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13/02/2013 - France - Burkina Faso

French MP demands inquiry into murder of Burkina Faso president Sankara

A French left-wing Member of Parliament is calling on the government to shed light on the assassination of Burkina Faso president Thomas Sankara in a coup d’état 25 years ago.

29/10/2012 - France - Sweden

Ikea snooped on union activists, says former French security boss

The former head of security of Ikea in France has accused his bosses of telling him to hire detectives to spy on its employees.

29/02/2012 - France

Ikea used French police files to spy on workers, customers, report

Swedish furniture multinational Ikea hired private detectives to access French police records to snoop on employees and dissatisfied customers, according to trade unionists at the company.

08/01/2012 - Libya - France

French ex-serviceman found shot dead in Tripoli flat

A French ex-serviceman has been found shot dead in his apartment in central Tripoli, sources in Libyan security and at the French embassy said Sunday.

26/10/2011 - France

French presidential candidate Hollande turns down police protection

The Socialist candidate for the French presidency, François Hollande, has turned down an offer of police protection at the start of his election campaign, fearing leaks to the camp of ...

26/09/2011 - Afghanistan

US citizen killed in Kabul embassy CIA annexe

A US citizen has been shot dead by an Afghan employee at an annexe to the US embassy in Kabul used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officials said Monday.

09/04/2011 - Algeria - France

Algeria jails three alleged French spies

Two former Algerian soldiers and a computer specialist have been jailed for ten years after being convicted of spying for France.

22/03/2011 - France - China

China hits back over Renault spy case 'smears'

China hit out Tuesday at what it called "vicious smearing" over now-discredited accusations that Chinese parties profited from industrial espionage at French carmaker Renault.

14/03/2011 - France

Renault apologises to sacked managers

French car maker Renault publicly apologised on Monday to three top managers it fired for allegedly selling electric car secrets to China after it emerged the French automaker may have been the ...

13/03/2011 - France

Renault spy case morphs into fraud inquiry

French police have opened a fraud inquiry as evidence grows that three executives accused of industrial espionage at carmaker Renault were framed.

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