.
"I can confirm we plan to appeal," said Tracy Schmaller, a Justice Department spokesperson, adding that the department was "likely to file this week."
She said it would seek a stay of US District Judge Royce Lambert's temporary suspension of federal funding for stemcell research while his injunction was being appealed.
france24.com | 25-Aug-2010 00:06
Bahrain arrests man over 1999 London suitcase murder: police
Bahrain on Tuesday arrested a suspect in the murder of a Moroccan-born Canadian woman whose body was found inside a suitcase at London's Heathrow airport in 1999, police in the British capital said.
Youseff Ahmed Wahid was detained by authorities in the Gulf state in connection with the murder of Fatima Kama, 28, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
A security guard discovered her body in a foetal position on July 17, 1999 after prising open the suitcase which had been abandoned on a luggage trolley in an airport car park.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 23:46
'Twilight' crew scared by Rio hotel shoot-out
The cast and crew of the hit "Twilight" vampire movie series may abandon plans to shoot scenes from the final movie in Rio after a deadly shoot out there last weekend between police and a gang who took hostages in an upmarket tourist hotel.
Riofilme, the city's agency for promoting movie production, told AFP that "Twilight"'s US production company Summit Entertainment was in talks with Rio de Janeiro state officials who were trying to convince them to stay.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 23:26
FRANCE: Sarkozy under fire from within his own ranks on Roma policy
Wednesday marks the beginning of France’s political calendar year; one that may present serious challenges for President Sarkozy, who faces growing dissent from within his own political ranks.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 23:03
France to seek support for Roma expulsion
France is to seek support for its drive to expel ethnic gipsies to eastern Europe at a special summit of carefully selected interior ministers next week.
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 20:39
A bulldozer demolishes an illegal camp of Roma in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, northern France
Elements of the right growing uneasy with policy, undermining government's claim that only liberal elite oppose it A bulldozer demolishes a Roma camp in Villeneuve d'Ascq, near Lille, as part of the French government's immigration strategy.
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 18:34
French activists uproot GM vines at research centre
Ministers condemn 'wanton destruction' in raid against government-authorised trials into genetically modified crop Guardian Weekly , A grape picker empties his basket Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA For the second time in less than a year, genetically modified vines being tested by the French National Institute of Agricultural Research in its ...
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 15:28
Turkey was neutral -- they weren't: diplomat-heroes of the Holocaust (1) by Mark Lieberman*
Surah 6 of the Quran declares that "everyone will attain a rank according their deeds." Whether or not our heroes were aware of this teaching -- they were, after all, thoroughly secularized products of the first Ataturk generation -- cannot be known.
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 15:28
8: Did the CIA feed a French town LSD?
Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a sudden outbreak of hallucinations, which left five people dead and many seriously ill.
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 13:23
Police search for escaped Chinese alligators in France
Police and wildlife experts have launched a search for two baby alligators that escaped from a zoo in southern France, an official said on Tuesday.The 90-centimetre...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 13:21
France probes possible friendly fire in Afghan incident
France has opened an investigation into whether three French soldiers wounded in Afghanistan may have been the victims of friendly fire, a military spokesman in Paris said on...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 13:19
Europe steps up criticism of France's Roma policy
A series of meetings to discuss France's treatment of its Roma community begin with the visit of two Romanian ministers to France on Wednesday. The French policy is drawing heavy...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 13:00
Police find nearly two kilos of uranium in smuggler's garage
Nearly two kilos radioactive uranium-238 were seized from a garage in Moldova's capital by police, who have arrested several people, officials said Tuesday.
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 13:00
Police search for escaped alligators
Police and wildlife experts have launched a search for two baby alligators that escaped from a zoo in southern France, an official said on Tuesday.
The 90-centimetre (three-foot) long reptiles, originally from China, went missing from the Crocodile Farm near the town of Pierrelatte late last month, a police official said.
Worth "several tens of thousands of euros" (dollars) each, they were first thought to have been stolen but recent evidence suggests they are prowling around between a cornfield and a disused canal.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:46
MPs among dead in Mogadishu battle
Several politicians were killed in a fresh bout of fighting in Mogadishu Tuesday after Al Qaeda-inspired extremists launched an offensive which the government said was a declaration of war on the Somali people, leaving 29 civilians dead.
Suspected Islamist Shebab fighters stormed a Mogadidishu hotel as the battles resumed and sprayed gunfire on occupants, among them lawmakers, an official and witnesses said.
"So far what I can tell you is that they have killed several MPs," a government security offcier told AFP on condition of anonymity. "I think four of them are dead."
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:46
Niger hit by 'double disaster' of drought, floods
Aid agency Oxfam warned Tuesday of a "double disaster" for millions of people in Niger where heavy rains and flooding are compounding food shortages caused by a prolonged drought.
The United Nations says more than seven million people are facing starvation in Niger -- more than half the population -- following the drought, and Oxfam says the few crops that survived are now being destroyed by floods.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:46
Cairn Energy discovers gas in offshore Greenland
Scottish explorer Cairn Energy said Tuesday it had discovered gas in offshore Greenland, amid environmental protests by Greenpeace to stop its oil operations near the nation's fragile coast.
Cairn revealed the discovery alongside news of a return to profit in the first half of 2010, and uncertainty over its recent deal to sell a majority stake in its Indian unit, Cairn India, to mining group Vedanta.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:46
British ad giant WPP sees first-half profits soar
Marketing giant WPP said Tuesday that first-half net profits rocketed 39.1 percent, as the global advertising market recovered more quickly than expected from a sharp economic downturn.
Profits after tax rallied to 150.8 million pounds (184 million euros, 232 million dollars) in the six months to the end of June, which compared with 108.4 million in the equivalent part of 2009, WPP said in a results statement.
Revenues rose by 3.5 percent to 4.08 billion pounds in the reporting period, the Dublin-based firm added.
france24.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:45
Ferry firm drops Boulogne route
FERRY company LD Lines is ending its Dover-Boulogne passenger service after failing to get the traffic expected when it launched the route less than two years ago. Its ferries Norman...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:20
Race row supporter quits UMP party
A UMP supporter who unwittingly rose to prominence after a race row has quit the party, blaming Nicolas Sarkozy's divisive policies on national identity. Amine Benalia-Brouch, whose...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:20
BNP Paribas still in running for Polish bank: source
BNP Paribas remains in the running to take over BZ WBK, the Polish lender owned by troubled Irish bank AIB, a source told AFP on Tuesday after a report suggested the French bank had...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:19
Biopic of France's Sarkozy in the works: agent
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, currently under fire for his crackdown on Gypsies, is to be the subject of a biopic that covers his rise to power, a film agent said...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 12:19
French Riviera: Frank Corless visits Menton and finds an affordable way to enjoy the French Riviera
THINK of the French Riviera and your mind will doubtless be filled with the glitzy and glamorous images of places that most of us can only dream about as a holiday destination.
Topix.net | 24-Aug-2010 11:24
New rail station creche launches
THE SNCF has opened its first railway creche, allowing parents to leave children at their local station on the way to work. The service in the Loire commuter town of Roanne,...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 11:20
France's Chirac joins calls to stop Iran stoning woman
France's former president Jacques Chirac on Tuesday joined Nobel laureates and Hollywood stars in their bid to try to stop the stoning to death of an Iranian woman convicted of...
expatica.com | 24-Aug-2010 11:19