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France studies giving more counter-terrorism aid to Libya

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday France was considering giving Libya more aid in counter-terrorism, including training more police. Two years after a NATO-backed revolt

Insight: Revival of Islamists in Mali tests French, U.N. nerve

YoopyaNov 14, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Nine months after they were scattered across the Sahara by waves of French air strikes, Islamists in Mali are making a comeback –

Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship

YoopyaNov 14, 2013March 6, 20240

New York City (AFP) A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New

US to lose vote at UNESCO, incurs debts

YoopyaNov 8, 2013March 3, 20240

PARIS (AP) — American influence in culture, science and education around the world is facing a high-profile blow Friday as the U.S. is stripped of

France says its journalists “coldly assassinated” in Mali

YoopyaNov 4, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – France said on Sunday two French journalists found dead in the northern Mali region of Kidal had been “coldly assassinated” by militants and vowed to

Sahara kidnappings: A massive money-making business

YoopyaNov 1, 2013February 14, 20240

The rumours are hard to dismiss. “France paid al-Qaeda 25m euros for four hostages,” read a headline in the Times newspaper this week. The French

Freed French hostages leave Niger after 3 years in Sahara

YoopyaOct 30, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Four Frenchmen held hostage in the Sahara desert by al Qaeda-linked gunmen for three years left Niger on a French government plane on

Analysis: Strained finances trip up French firms’ recovery role

YoopyaOct 28, 2013March 6, 20240

(Reuters) – Squeezed by thin margins and high debt, French companies will struggle to ramp up the investment spending on which President Francois Hollande’s government

France is latest US ally angered by NSA snooping

YoopyaOct 22, 2013February 14, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sweep and scope of National Security Agency snooping abroad forced President Barack Obama once again to hear complaints from a U.S.

France serial killer Emile Louis dead

YoopyaOct 21, 2013February 14, 20240

Notorious serial killer Emile Louis has died in France at the age of 79, his lawyer says. Alain Fraitag says the former bus driver died