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17/05/2013

French press review 17 May 2013

The news is dominated by President François Hollande’s press conference to mark his first year in office and a shocking suicide committed in front of of school children in Paris.

The incident happened at a nursery in Paris's 7th arrondissement.
16/05/2013 - France

Man commits suicide in front of children at Paris nursery school

A man has shot himself dead in front of children at a nursery school near the Eiffel Tower in central Paris.

Inside Marseille's Baumettes prison
04/05/2013 - France

French prison suicide rate twice European average

France prison suicide is twice the European average, according to a new report by the Council of Europe.

16/04/2013 - Report: Somalia

Al-Shebab to launch more attacks after Mogadishu court assault

Somalia’s al-Shebab rebels have threatened further attacks after coordinated bombings and shootings that killed at least 30 people in Mogadishu at the weekend.

15/04/2013 - Report: Somalia

Al-Shebab attack Mogadishu court house, Turkish aid convoy

Twenty-nine people were killed and others wounded after nine suicide bombers attacked Mogadishu’s law court on Sunday. A car bomb near the airport killed five more people.

31/03/2013 - Mali

Suicide bombing, jihadi attack in central Timbuktu

Fighting in the historic northern Mali town of Timbuktu this weekend left three Islamist fighters dead and five Malian troops wounded, the Malian army said Sunday.

18/03/2013 - Report: Somalia

Mogadishu car bomb kills civilians, schoolchildren

Up to 10 were killed by a car bomb in central Mogadishu on Monday in one of the bloodiest attacks in the war-ravaged capital in recent months.

09/03/2013

French press review 9 March 2013

Web-watchers monitor internet suicide announcements. A stagnant French economy means more cuts to come. Fukushima recovers from its triple catastrophe ...

15/02/2013 - France

Second French jobless man sets himself on fire after losing unemployment benefits

A jobless man has set himself on fire in Paris after losing unemployment benefits, two days after another man died in a similar incident in the country's west.

09/02/2013 - Mali - France

Two suicide bombers stopped in north Mali after Islamist suicide attack in Gao

Villagers in north Mali arrested two young men with explosives strapped to their bodies on Saturday, witnesses report.

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