Posts Tagged france
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
September 28, 2009
(CNN) — French authorities expressed solidarity with Roman Polanski’s family Monday after authorities arrested the filmmaker on a 1970s sexual-offense charge involving a 13-year-old girl.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he hoped authorities would respect Polanski’s rights “and that the affair (will) come to a favorable resolution,” the Foreign Ministry said in [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
September 3rd, 2009 Update
French consulate torched as Bongo wins Gabon vote
Yahoo- LIBREVILLE (AFP) – Opposition supporters went on the rampage across oil-rich Gabon Thursday, torching a French consulate and attacking a prison, after the son of the country’s late leader was declared winner of a bitter presidential election .
Disturbances were reported [...]
Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16
Story from Independent.co.uk
Inside France’s secret war
For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most vicious genocide since the Nazis. Today, [...]
