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Tension rises among French police
14/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

Tension rises among French police

Last week, hundreds of police officers joined protests across France against working conditions.

11/05/2012

French press review 11 May 2012

The dailies are all about the sensitive files already piling up of the table of French President François Hollande as he prepares for his inauguration on Tuesday and a quick trip to Berlin ...

27/04/2012

French press review 27 April 2012

The presidential election campaign continues to dominate the news as Socialist front-runner François Hollande and incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy canvass for swing votes ahead of the 6 ...

27/04/2012 - France

Angry police demonstrations put Sarkozy and Hollande on the spot

The shooting of a serial offender by a policeman near Paris on Saturday has become a presidential campaign issue after President Sarkozy called for a change in the law to allow the presumption of ...

25/04/2012 - France

Burglar found through DNA on stone - one year after

French police have found a man who committed nearly 30 burglaries a year ago thanks to traces of DNA left on a stone he used to break in to a house.

New York police under fire for Muslim surveillance
13/04/2012 - International report

New York police under fire for Muslim surveillance

One hundred civil rights groups are urging the US Department of Justice to investigate the New York Police Department's surveillance of Muslim Americans.

12/04/2012 - France

Prison wardens blockade France's overcrowded jails

A woman prison warden was hospitalised in clashes with police outside a prison in eastern France on Thursday, trade unionists said.

11/04/2012 - France

French police face court action over racist ID check allegations

Fifteen French citizens are taking the government to court over alleged racist policing. They all claim to have been stopped by police purely because of the colour of their skin.

11/04/2012 - Report: France

One year of France's burka ban yields 20 fines and no men prosecuted

France’s law banning face-covering garments in public came into force a year ago – a defence of secular values and women’s rights, according to its proponents, a bad case of ...

Malawi's new president fires national police chief
10/04/2012 - African news explained

Malawi's new president fires national police chief

Malawi's new President Joyce Banda has fired the nation's police chief and hired a new one.

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