French President Nicolas Sarkozy has reached his mid-term facing several difficulties. 65% of the French people say they are discontent with him but if there was an election today, Sarkozy would won.
The Iran Ayatollah Ali Khameney warned the opposition that if it tried to use the traditional November 4th rally for its own purpose, it will be met by force. It doesn’t seem to frighten demonstrators who are already in the streets of Teheran.
Hamid Karzaï has been reelected President of Afghanistan. The second round has been cancelled after Abdullah Adbuallah stepped down saying there was no way the vote could have been fair.
Radovan Karadzic, the "Balkans butcher", keeps on refusing attending his trial. There are now two options: wether the court decides to press ahead the trial without him or it assigns him a defense council.
Iran and the UN watchdogs are on the edge of finding a compromise on Iran controversial nuclear program. But Mahmud Ahmadinejad wants to add a few details in the deal that west countries are not ready to accept.
The heads of the European countries meet to prepare the Copenhagen summit that will take place December 2009. Will they agree on how much must be spent to reduce gas effects? They will try to forge a consensus.
Iran and the UN watchdogs are back to the round table about Iran nuclear program. Will the Islamic Republic accept that his uranium be transformed in France or Russia, as the Western countries suggest so that it can’t get the atomic bomb?
Angela Merkel has appointed a new government. She pledged to cut taxes while drawing a dark picture of the German economics. Is the newly appointed government strong enough to face the difficulties ahead?
Radovan Karadzics’s trial opens today. The victims of the Balkan wars have been waiting for this day since many years. Accused of crime against humanity amongst other, the ‘beast of Bosnia’ now threats not to show up in court.
A Moroccan caricaturist, Khalid Gueddar, is sued for having insulting a cousin of the King and the national flag. Isn't it an attempt to the freedom of the press in a State regarded as tolerant and modern by the Western countries?
