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Paris police hope to restore the city's image, after a riot burst out during a parade of PSG football fans on Monday night
15/05/2013 - France

Paris police boost efforts to ward off pickpockets

Paris police said on Wednesday that they would deploy more officers at the city’s main tourist attractions in an effort to cut back on pickpockets and other petty crimes against visitors.

26/04/2013

African press review 26 April 2013

Reactions to Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s picks for cabinet, an amnesty appeal to Boko Haram from Nigeria’s northern governors, the passing of South Africa’s controversial ...

16/04/2013 - France

French interior minister admits lapses in gangster's jailbreak

A lapse in security was responsible for the escape of gangster Redoine Faïd from a jail in northern France at the weekend, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls declared on Tuesday, ...

27/03/2013 - France

Watch out for fake champagne after thieves steal thousands of labels

A top Champagne-maker fears the market may be flooded with fakes after thieves robbed 16,000 labels, along with 3,700 bottles, from his winery in eastern France.

10/03/2013 - France

Thief arrested after taking stolen laptop to after-sales

A none-too-bright thief was arrested in the French city of Grenoble after he took a stolen laptop computer back to the shop to complain that the battery wasn’t working.

01/03/2013 - France

'Pathological miser' fined for using fake supermarket gift vouchers

A 45-year-old Frenchman has been fined 5,000 euros for faking supermarket gift vouchers, a practise that earned him at least 400 euros a week, according to his lawyer, who said her client was a ...

19/02/2013 - France

Man arrested for serial attacks on Paris Chinese

A 30-year-old man has been arrested for a series of attacks on Asians in the Belleville area of Paris.

28/11/2012 - France - Russia

Russian chef offers reward for French colleague's lost cookbook

A top French chef has lost a book containing 20 years’ worth of recipes and a Russian colleague has offered a 10,000-euro reward for its recovery.

20/11/2012 - Report: Nigeria

Nigeria struggles to stop billion-dollar oil theft

Crude oil theft is a major problem in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil exporter.

Nigeria brings out navy  to battle crude-oil theft
20/11/2012 - International report

Nigeria brings out navy to battle crude-oil theft

Crude-oil theft is a major problem in Nigeria which is Africa’s largest oil exporter and is worth an estimated five billion euros a year. It is normally stolen from pipelines in the oil ...

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