Pakistan is said to be close to buying three French submarines, but negotiations are unfolding in a context of suspicions of corruption linked to a previous submarine sale, said to be linked to the Karachi bombing of 2002.
Pakistan: Des sous-marins français en eaux troubles
Alors qu’Islamabad pourrait acquérir trois sous-marins français, les négociations se déroulent dans un contexte de soupçons de corruption liés à une précédente vente, qui ne serait pas étrangère à l’attentat de Karachi en 2002.
Former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin takes the stand in the politically-charged Clearstream trial on Wednesday, in which he is accused of plotting to smear Nicolas Sarkozy in 2004 when they were still rivals for the French presidency.
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A rather standard table wine from Chateau Haut Gravier (Christine & Patrice Roy) of PUGNAC. It is a bit tart with sourish woody notes and a rather strange chemical note in the finish. It is over priced at around 5€ a bottle. Give this wine a miss and save your stomach lining!
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Following the 24th suicide among France Telecom employees on Monday in under two years, the company president announced he was suspending several contested management policies including the forced rotation of white-collar workers.
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French taxi drivers in Marseilles get English lessons.
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Moroccans seeking a new life abroad will often head for France. But the question of how easy it is for them to obtain visas has remained an emotive political issue. Now it’s set to be re-examined as the French interior minister makes an official visit to Morocco.
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Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing has delighted media watchers on both sides of the Channel with a fictionalised romance between characters with an eery resemblance to himself and the late Princess Diana.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Friday at the G20 in Pittsburgh that sanctions will have to be taken if Iran doesn’t change nuclear stance by December.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has suggested a December deadline for Iran to show progress in talks with world powers on its suspect nuclear programme. In a TV interview in New York on Wednesday, Sarkozy also laid out plans to rein in bonuses in the financial world.
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The French painter Pierre-August Renoir is often considered as one of the fathers of modern art. But in his later years he came to challenge the Impressionist style, which he had helped to conceptualize. A highlight of this season’s Paris arts calendar is the exhibition, “Renoir in the 20th Century,” which opens this week and focuses on the artist’s last works.
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The Royal Opera House at Versailles has reopened after more than two years of construction work, which restored the hall’s acoustics close to what Louis XVI would have heard sitting in his Royal Lodge.
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Hundreds of people were queuing for free milk on Place de la République in Paris on Tuesday afternoon after milk producers decided to hand out 22,000 litres to the public. Their move followed weeks of protests across Europe against collapsed milk prices.
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French police start breaking up a camp where illegal immigrants hope to cross into Britain. CNN’s Phil Black reports.
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It’s a French icon. The cabaret show, the Moulin Rouge has inspired painters. On Sunday for the first time the famous theatre opened its doors to the public for a backstage tour.
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A pioneering eco-friendly village in northern France is being seen as a blueprint for low energy living of the future. While the very latest technology means the houses are more expensive to the buyer, the idea is that smaller energy bills will more than make up.
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