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Angry Demonstrators Demand Sarkozy To Pay Up And Return Aristide To Haiti

Pwa — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:29:31 +0000

By Kevin Pina

Demonstrators demand restitution and reparations as French president Sarkozy arrives by helicopter.

Port au Prince, Haiti – HIP — Thousands of supporters of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide took to the streets on Wednesday as French president Nicolas Sarkozy toured the earthquake ravaged capital of Port au Prince. Holding pictures of the ousted president aloft they chanted for France to pay more then 21 billion dollars in restitution and reparations and to return Aristide as Sarkozy’s helicopter landed near Haiti’s quake damaged national palace.

VIDEO:French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s Press Conference in Haiti (Feb 17th 2010)

Pwa — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:49:31 +0000

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s press conference in Haiti (Feb 17th 2010)
Conférences de Presse du Président Français Nicolas Sarkozy en Haïti (17 Fév 2010)

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French President Visits Haiti

Pwa — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:07:09 +0000

France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, walks past the honor guard with Haiti’s President Rene Preval upon Sarkozy’s arrival at the Haiti International Airport in Port-au-Prince, 17 Feb 2010

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, where he is expected to announce a substantial aid package to help the former French colony rebuild.

VIDEO:Survivor Pulled From Shop Ruins 11 Days After Quake

Pwa — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:35:31 +0000

French firemen pulled a 25-year-old man alive from the ruins of a shop in Port-au-Prince on Saturday, hours after the Haitian government said search-and-rescue teams were curtailing their missions to focus on relief efforts.

VIDEO:Disputes Emerge Over Haiti Aid Control

Pwa — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:51:30 +0000

It is five days since a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, spreading fear and misery across an already fragile nation.

After a relatively slow start, US forces appear to be taking the lead in organising international aid efforts on the ground.

Anger at US builds at Port-au-Prince Airport

Pwa — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:43:09 +0000

By Deborah Pasmantier (AFP)

A French citizen pleads with a soldier as she waits to find out if she can board a French air force plane

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Anger built Saturday at Haiti’s US-controlled main airport, where aid flights were still being turned away and poor coordination continued to hamper the relief effort four days on.

France Attempting to Bane Full Muslim Veils

Pwa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:00:37 +0000

By Elaine Ganley
The Associated Press

LA VERRIERE, France — The man she married is French, her four children were born in France and she speaks French with only a trace of her native Arabic tongue. Faiza Silmi contends her clothes – a head-to-toe robe and filmy tissue covering her face – are the reason France has denied her citizenship in her adopted land.

France Asks Haiti’s Creditors: Cancel Debt Quickly

Pwa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:36:59 +0000

By Emma Vandore

PARIS-France moved to help disaster-hit Haiti on Friday by urging creditors to speed efforts to cancel the impoverished Caribbean nation’s debt in order to free funds that otherwise would be used on repayments.

VIDEO:Haitians Await News in Paris

Pwa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:41:54 +0000

The large Haitian community in France suffers an anxious wait after the quake. Jim Bittermann reports.

Source: CNN

Sarkozy Calls For International Donors Conference to Help Haiti

Pwa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:52:46 +0000

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is calling for an international donors conference to help Haiti rebuild from the catastrophic earthquake that hit the impoverished island on Tuesday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he would call his US counterpart Barack Obama to push for an international donors’ conference to help Haiti get back on its feet.

France Stops Haiti Deportations

Pwa — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:41:02 +0000

The Immigration Department in France says it has stopped expelling illegal immigrants from Haiti for now.

Immigration minister, Eric Besson, says all proceedings aimed at deporting Haitians who have been caught in France have been suspended.

VIDEO:Booba [A French Rapper] Throws A Bottle Of Jack Daniels At A Fan

Pwa — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:42:26 +0000

Corentin reports “watch at the 2:00 mark This weekend in Paris, France was the Urban Peace Show. Rapstar Booba got beef with the public. At 2:00 Booba says “Hold on Turn it off..You want a bottle of Jack in your head or what??! .. Son of a b*tch” then throw the bottle! ahah Shit is funny!”

France To Sell India Nuclear Reactors

Pwa — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:51:38 +0000

Bruce Loudon

Nicolas Sarkozy (r) with Manmohan Singh

INDIA signed a historic deal with France last night for the supply of nuclear reactors and fuel, thereby signalling its entry into the global nuclear marketplace for the first time and the end of more than three decades of isolation.

Tragedy Strikes The Saint Preux Family Again

Pwa — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:47:37 +0000

By Steve Lieberman and Vincent DiSalvio

Police at the scene of this morning’s fatal motorcycle-car crash in Clarkstown. The motorcyclist’s body lies beneath the yellow tarp on the lawn, at left. (Photos by Vincent DiSalvio/The Journal News)

France’s Sarkozy Battles Fallout From Financial Crisis

Pwa — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:34:50 +0000

PARIS (AFP) — President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday battled to contain fallout from the global financial crisis, moving ahead with plans for a world summit and calling a meeting of French banking and insurance chiefs.

France Bans Food Containing Chinese Milk Products

Pwa — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:29:00 +0000

PARIS: France said on Wednesday it was banning all food items containing Chinese milk products as a precautionary move following a tainted milk scandal.

