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12/01/2012

French press review 12 January 2012

Who polices the police? And who polices the police who police the police? Is France's 35-hour week a calamity?

30/12/2011 - Jamaica

Jamaica's first-ever woman prime minister back in office

Jamaica’s left-leaning People’s National Party (PNP) has beaten the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in a general election that sees the country’s first-ever woman prime minister, ...

27/12/2011 - France

French unemployment hits 12-year high

French unemployment is at its highest since 1999 with over four million people looking for work in November.

29/11/2011 - Norway

Norwegian far-right mass-murderer Behring Breivik insane, report

Norwegian far-right gunman Anders Behring Breivik may escape a prison sentence after court-appointed psychiatrists declared him criminally insane on Tuesday.

27/10/2011 - France

Internet campaign stops French hypermarket firing

A deluge of emails, tweets and Facebook protests has forced French supermarket chain Cora to drop an attempt to fire a checkout operator for taking a coupon for a free sandwich left on her till by ...

05/10/2011 - Greece - European Union - IMF

Greek workers strike as eurogloom spreads

Airports were at a standstill, only emergency staff were on duty at hospitals and schools were closed in Greece Wednesday as hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers staged a one-day strike ...

California farmworkers demand legal protection
09/09/2011 - International report

California farmworkers demand legal protection

US Labor Day is an annual public holiday intended to celebrate working people.

01/09/2011

African press review 1st September 2011

A mixed bag in the African press today...

11/08/2011 - United Kingdom

Cameron promises tougher police powers after British riots

British Prime Minister David Cameron promised to give police more powers but rejected calls to reverse budget cuts in a parliamentary debate on this week’s riots in London and other ...

10/08/2011 - United Kingdom - interviews

Tension with police and austerity behind UK riots, activists say

Opposition politicians and community groups in riot-hit areas of Britain have accused the government of turning a blind eye to the cause of the unrest.

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