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21/05/2012 - France

Europe's biggest buddhist temple to open outside Paris

With a month to go until its official opening on 22 June, workers are adding the finishing touches to the biggest Buddhist Temple in Europe, situated in a special eco-friendly zone, just outside ...

Louisiana wants BP cash for Gulf spill
08/05/2012 - International report

Louisiana wants BP cash for Gulf spill

The world may have forgotten the 2010 oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico but local communities are still suffering the consequences.

06/04/2012 - France

Radioactive leak at France's Penly plant after fires break out

A nuclear reactor at France’s Penly plant on the English Channel near Dieppe was shut down automatically after two small fires broke out causing a joint to leak radioactive water into ...

A plan to stave off extinction for Namibia's vital Devil’s Claw medicinal plant
02/04/2012 - African news explained

A plan to stave off extinction for Namibia's vital Devil’s Claw medicinal plant

Namibia is the largest exporter of a medicinal plant called Devil’s Claw. It is a source of income for 10 000 mostly poor families. But Devil’s Claw is now threatened with extinction.

28/03/2012

French press review 28 March 2012

Is Sarkozy closing the gap on Hollande? How different are his policies to Le Pen's?

BP oil disaster not over for some
14/03/2012 - International report

BP oil disaster not over for some

In what should have been the largest case of litigation in US history, the BP trial for the 2010 oil disaster has been settled. In part.

09/03/2012

French press review 9 March 2012

The environment and climate change dominate the headlines with special attention to the situation in the Japan one year after the devastating tsunami which badly damaged the Fukushima nuclear ...

12/02/2012 - French presidential election 2012

Green candidate Eva Joly launches struggle for anti-Sarkozy vote

Ecologist candidate for France’s president Eva Joly called on the French to “vote with their hearts” at the first public meeting in her campaign for this year’s presidential election.

Moving towards the "Third Industrial Revolution"
08/02/2012 - World news explained

Moving towards the "Third Industrial Revolution"

As the world moves into a new economic era, energy is still the key to power - but the type of energy has changed.

02/02/2012 - France

It's an occupational hazard, says Hollande after flour-attack

French presidential frontrunner François Hollande was attacked by a woman wielding a flour- bomb while delivering a speech about housing problems in the capital on Wednesday.

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