New York's attorney general has filed an antitrust lawsuit against top world computer chip maker Intel for using "bribery and coercion" to dominate the market. The US giant was already hit with a record fine by EU authorities in May.
In this edition: a portrait of the first black female winner of the prestigious Goncourt literary prize, former French President Jacques Chirac is in legal hot water and the plight of being a tenant in Paris.
A Bosnian court has jailed Predrag Kujundzic, a former Bosnian Serb commander, for 22 years for the murder and sexual enslavement of Muslim civilians during the country's 1992-1995 war.
Charles Pasqua, who was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in Angolagate, has called on the French authorities to waive the “secret défense”, by which sensitive evidence is kept secret. FRANCE 24 asked an expert to explain.
Charles Pasqua, a former interior minister who was sentenced to a year in prison for his role in the 'Angolagate' arms trafficking case, has urged the French authorities to declassify sensitive documents he says will clarify his role in the affair.
A case looking into luxury properties and cars owned by ruling African clans in France has been called off by the Court of Appeal in Paris. NGO Transparency International said it would appeal the decision.
Washington is requesting the extradition of Iranian citizen Majid Kakavand, imprisoned in France for having bought "sensitive technology" for the Iranian military. The French judiciary is to provide a decision on this complex case by December.
A New York judge on Tuesday
ruled that the next America's Cup cannot be held in Ras al-Khaimah, in the United Arab Emirates, according to the rules that govern the sailing regatta.
As the debate on chemical castration is on in the Assemblée Nationale, Francis Evrard, a French sex offender, has written to President Sarkozy asking to be physically castrated. Mrs Alliot-Marie, Ministry of Justice, agreed to open the debate.
The Church of Scientology in France has been found guilty of defrauding its followers and its leaders have been handed fines and suspended prison sentences. However, the court did not ban the organisation’s activities in France.
