The lawyers of George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer who shot dead Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, say that they can no longer claim to represent him because he has been emotionally damaged by the case and no longer “in control”.
The special prosecutor charged with investigating the death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin ruled out the possibility of using a grand jury on Monday, leaving the decision of whether to charge the 17-year-old’s shooter in the hands of her office.
Judges in Mexico have refused to release Frenchwoman Florence Cassez, who was serving a 60-year jail term for allegedly participating in a kidnapping ring. Next, the killing of a black high school student sparks a heated debate on race and Florida's lax self-defence laws. Finally, our reporters look at a new report which says the number of mosques in the US has nearly doubled in the past decade, as immigration from Muslim countries increases.
Does the right to free speech mean you can buy as many attack ads as you want? François Picard's panel argues over the record spending in the US election campaign.
Does the right to free speech mean you can buy as many attack ads as you want? François Picard's panel argues over the record spending in the US election campaign.
Mitt Romney extends his lead in the Republican primary race with a convincing win in Florida. We visit this state where the over-60s have a powerful voice in politics. Next, it’s a battle to survive in rural Mexico, where the worst drought in decades has hit indigenous people hard. Finally, we take a look at a new law that requires porn stars to protect themselves on set.
Reactions to the shooting in a Florida school are multiplying in the US. The Hijab ban in Azerbaijan’s schools sparks outrage. And two Americans make a digital journey across their country.
In 2008, Muslim voters in the US turned out in droves to vote for Barack Obama. Two years later, the Muslim vote could be decisive in the midterm elections in several states. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the situation in Florida.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Wednesday, 8th September 2010: Papers around the world cover the French strikes with varying angles as well as the controversy surrounding alleged plagiarism in the new novel by well-known French writer Michel Hoellebecq. Elsewhere, the Boston Globe’s editorial condemns a Florida pastor’s plans to burn the Koran on September 11th. Finally, we look at “key dance moves” as determined by psychologists!
In this edition: the Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen threatened by the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico; the American lawyer hunting paedophile priests from his base in Minnesota; and the favela in Brazil that pays its bills in its very own currency.
