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Seine river flood dampens Paris boat cruises
29/12/2010 - FRANCE

Seine river flood dampens Paris boat cruises

Exactly one hundred years after the Seine broke its banks, paralyzing Paris for a month, the French capital's iconic river is once again threatening to overrun the city of lights.
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Flying the Eurofighter and France's Rafale
05/12/2010 - Reporter’s Notebook

Flying the Eurofighter and France's Rafale

FRANCE 24 journalist Apoorva Prasad takes (simulated) flight in two of Europe's modern fighter planes in a cockpit comparison between the Eurofighter (pictured) and the Rafale.
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French jet ‘yesterday’s technology’, said King of Bahrain
01/12/2010 - WIKILEAKS

French jet ‘yesterday’s technology’, said King of Bahrain

A document in the Wikileaks trove released recently said that the King of Bahrain disparaged France’s frontline jetfighter as “yesterday’s technology”. Bahrain disavowed the comments Wednesday.
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Why is Obama wooing the Indian juggernaut?
06/11/2010 - INDIA

Why is Obama wooing the Indian juggernaut?

On Saturday, US President Barack Obama kicked off a three-day visit to India, the longest trip of his presidency to any one country. Why is the Asian giant so important to the American superpower?
Why have WikiLeaks' Iraq war logs failed to cause a stir?
25/10/2010 - IRAQ WAR

Why have WikiLeaks' Iraq war logs failed to cause a stir?

Over the weekend, whistleblower website WikiLeaks released some 400,000 classified documents relating to the Iraq war. But this trove, drawn from US soldiers on the ground, seems to have failed to create serious controversy. FRANCE 24 finds out why.
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Report says one billion people don’t have enough to eat
11/10/2010 - HUNGER

Report says one billion people don’t have enough to eat

The 2010 Global Hunger Index released Monday says that nearly one in six people go hungry, with child malnutrition causing lifelong harm to health and productivity. South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa fared the worst. (Photo: Philip Flämig/IFPRI).
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Terror alert linked to Mumbai-style ‘swarm’ attack
04/10/2010 - EUROPE

Terror alert linked to Mumbai-style ‘swarm’ attack

The travel alerts issued by the US, UK and Japan are vague on details, but intelligence reports and analysts agree that there is a clear possibility of a Mumbai-style “swarm” attack on soft targets in a European city. (Photo: France's GIGN)
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Govt urges youth to say 'non' to English words
05/04/2010 - CULTURE

Govt urges youth to say 'non' to English words

In yet another attempt to rid French of the insidious influence of English, a competition launched by the French government has found le bon mot replacements for words such as “buzz” and “chat”.
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Investigative documentary digs into Alcatel’s involvement in Burma
27/03/2010 - BURMA

Investigative documentary digs into Alcatel’s involvement in Burma

A new French documentary highlights a massive communications project run by telecom giant Alcatel-Lucent in Burma that could help the country’s ruling junta to spy on citizens.
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Execution of inmate championed by ‘Innocence Project’ down to the wire
25/03/2010 - USA

Execution of inmate championed by ‘Innocence Project’ down to the wire

Convicted murderer Hank Skinner had only hours to live but his case "screams of reasonable doubt" after an investigation by journalism students, says David Protess, professor at Northwestern University’s famous Medill Innocence Project.
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