Europe
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 16:48 TU
Focus on France 20 November 2009
Raging handball row won't change a thing
The row following Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier between France and Ireland is continuing, with French skipper Thierry Henry agreeing a replay would be the fairest solution - and former Irish captain Roy Keane telling his country to get over it.
2009-11-20 15:25 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/Ireland - World Cup play-offs
Henry says fairest solution to handball row is a replay
France captain Thierry Henry has moved to diffuse the row over Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Ireland by saying that "the fairest solution" would be to replay the match.
2009-11-20 14:30 TU
Blend of an era: South Africa’s jazz age
A homage to the photographic work by Jurgen Schadeberg of South African jazz artists that goes back six decades.
2009-11-20 18:07 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/Ireland - World Cup play-offs
French minister calls for Ireland rematch but FIFA says Non
2009-11-20 14:01 TU
Economy - OECD predictions
Economies grow, debt spending must end by 2010, says OECD
2009-11-19 11:28 TU
France/Ireland - World Cup play-offs
Controversial handball goal brands Henry "Le Cheat"
2009-11-19 15:40 TU
Afghanistan - presidential inauguration
Challenges await as Karzai is sworn in for second term
2009-11-19 14:04 TU
French press review 19 November 2009
2009-11-19 06:50 TU
Latest update 2009-10-04 15:46 TU
European Union - president, foreign policy chief
EU struggles to find consensus on new jobs
2009-11-16 14:26 TU
UK/Iraq - Defence Ministry investigation
Inquiry into claims British soldiers abused Iraqi civilians
2009-11-16 17:12 TU
France/Germany - Armistice Day commemorations
Sarkozy and Merkel commemorate Armistice Day in Paris
2009-11-11 13:12 TU
Sport - Football/Germany
German football in shock after goalkeeper commits suicide
2009-11-11 14:38 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
Fall of the Berlin Wall - interview with a spymaster
East Germans sought higher standard of living, rather than democracy
2009-11-13 10:06 TU
Lyambiko and Sara Tavares: European divas with African roots
2009-11-20 17:54 TU
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Controversy over allegedly corrupt elections from Ireland to Afghanistan
2009-11-12 15:54 TU
H1N1 flu - Ukraine
2009-11-06 11:25 TU
French press review 5 November 2009
2009-11-05 08:17 TU
Afghanistan - Taliban violence
United Nations to evacuate all non-essential workers
2009-11-05 14:50 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
