Access to media has been severely restricted in Iran after president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced he had won the election on Saturday. Since Friday, social networking sites have also been the apparent target of Tehran's censorship.
Claude Guéant, general secretary to Nicolas Sarkozy, said on France 24 on Thursday that the government would order a ban on stock options and bonuses next week for top executives from bailed out French companies.
On April 4, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, turns 60. Nicolas Sarkozy has chosen this symbolic date to end 43 years of France's independence from the West's most powerful alliance.
Home favourite Francisco 'Chaleco' Lopez claimed his maiden win as the Dakar rally entered his country, Chile, for the first time Friday. He was welcomed in Valparaiso as a hero.
Although the Dakar Rally constitutes a major investment even for professional racing teams, it remains a field dominated by amateurs — devotees of the sport who invest a good part of their lives for the sake of a 15-day adventure.
Jean-Benoît Nadeau, co-author of the “The Story of French,” is optimistic. The French language is lively and dynamic and has an efficient network of organisations working to promote it.
