- FRANCE 24

09/02/2012 - FRANCE - JUSTICE

Perfumier Guerlain on trial for racist slur

Perfume impresario Jean-Paul Guerlain went on trial in Paris Thursday over a 2010 incident in which he described himself as working like a "negre" – a racist slur - and then implying that black people were lazy.

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08/02/2012 - FRANCE 2012

Controversy over Islam and Nazism: campaign turns nasty

Political tempers flare in France as a clash over civilizations turns into a dogfight in parliament. Also on the show: Nicolas Sarkozy has at least one vote for him, at least in theory. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made no secret that she wants him re-elected - an unlikely bold move by the normally über-cautious leader.

04/01/2012 - UK - JUSTICE

Stephen Lawrence's killers sentenced to life in prison

A British judge has sentenced two men to life in prison for stabbing a black teenager to death in London almost two decades ago - a crime that exposed racism within the police and set the victim's family on a long quest for justice.

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04/01/2012 - UK - JUSTICE

Two found guilty of Stephen Lawrence race murder in UK

A London jury found two white men guilty Tuesday of the brutal murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993. New forensic evidence helped convict the accused, who had both denied involvement in the racially motivated attack.

20/12/2011 - UK - FOOTBALL

Liverpool's Suarez banned 8 matches for racial abuse

The English Football Association has banned Liverpool striker Luis Suarez (pictured left) for eight matches and fined him 40,000 GBP (48,000 euros) for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra, a French national of Senegalese origin.

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07/12/2011 - CULTURE

4 Guys from the Future prove Danes can rock

They’re young, they’re Danish, and they’re described as the new MGMT. 4 Guys From The Future join us in the Culture studio to tell us why Scandinavian music’s not just cheesy pop. Also, Charlotte Gainsbourg reveals how her live shows inspired her latest album, and why a World-Cup-winning footballer’s casting a 21st century eye over old-style freak-shows.

05/12/2011 - CULTURE

Freakshows and human zoos

People have always been fascinated by the strange and abnormal. Paris's Quai Branly Museum presents a disturbing new exhibition, "The Invention of the Savage." Discover the racist, immoral and shocking 19th century tradition of human zoos through a series of paintings, videos and artifacts.

18/11/2011 - Football

FIFA's Blatter apologises but refuses to step down

FIFA's beleaguered president Sepp Blatter apologised on Friday for the furore caused by his claim that racism did not exist on the field but stopped short of a full apology and dismissed calls for his resignation.

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18/11/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Forces of disorder'

Domestic issues dominate as election fever gathers pace. Libération, the left-wing daily, leads on apparent failures in policing while Le Figaro, right-wing, gives prominence to Nicolas Sarkozy's defence of France's nuclear industry. That's the focus for this look at the French papers, Friday 18th November 2011.

17/11/2011 - POLITICS

Marine Le Pen: the new face of the far-right

This Saturday, far-right leader Marine Le Pen will officially launch her presidential campaign. While her stated aim is to win next spring's election, her hope is to replicate her father's performance in 2002, when he beat all predictions and reached the run-off. To do so, his daughter has worked hard to transform the National Front into a "normal" party. So who is Marine Le Pen? Is there truly a "new" National Front?