News Robinson pleads guilty before trial
The Paris News Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:20 PM PDT
A Paris woman, facing a jury panel and more than 15 witnesses implicating her guilt, confessed Wednesday to the September 2008 murder of Dontrae Mitchell. |
Popcorn & Candy: Fast Guys Finish Last
DCist Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:17 PM PDT
DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Achilles and the Tortoise Filmfest DC is still in full swing through the weekend. There are plenty of highlights this weekend, including New Wave classic Six in Paris and Kiyoshi Kursawa's Tokyo Sonata tonight, the economics documentary I.O.U.S.A. and Shunichi ... |
Thor Hushovd to Skip 2009 Giro d'Italia
Roadcycling Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:10 PM PDT
After a full spring program that saw Cervelo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd (NOR) win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, a stage at the Tour of California, and finishing third in both the 2009 Paris-Roubaix and the 2009 Milano-San Remo, Hushovd has decided to dedicate some time to resting and training and allowing him to focus 100% on preparing for the 2009 Tour de France taking place this July. Consequently he ... |
New revolt of the masses
The Japan Times Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:03 PM PDT
PARIS â€" Is the current economic crisis uniting the democratic world in anger as much as in fear? In France, with many factories closing, a wave of executive hostage-taking â€" "boss-napping," as this newfangled crime is called â€" is agitating board rooms and police. In the United States, big bonuses given to executives from firms receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts â€" the insurance ... |
Today from VOA:
Voice of America Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:30 PM PDT
The French government has vowed to shut down a squatter camp of illegal immigrants trying to reach Britain from the Channel port of Calais. It is unclear whether the measure will end a long-standing immigration problem that is causing friction between Paris and London. |
Paris talks don't budge Sudan on aid groups
Boston Globe Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:26 PM PDT
French and British negotiators failed at talks this week to persuade Sudan to allow expelled aid groups back into Darfur, officials said Thursday. |
French ex-trader wants deeper probe into bank loss
INO News Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:15 PM PDT
(AP:PARIS) A former trader accused of causing huge losses at French bank Societe Generale has asked investigators to reopen a probe into the case to determine how much his bosses knew about his actions, his lawyer said Thursday. |
France annuls election in votes-in-socks scandal (Reuters)
Yahoo!7 Odd News Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:09 PM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - France's highest court annulled the 2008 election of a mayor in the southern town of Perpignan on Thursday, after the head of a polling station tried to change the result by smuggling in ballots in his socks. |
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-23 20:37 Big French banks work on 'bad LBO bank' - paper
Interactive Investor Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:08 PM PDT
PARIS, April 23 (Reuters) - The big French banks are working on a plan to put bad leveraged buyout debt into a special structure to remove their risk from the balance sheet, the Les Echos newspaper said in its Friday edition. There were no further details on the front-page sent to Reuters. For a recent analysis on the LBO risks for French banks see . |
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