Environment
Nigeria/EU
Europe gives Nigeria €677m to promote peace
The European Commission has signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion dollar) deal to help Nigeria tackle challenges in its restive oil-producing region, promoting peace, good governance and trade, the EU said Friday.
2009-11-20 16:56 TU
Russia - religious killing
Orthodox priest who criticised Islam is slain
A Russian Orthodox priest who was an outspoken critic of both Islam and ultra-nationalist groups was shot dead in his Moscow church by a masked assassin, investigators said Friday. The man had reportedly contacted the federal security services several times over death threats.
2009-11-20 14:53 TU
France - fashion
South Korean supermodel found dead in Paris flat
Twenty-year-old South Korean supermodel Daul Kim has been found hanged in her apartment in Paris. The news was reported by her agency, Next, and later confirmed as a suicide by the South Korean embassy.
2009-11-20 12:53 TU
France - AZF trial
Total and AZF boss off the hook for factory explosion
A French court in Toulouse has ruled that the former director of a chemical plant owned by the oil giant Total is not responsible for a 2001 explosion at the factory that killed 31 people, one of the worst industrial accidents in France.
2009-11-19 17:08 TU
Afghanistan - unrest
Ten killed in suicide blast during Karzai inauguration
A suicide bomber has killed 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan, the second attack on the same day President Hamid Karzai was sworn into office. The bombing in Uruzgan province followed a suicide attack in neighbouring Zabul, which killed two US soldiers.
2009-11-19 13:34 TU
Iran - nuclear rift
UN to inspect nuclear site after Iran rejects fuel deal
UN experts will visit a controversial uranium enrichment plant south of Tehran on Thursday. This comes as US President Barack Obama warned of "consequences" after Iran dismissed a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
2009-11-19 10:05 TU
Afghanistan - presidential inauguration
Challenges await as Karzai is sworn in for second term
2009-11-19 14:04 TU
Climate change - Greenpeace
World leaders must act now on climate change, says Greenpeace chief
2009-11-18 12:05 TU
Drought-struck east Africa hopes for rain
2009-11-17 14:19 TU
UK/Iraq - Defence Ministry investigation
Inquiry into claims British soldiers abused Iraqi civilians
2009-11-16 17:12 TU
Afghanistan - post elections
Sikhs struggle for recognition in the Islamic republic
2009-11-15 12:03 TU
Germany - fall of the Berlin Wall
Amid anniversary cheer, Merkel warns divisions remain
2009-11-09 14:16 TU
French press review 9 November 2009
2009-11-09 08:15 TU
H1N1 flu - Ukraine
2009-11-06 11:25 TU
Afghanistan - Taliban violence
United Nations to evacuate all non-essential workers
2009-11-05 14:50 TU
North Korea/US - nuclear stand-off
Pyongyang pushes US for bilateral nuclear talks
2009-11-02 08:46 TU
H1N1 flu - Mexican Health Minister interview
Swine flu under control, says Mexico's Cordova
2009-10-27 15:31 TU
Israel/Iran - nuclear talks
Iran denies secretly meeting Israel for nuclear talks
2009-10-22 12:20 TU
Focus on France 17 October 2009
Jean Sarkozy, Paris rail network, nuke exports and tax dodges
2009-10-19 07:01 TU
France Telecom suicides: public events not just private stories
2009-10-15 14:16 TU
Headlines
France/Nepal - animal rights
Bardot plea for an end to animal slaughter in Nepal
2009-11-20 09:02 TU
...and earlier
Bangladesh - coup verdict, 34 years on
Court rules killers of founding father Mujib will hang
2009-11-19 08:38 TU
Afghanistan - Karzai sworn in - analysis
Afghans and Western leaders wary of Karzai anti-corruption pledges
2009-11-19 15:15 TU
Economy - OECD predictions
Economies grow, debt spending must end by 2010, says OECD
2009-11-19 11:28 TU
