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09/02/2012 - CAN blog

Travel broadens the mind - not!

The adage goes that travel broadens the mind. However my experiences of flights between match sites during an Africa Cup of Nations run counter to that saying.

09/02/2012 - France

French airport unions keep up pressure on final day of strike

French flag-carrier Air France cancelled more than a third of its long-haul flights and a quarter of medium and short-haul flights on Thursday as a four-day strike by aviation workers entered its ...

09/02/2012 - France

Study claims French weight loss drug, Mediator, killed at least 1,300

At least 1,300 people died from Mediator, a drug licensed for use by diabetics that was used in France as a slimming aid before it was withdrawn, according to a study published by the French ...

09/02/2012 - France

Sarkozy vows to keep Fessenheim nuclear plant running

French President Nicolas Sarkozy told cheering workers at France's oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim that he will keep it running and slammed his Socialist opponent François Hollande ...

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09/02/2012 - France

French presidential elections 2012

The French will vote in Presidential elections on 22 April, with a probable second round on 5 May. In these tough economic times, the candidates are in for a rough ride.

09/02/2012

African press review 9 February 2012

Will President Zuma' State of the Nation address save him from yet another scandal in South Africa? Will Nigeria negotiate with Boko Haram as it destroys the economy of this oil-rich nation?

09/02/2012

French press review 9 February 2012

The cordial handshake between Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, a warning over French public spending by the financial watchdog, the Cour des Comptes, the industrial ...

09/02/2012 - Report - Africa Cup of Nations

CAN - Côte d'Ivoire already have the championship glow

Five things we learned from Wednesday’s semi-finals.

09/02/2012 - Somalia

Somalia's al Shabaab rebels say they carried out deadly Mogadishu attack

Al-Qaeda linked al Shabaab rebels says they carried out the suicide car bomb attack in the Hotel Muna in Hamarweine district in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, on Wednesday which killed at least 15 ...

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