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British coach driver charged with manslaughter in France
REIMS, France — The driver of a British coach that crashed in northern France as it was taking schoolchildren home from a skiing trip was indicted Monday for manslaughter, a prosecutor said. The 47-year-old man, who was driving the coach that crashed in the early hours of Sunday, killing a…
Sarkozy tries to limit damage after France downgrade
President Nicolas Sarkozy struggled Saturday to contain the damage after France was stripped of its top triple-A credit rating just three months ahead of the right-wing leader’s re-election bid. He sent his prime minister to face the press and try to convince skeptical voters that Standard & Poor’s rating was…
French breast implant firm used fuel additive
MARSEILLE, France — French breast implant manufacturer PIP used a fuel additive in its now-banned implants which the company knew were defective as early as 2005, it was revealed on Monday. The growing litany of accusations against now-defunct Poly Implant Prothese has triggered a worldwide scare with several countries, including…
Turkey cuts some ties with ‘racist’ France over genocide law
Turkey reacted with fury Thursday to a vote by French lawmakersto outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, immediately cutting military ties and warning of “irreparable damage” to relations. “This is politics based on racism, discrimination and xenophobia,” thundered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ordering home Ankara’s ambassador to Paris and banning political visits between the…
French woman faces two years in jail for wearing veil
A 32-year-old mother in France could go to jail for two years after she refused to perform 15 days of “citizenship” service for wearing an Islamic veil. Hind Ahmas was arrested outside Elysee Palace in Paris on April 11 after she disobeyed an order to remove her niqab. Magistrates in…
S&P may cut France outlook within 10 days: report
PARIS (Reuters) – Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s could change its outlook on France’s triple-A credit rating to negative within the next 10 days, a French newspaper reported on Monday, citing sources, the latest signal that France’s top-tier status is at risk. An S&P spokesperson in Paris said the…
Nuclear train protesters cleared in Germany
German police early Sunday began to clear thousands of anti-nuclear protestors from railroad tracks to allow the passage of a train carrying radioactive water from France for storage. The police moved in around 0100 GMT to tracks around the town of Harlingen, telling several thousand protestors gathered there to clear…
Thousands of protesters await nuclear waste train
Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors awaited the arrival Saturday of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France to northern Germany, where it will be stored. Organisers said 23,000 protesters had made their way to the town of Dannenberg, where 11 containers of German nuclear waste reprocessed in France are due…
French police clash with anti-nuclear activists
Baton-wielding French police battled anti-nuclear protesters Wednesday as the last train carrying German nuclear waste treated in France set off on its journey home. A mobile police canteen was set on fire by demonstrators and at least three people were hurt, two protesters and a riot officer. Spooked by Japan’s…
Asian markets mixed on US, France debt woes
Asian markets were mixed Tuesday after a US committee charged with finding a deal to cut the nation’s huge deficit said it had failed, while worries over France’s credit rating also depressed sentiment. Investors extended the broad sell-off to a fifth straight session as leaders on both sides of the Atlantic struggle to…
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