The European Union does not import milk or milk products from China. France’s measure targets foodstuffs that contain Chinese dairy products as an ingredient.

US Navy Honored For WWII Role At Beach In France

Pwa — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:14:49 +0000

The U.S Navy Monument is seen during a Dedication ceremony at Utah Beach, western France. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

SAINTE-MARIE-DU-MONT, France (AP) — The U.S. Navy was honored Saturday for its key role in the massive amphibious wartime invasion that helped propel the Allies to victory in World War II.

Poverty, Climate At Center Of Clinton Event

Pwa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:08:52 +0000

Lance Armstrong, right, announced at Wednesday's Clinton Global Initiative that his foundation would committ $8 million to a global awareness campaign for cancer.

NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Clinton’s annual summit of world leaders and celebrities opened Wednesday with the former president sharing the stage with rock star Bono and dignitaries including his former vice president, who warned that humanity is struggling in the fight against climate change.

Armstrong Comes Back To Compete In Tour De France

Pwa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:07:38 +0000

By RACHEL COHEN

NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Armstrong is chasing an eighth Tour de France title and an elusive feat: persuading everyone he’s clean.

As Armstrong reunites with his close friend and Astana team director Johan Bruyneel, the man behind his yellow jerseys, he’s also adding a new member to his support group. Anti-doping expert Don Catlin has been hired to test Armstrong anytime, anywhere — and to post the results online for the world to see.

GM Looks To Sell Plant In France, Other Assets

Pwa — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:07:30 +0000

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote) is looking to sell a plant Strasbourg, France, and will begin seeking buyers next month when it also kicks off the sale for its Hummer SUV brand, the automaker said on Wednesday.

Our Power Lies In Unity

Pwa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:54:37 +0000

Nations can no longer protect their interests, or advance the wellbeing of their people, without coming together in partnership.

Ban Ki-Moon is secretary general of the United Nations

France: EU Monitors In Georgia Could Be Armed

Pwa — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:34:08 +0000

PARIS (AP) — EU observers being sent near Georgia’s breakaway regions could be armed for security reasons, France’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, despite earlier pledges that the monitors would not carry weapons.

Haiti After The Hurricanes: The Politics Of An Unnatural Disaster

Pwa — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:28:43 +0000

7pm Tuesday, September 30
SCPA building, 2149 Mackay Street
(between Sherbrooke and de Maisonneuve)
Métro Guy-Concordia

Why has Haiti been so hard hit by the recent hurricanes Gustav, Hanna and
Ike? What role did ecological degradation play in the crisis? What has
been the impact of Non-Governmental Organizations? Do they have a role to
play in avoiding future crises, or are they part of the problem?

World Food Balance Unclear For Next Decade-France

Pwa — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:49:02 +0000

ANNECY, France, (Reuters) – World farming will face uncertainty for at least 10 years over how far supply and demand can be balanced, implying little short-term relief from price volatility, the EU’s leading agricultural producer France says.

France Criticizes Lack Of European Arms Spending

Pwa — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:50:07 +0000

By ROD McGUIRK

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A shortage of international troops in Afghanistan reflects insufficient defense spending across most of Europe, French Defense Minister Herve Morin said Wednesday during a visit to Australia.

New Study Finds Major Hurricanes Gaining Intensity

Pwa — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:47:27 +0000

By Paul Sisco
The peak of a busy hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean basin is just past, and already the number of major tropical cyclones is above average. The latest strong storm to strike land was Hurricane Ike, which left thousands without power and unable to return to the Gulf coast homes in the U.S. The situation is worse in the Caribbean, especially in Haiti which has been devastated by a series of storms this year. VOA science correspondent Paul Sisco reports on the latest in a series of studies which find that hurricanes are growing in intensity and global warming might be to blame.

Chinese-Made Sofas Causing ‘Painful’ Eczema Outbreaks in France

Pwa — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:24:42 +0000

A woman walks pass a row of sofas laid out to dry outside a shop in Beijing in 2005. A French retailer has said it has withdrawn a range of Chinese-made armchairs and sofas from sale after hundreds of buyers complained of developing a painful eczema rash.
(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)

India To Conduct Nuclear Business With France

Pwa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:10:00 +0000

By Jiang Yuxia

NEW DELHI, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) — France will become the first country to conduct nuclear business with India. Both countries will sign a previously agreed text for bilateral civil nuclear cooperation on September 30 during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Paris, according to the Hindustan Times Sunday.

Pope Calls For Redefinition Of Church-State Relations In France

Pwa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:02:55 +0000

By Rachel Donadio

Pope Benedict XVI greeted well-wishers as he left Notre Dame cathedral in Paris yesterday after a prayer service. Benedict began a four-day trip to France, his first to that country as pope. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LOURDES, France: Benedict XVI on Sunday renewed his call to redefine church-state relations in France and urged the Roman Catholic clergy to engage in meaningful interreligious dialogue.

VIDEO:Pope Addresses Secularism in France

Pwa — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:33:06 +0000

By RACHEL DONADIO and ALAN COWELL

PARIS — Starting his first visit to France as pope on Friday, Benedict XVI touched on central themes of his papacy — including the tensions between faith and reason and church and state as well as his efforts to reach out to Muslims and Jews — and urged an increasingly irreligious Europe to look back to its intellectual roots in Christian monastic culture.