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DSK Accuser's African Connection

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Beast - By Christopher Dickey - Jul. 01 (Investigative Report) - pride of place goes to the photograph of Fofanah and Alpha Condé, who was elected last November as president of Guinea, the country from which DSK’s accuser immigrated and requested political asylum. Condé, as it turns out, also has extensive ties to major political players in France, including people close to—wait for it—both President Nicolas Sarkozy and Strauss-Kahn, who had been expected to be the incumbent’s main challenger in next year’s elections. You can see why the conspiracy-minded French find the case so fascinating.

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A Banner Year for Islam Bashing

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Miller-McCune - By Michael Scott Moore - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - Why has anti-Muslim sentiment risen up lockstep in America and Europe?

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Muslims Riot, Mayhem in France

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Atlas Shrugs - By Pamela Geller - Jul. 17 (News Report) - Rioters burned cars, attacked a tramway and shot at police in the French city of Grenoble overnight in protest at the death of a local Muslim man, identified as 27-year- old Karim Boudouda, fleeing police after allegedly holding up the city's casino.

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Russian Nuclear Reactor May Supply Unlimited Electricity

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MIT Technology Review - By Phil McKenna - May. 25 (News) - If the Italian-Russian project is successful it could prove to be a roadmap for self-sustaining hydrogen fusion reactors to provide unlimited power. Skeptics say it's more of the same "pie-in-the-sky" as in space solar power that beams down electricity from satellites via lethal microwaves, as described in Sunstroke by David Kagan.

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France's pension dilemma

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

rfi.fr - By Angela Diffley - Feb. 15 (News Report) - France's generous pension system is under strain, as fewer workers are pressed to support more and more retired people. The government and the opposition as well as unions know something needs to be done, but no one can can agree on the way forward.

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French identity debate: beyond burqas

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Mildrade Cherfils - Jan. 28 (Special Report) - A panel of French lawmakers has recommended passing a law to forbid women from wearing head-to-toe Islamic dress in some public spaces such as government buildings, hospitals, outside of schools and public transportation. Those who failed to obey the law could be penalized by a denial of service.

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Gorbachev, Bush, Kohl Remember Cold War

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

sptimes.ru - By Agence France Presse - Nov. 03 (News Report) - Helmut Kohl, George Bush, and Mikhail Gorbachev hailed their excellent relations at a Berlin cabaret on Saturday, 20 years after the Cold War leaders watched over the Wall’s fall.

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Sarkozy Hiding Behind the Burqa

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jamal Dajani - Jul. 10 (News Report) - PARIS- It's been almost three weeks since French President Nicolas Sarkozy said burqas imprison women and would not be tolerated in France. In a speech at the Palace of Versailles, Mr. Sarkozy said that the head-to-toe Islamic garment for women, the burqa, "is not a sign of religion", but rather "a sign of subservience."

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France seals African uranium deals

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

mwcnews.net - Mar. 28 (News Report) - "Obviously we're here because we need your uranium but we're also here because we need strategic partners and Niger is a strategic partner that is absolutely essential," Sarkozy said. The former French colony is a major source of uranium for Areva.

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Labor Victory in Guadeloupe After Six-Week Strike Reverberates Across French Caribbean and France

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Democracy Now - By Amy Goodman, Kali Akuno, Juan Gonzalez - Mar. 27 (News Report) - The financial crisis has had reverberations far beyond the United States and Europe, with people taking to the streets in cities across the globe to protest rising wealth inequality and to call for economic and labor rights. Perhaps the most significant action took place in the French Caribbean on the island of Guadeloupe. Labor leaders in Guadeloupe led a forty-four-day general strike that completely paralyzed the island. Starting on January 19th, workers revolted against the French government over the exorbitant cost of living by closing down roads, schools, gas stations and public transportation.

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The French Nuclear Industry Is Bad Enough in France; Let's Not Expand It to the U.S.

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Linda Gunter - Mar. 23 (News Report) - But France's monopolistic dependency on splitting the atom to turn on the lights has come with a huge price -- not only financially but in environmental and health costs. In reality, France is a radioactive mess, additionally burdened with an overwhelming amount of radioactive waste, much of which is simply dispersed into the surrounding environment.

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Risk of a Social Conflagration in Europe

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

blog.lefigaro.fr - By Pierre Rousselin - Feb. 02 (News Report) - The day of strikes in France on Thursday showed that the anxiety aroused by the crisis was real and widespread. That anxiety is all the greater for the fact that neither the unions, nor the opposition parties, nor the government offer any satisfactory response to diffuse turmoil and distress.

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The Nuclear Option

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Mother Jones - By Judith Lewis - Apr. 18 (Special Report) - The idea of nuclear power arose more than half a century ago out of the most noble impulses of humanity's brightest minds, scientists who hoped that the destructive force they'd harnessed, the most concentrated source of energy on earth, could also be applied for good. But atomic electricity strayed so far from its promise--corrupted by government's collusion with industry, mismanagement for the sake of profit, and ordinary bureaucratic incompetence--that we seem flummoxed at the thought of ever reclaiming it.

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C'est le Matin en France

Mon, 07 May 2007 10:47:02 -0700

Pajamas Media - By nidra poller - May. 07 (Special Report) - "Victory is only beautiful if it is generous." Sarkozy wins the French presidency with 53.06% to 46.94%. Largest turnout in three decades - 84.76%. (Official data) It's the best result for a right wing candidate since 1965.

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Franc Assessment

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:58:06 -0700

New Republic - By David A. Bell - Apr. 20 (Special Report) - For the past quarter century, one particular lie told to pollsters has had a very large effect on French politics: "I am not voting for Jean-Marie Le Pen." With his coarseness, anti-Arab racism, homophobia, and long history of Jew-baiting, Le Pen well deserves his "beyond the pale" reputation. But, if you spend long enough in France, you will meet plenty of people who tell you privately that Le Pen "has the right idea about the immigrant problem" and that he's "saying things that need to be said."

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