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Left Front leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon led Sunday's protest
05/05/2013 - France

Left Front marches to clean up French politics

In France, a coalition of left-wing parties opposed to the ruling Socialist government say they drew 180,000 people to an outdoor rally in Paris on Sunday.

Chagos Islanders fight for right to return
24/04/2013 - African news explained

Chagos Islanders fight for right to return

In the 1970s, the United Kingdom expelled thousands of people from their homes in the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean in order to allow the United States to establish a military base there.

14/04/2013 - France - Afghanistan

Freed French hostage returns home

French photographer Pierre Borghi returned to France on Sunday, after being released from four months of captivity in Afghanistan last week.

Mobile medical unit tries to care for Iraqi Kurdistan's no-man's land
13/03/2013 - International report

Mobile medical unit tries to care for Iraqi Kurdistan's no-man's land

The long-running standoff between Baghdad and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region over who should control certain territories has left the area without a functioning government. As a ...

Has Condé changed Guinea?
07/02/2013 - International report

Has Condé changed Guinea?

Nearly four years ago soldiers in the Guinean army went on the rampage in a stadium in Conakry, killing more than 150 people and raping dozens of women.

13/01/2013

French weekly magazines review

Four of France's French weeklies have dedicated their front pages to the issue of gay marriage.

06/01/2013

French weekly magazines review

This week two of the French weeklies have the same topic on their front pages: Freemasons.

Indian democracy group concerned about politicians with criminal records
23/12/2012 - World news explained

Indian democracy group concerned about politicians with criminal records

An attack on a young woman and her male companion sparked protests in a number of major cities India this week.

20/12/2012 - France - Belgium - Russia

Chechnya offers Depardieu tax exile, Belgium may reject billionaire Arnault

Europe’s richest man, LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, may see his application for Belgian nationality turned down. But there is better news for Gérard Depardieu.

11/12/2012 - France - Mali

France calls for new representative government in Mali after Diarra's resignation

France has condemned the manner in which Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra was forced to resign early on Tuesday morning.

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