Tag: French
French girl’s kidnapping was ‘Chechen wedding tradition’
A teenage girl whose forceful bundling into a BMW in the south of France sparked a nationwide appeal for witnesses was the victim of...
Syria warns French, US envoys not to visit provinces
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem warned the French and US ambassadors on Wednesday not to travel outside Damascus after they both visited the flashpoint...
Israel navy intercepts Gaza-bound French yacht
Israel on Tuesday intercepted a French yacht heading for the Gaza Strip in defiance of its naval blockade, and began towing it to shore...
Bollywood star delays French award due to blasts
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan asked for a delay in being honoured for her work promoting cinema ties between India and France because of...
India approves $2.4 billion French Mirage jet upgrade
India has approved a $2.4-billion deal for French defence groups to upgrade 51 ageing Mirage fighter jets, officials said Thursday, as the country takes...
1,000 French troops to leave by 2012: Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday that France would pull out 1,000 troops by the end of 2012,...
French President pays suprise visit to Afghansitan
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, an Afghan official said.
Sarkozy is going to meet with Afghan President Hamid...
Mob storms US, French embassies in Syria
Angry mobs stormed the American and French embassies in Syria on Monday, after the two Western envoys visited the city of Hama, a flashpoint...
French writer to file assault charge on Strauss-Kahn
French writer Tristane Banon will file a legal complaint on Tuesday over an alleged rape attempt by former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in 2002,...
Russia demands explanation over French arms for Libyan rebels
Russia on Thursday demanded an explanation from France over its reported arms drop to rebels fighting Moamer Kadhafi’s forces in Libya. “We are awaiting...
Taliban did not hurt us: freed Frenchmen
Two French journalists reunited with their families Thursday after 18 months' captivity in Afghanistan said their Taliban captors did not hurt them, but shed...
Former French president Chirac faces graft trial in September
France’s former leader Jacques Chirac is to be tried for corruption relating to his time as Paris mayor in the 1990s in September, a...
Le Graet elected as French Federation president
Noel Le Graet was Saturday elected as president of the French Football Federation (FFF) after obtaining 54.39 percent of votes cast. Main rival and...
French village seen at threat from Apocalypse sects
The tiny southern French hamlet of Bugarach has drawn scrutiny from a government sect watchdog over droves of visitors who believe it is the...
French attack victims’ families sue judge
PThe relatives of the Frenchmen killed in a 2002 bombing in Pakistan are suing a judge who probed the case, their lawyer said Wednesday,...
Nestor, Mirnyi take French Open men’s doubles title
Canada’s Daniel Nestor has done it again at Roland Garros. The Toronto player and partner Max Mirnyi of Belarus downed Colombia’s Juan Sebastian Cabal...
World’s best serve up Friday French Open special
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, the world’s most accomplished players, serve up a French Open semi-final special on Friday with...
