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22/05/2012 - Report: Egypt

Youth movement to protect Egypt’s presidential polls against fraud

A key Egyptian youth movement is readying itself to protect Egypt’s presidential polls from electoral fraud with a 10,000-strong team of election observers.

18/04/2012

African press review 18 April 2012

Sudan and South Sudan edge closer to war over oil. A UK court may order a Nigerian former governor's property seized. And Guinea Bissau's new rulers promise severe repression.

18/02/2012 - France

Court dismisses case against muslim man in polygamy row

A French court has dismissed fraud charges against a man at the centre of a polygamy row in 2010 in Nantes, western France, which emerged after his wife was stopped by police for wearing the ...

Nigerian 419 scam
14/01/2012 - Webwatch

Nigerian 419 scam

Who hasn't received an email from Nigeria claming they've won a lot of money in exchange of their bank account details? It's called the Nigerian 419 scam. Why 419?

Getting multinationals to pay their taxes
01/01/2012 - African news explained

Getting multinationals to pay their taxes

Throughout the continent of Africa, countries continue to lose revenue to multinational companies who use loopholes to dodge paying taxes.

30/12/2011 - France

French breast implant fraud boss tries to start new company

The man at the centre of France’s breast implant scandal has been trying to get back into the business, reports say.

29/12/2011 - France

Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners

Activists in France’s eastern Jura region have accused Ryanair of “flirting with fraud” after the regional council agreed to subsidise the budget airline in the hope of creating ...

23/12/2011

French press review 23 December 2011

Several topics make the headlines starting with the cheap three-year loans granted by the European Central Bank to 523 European credit and financial companies.

15/12/2011 - France

Chirac given two-year suspended sentence in Paris fake jobs case

Former French President Jacques Chirac was found guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power by a Paris court on Thursday. He was given a two-year suspended sentence.

10/12/2011 - Russia

Putin opponents protest across Russia Saturday

Protests demanding the annulment of Russia’s disputed elections spread across Russia Saturday, with the demonstration day starting on the far east and scheduled to hit Moscow and the west ...

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