FRANCE PUSHING EU TO FUND MILITARY INTERVENTIONS
By SYLVIE CORBET Former FARCA (Central African Republic Forces) soldiers linked to Anti-Balaka Christian militiamen who have set up camp in a school in the Boeing neighborhood of the Central…
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SYRIAN REBEL SPOKESMAN DECRIES US, UK AID DECISION
By BASSEM MROUE This image made on a government-organized media tour for local journalists shows people returning to the western town of Nabek, which Syrian troops took full control of…
FRENCH BID TO DISARM AFRICAN MILITIAS A CHALLENGE
French troops wait for French President Francois Hollande to address the troops during a stopover from South Africa in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers…
UK JAILS 4 FOR REVENGE ATTACK ON INDIAN GENERAL
This undated handout photo, issued on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013, by the Metropolitan Police shows (clockwise from top left) Mandeep Singh Sandhu, 34, Dilbag Singh, 37, Barjinder Singh Sangha, 33…
RADICAL PREACHER GOES ON TRIAL IN JORDAN
By JAMAL HALABY FILE – In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Radical al-Qaida-linked preacher Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London’s…
COURT: EXEC GUILTY OVER FAULTY FRENCH IMPLANTS
By LORI HINNANT Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of Poly Implant Prothese, leaves the courthouse of Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. A court has ruled that the French businessman…
2 FRENCH SOLDIERS DIE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
By KRISTA LARSON and JAMEY KEATEN A Christian mob attacks a mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Tuesday Dec. 10, 2013. Two French soldiers were killed in combat in Central…
COURT: EXEC GUILTY OVER FAULTY FRENCH IMPLANTS
By LORI HINNANT Reporters focus on documents concerning the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implant trial, displayed in the courthouse in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. A court…