Saturday, July 04, 2009

  • FRANCE
    Cheb Mami gets five years jail in forced abortion case
    A French court has sentenced Algerian-born rai singer Cheb Mami, also known as the "Prince of Rai", to five years in jail for attempting to force his ex-girlfriend to have an abortion in Algeria in 2005.
  • AIR FRANCE 447
    Crash inquiry says plane did not break up mid-air
    The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic with 228 people on board on June 1 did not break up mid-air but hit the water while accelerating sharply downward, France’s Office of Investigations and Analysis revealed Thursday.
  • FRANCE
    Train derails in south-west France, 13 injured
    A passenger train derailed near the south-western French city of Limoges late Friday after ramming into a trailer, injuring 13 people with six suffering serious wounds, according to police officials.
  • EUROPEAN UNION
    Sarkozy, Swedish PM hold talks on Europe
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right, pictured with Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner) held talks in Stockholm with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  • COMOROS CRASH
    Yemenia suspends flights to and from Marseille
    After days of protests at the Marseille airport by angry Comorans following Tuesday’s plane crash off the Comoros islands, Yemenia Airways announced it was suspending flights to and from the Mediterranean port city.
  • FRANCE
    Judge orders Elise's parents to seek agreement
    A family court judge on Friday ordered the parents of a three-year-old Franco-Russian girl at the centre of an international custody battle to come to an agreement before considering their respective demands.
  • IRAQ
    French PM, corporate heads to meet with Iraqi leadership
    French Prime Minister François Fillon (pictured) and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde are leading a delegation of French business leaders to Iraq for talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani.
  • FRANCE
    Pop star Cheb Mami on trial in forced abortion case
    French-Algerian pop star Cheb Mami appears in a Paris court today on charges of attempting a forced abortion on his former partner. He was arrested on Monday after evading capture for two years in Algeria.
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