BY ABDUL HAQ COMPIER Source / Courtesy: January 2011, Alislam-eGazette Summary: Traditional education about Western civilisation tells the story of how around 1500, Greek texts recovered the lost memory of Europe’s Greek […]
by Mathieu van Berchem in Paris, swissinfo.ch The United Nations culture agency is dealing with the financial consequences of a political decision taken in October – a funding shortfall of 22 per cent. On October 31 the United States suspended its financial contribution to Unesco after Palestine was admitted as […]
France is repatriating a number of diplomats and their families from Iran following an attack on the British embassy in Tehran. French officials said the move was a temporary security measure. Britain expelled 25 Iranian diplomats following Tuesday’s attack, when hundreds stormed the British embassy. British officials say the attack […]
Daily Telegraph: The euro project was flawed from the start and the current generation of European leaders has failed to address its fundamental problems, Jacques Delors, the architect of the […]
By Ségolène ALLEMANDOU France24. A tougher immigration policy Among the measures “for better management of the flow of immigrants” announced by Gueant are a toughening of the conditions necessary to obtain French citizenship and of the rules allowing an immigrant living in France to be joined by family members. Other measures include […]
Tuesday 29 November 2011 By RFI Paris aims to attract hundreds of thousands more visitors to the French capital during the Christmas period with the launch of ‘Shopping by Paris’. The initiative offers visitors reductions on restaurants, accommodation and cultural events in an attempt to rival cities like London recently […]
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: French academics have shown their keenness to make use of Saudi expertise and experience in Islamic banking and finance, said Saudi Ambassador to Paris, Muhammad bin Ismail Al-Asheikh. The ambassador made this comment while holding a reception in Paris on the occasion […]
The head of one of Europe’s largest information technology services companies is to ban staff from sending each other emails, saying they waste time and are outdated. From Telegraph UK: […]
Manama Kuwaiti doctors who wear headscarves should not be sent to France for training in local hospitals, the cultural attache in Paris has recommended. Read more
Seven people go on trial on Monday for the multi-million pound theft of a Monet, Sisley and two Breughels in Nice but their leader claims the FBI’s art crimes chief “ordered” the heist.The men face maximum sentences of 30 years in prison for armed robbery at the end of the […]
Panama’s former strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega is set to be extradited from France to his homeland to serve time for three murders, following a French appeals court ruling on Wednesday. The ruling is a victory for human rights campaigners who want to see him answer for crimes in Panama, but […]
France24. Chaudhry Maqsood ur Rehman. AFP – France summoned the Israeli ambassador in Paris to a meeting at the foreign ministry Wednesday to protest after an air strike wounded a French diplomat in Gaza along with his wife and daughter. A spokesman for the ministry said that France’s ambassador in Tel […]
18.11.2011 | Source: Pravda.Ru The world’s largest Quran, the Holy book for all Muslims, has arrived in Kazan. The huge book sized 1.5×2 meters weighs 800 kilos. The book has 632 pages, made from Scottish paper. The cover of the book is encrusted with semiprecious stones, malachite, fianites, jasper, as well as gold and […]
By RFI France. European stockmarkets fell further on Friday over investor fears the financial problems facing Italy and Spain could be spreading to France.The three countries this week faced sharp spikes in borrowing costs in what is seen as a dangerous new phase of the debt crisis. More: http://www.english.rfi.fr/economy/20111118-fears-debt-contagion-spread-french-borrowing-costs-increase
RFI FRANCE. French police have busted an alleged Georgian criminal gang working with an Armenian network to sell goods robbed across the Paris region and south-west France. A huge team of 300 gendarmes rounded up 23 Georgians and Armenians, most of them living in the foothills of the Pyrenees, on […]
Source/Credit: Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Some gravely ill alcoholics who need a liver transplant shouldn’t have to prove they can stay sober for six months to get one, doctors say in a study that could intensify the debate over whether those who destroy their organs by drinking deserve new […]
ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press – 1 hour ago PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has labored to improve French relations with Israel, said he “can’t stand” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called him a liar in a chat with President Barack Obama. The conversation between Sarkozy and […]
Baby Loup lawyer Richard Malka (L) with director Natalia Baleato By RFI France – Article published the Thursday 27 October 2011 A French court has ruled that a private nursery had the right to fire an employee for wearing Islamic head-cover, leading its lawyer to hail an advance for […]
By RFI The offices of French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo were hit by an apparent arson attack overnight just ahead of the publication of an edition carrying a front-page cartoon of the prophet Mohammed. Charlie Hebdo’s issue this week renamed itself Charia Hebdo and featured a cartoon of the prophet Mohammed threatening […]
Source: Asia Times on Line Without using physical violence, can you make someone spit out the chewing gum he is so obviously enjoying? Russia has shown you can. That is how its diplomacy in the UN Security Council on Thursday over Resolution 1973 on Libya could be understood… Complete Story: