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French cartoons fuel anti-Islam film rage
France has ramped up security at its embassies after a weekly revived a formula seizing attention: Publishing crude cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Cavendish wins crash-marred fifth tour stage
British speedster Mark Cavendish won a crash-marred fifth stage of the Tour de France, while Thor Hushovd held on to the leader’s yellow jersey.
Under siege: France admits arming Libya rebels
France acknowledged on Wednesday that it airlifted weapons to Libyan civilians fighting Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Mount Ventoux looms at Tour climax
After three weeks and thousands of kilometres of riding, it all comes down to this: A soaring bald mountain in Provence.
Facebook ‘thief’ of Moroccan prince’s identity jailed
A 26-year-old engineer has been sentenced to three years in prison for creating a fake profile of the younger brother of Moroccan King Mohammed VI on the popular internet…
‘Official’ kilogram mysteriously losing weight
A kilogram just isn’t what it used to be. A 118-year-old cylinder that has been the international prototype for the metric mass, and kept tightly under lock and key outside…
Contador all but clinches Tour de France victory
Alberto Contador of Spain all but locked up a Tour de France victory on Saturday by holding off his top rival in the final time trial, a day before the doping-marred race ends in…
German rider conquers Alps in Tour de France
Linus Gerdemann of Germany won Saturday’s seventh stage of the Tour de France to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey as the race entered the Alps. Gerdemann won by speeding…
Belgian takes sixth stage of Tour de France
Belgium’s Tom Boonen won Friday’s sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, while Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leader’s yellow jersey for a seventh…
French rioting appears to abate slowly
Violence across France appeared to abate on Thursday in the first 24 hours of emergency measures aimed at stopping the country’s worst civil unrest in decades. Some cities,…
French govt ‘will not give in’ to rioting
France’s government faced mounting pressure on Thursday after suburban rioters fired at police and firefighters, hurled rocks at trains and torched buses and car dealerships.…
A treacherous time for journalists
Thousands of journalists in some of the most press-hostile countries held marches and sit-ins on Tuesday to demand an end to government censorship and jailings and to highlight…
Paris hotel fire kills at least 20
People jumped from windows or screamed for rescue from flames as a pre-dawn fire on Friday roared through a Paris hotel used by local government to house needy African families,…
Senegal government under fire after ferry disaster
Senegal abandoned recovery of victims from the MS Joola on Tuesday, with only 80 of 970-plus identified – saying its next step might be to sink the doomed ferry together with its…
Bodies still washing ashore in Senegal
Careless overloading appears the prime cause in Africa’s deadliest ferry disaster, military investigators said on Wednesday — describing the MS Joola tumbling over when…