THAILAND: Two Iranians convicted of explosions in Bangkok in February 2012

  The case heightened diplomatic tensions between Iran and Israel. Two Iranians suspected of being linked to a plot against Israeli diplomats, discovered the Last year in Bangkok during accidental explosions in February 2012, were sentenced Thursday, August 22 to life in prison for one and 15 years of de attention to the other. Saeid … Continue reading

UNUSUAL: Video: Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, a taxi driver for a day

  Full campaign for parliamentary elections in Norway, the outgoing Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in trouble in the polls, has tried to exercise at least surprising. To be closer to the concerns of voters, the Chief Labour government has turned into a taxi driver, time of an afternoon in the streets of the capital Oslo. … Continue reading

PRESIDENTIAL MALI: Presidential in Mali: results expected today

  Malians will have to wait a few hours before the results of the presidential election on July 28. Malian presidency announced on his Twitter account that the announcement of the results was finally postponed to Friday, August 2 . If no explanation was given for the postponement, an official of the Ministry of Territorial … Continue reading

UNITED STATES: Missing Cleveland Castro accepts years in prison in 1000 to escape the death penalty

  He did not join the death row. Ariel Castro, accused of having kidnapped and raped for a decade or three young women at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, in the northern United States, agreed to plead guilty after an agreement with the prosecution imposing a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of early release … Continue reading

WORLD YOUTH DAY: The Pope's visit to Brazil François disrupted by protests

  Pope Tuesday took a well-deserved day of rest after a hectic arrival in Rio de Janeiro, but the enthusiasm surrounding his visit aroused fears of increased excesses in the Following the social movement against the high cost of living and corruption. The police had to disperse Monday night with tear gas protesters on the … Continue reading

RAILWAY DISASTER: Crash Brétigny: "This is not a human problem"

  An Intercity train to Limoges (Haute-Vienne) with 370 people on board derailed Friday, July 12 to 17 hours in Brétigny-sur-Orge in Essonne, killing six people and many wounded. To honor the victims, a minute of silence will be observed, Saturday, July 13 at noon at all stations and all trains France . According to … Continue reading

UNITED STATES: Crash in San Francisco: "No mechanical failure," according to Asiana Airlines

  The Boeing 777 that missed its landing Saturday at the San Francisco airport did not show a priori no mechanical problems at the time of the accident, said Sunday the CEO South Korea's Asiana Airlines. "From what we know, there was no engine or mechanical problem" before the crash, said Yoon Young-Doo during a … Continue reading

Lebanon: Protests against the postponement of the parliamentary

  A hundred people gathered, Thursday, June 20, in downtown Beirut to protest the postponement of legislative, decided amid tension in the country because of the war in neighboring Syria, found an AFP photographer. The four-year term ended on Thursday but Parliament decided on May 31 to extend the laws, scheduled for the spring, due … Continue reading

When CBC is "HERE", it growls there

  "A strange decision", "a big mistake", "The height of stupidity", "From a waste of money." On Facebook, negative comments showered since the announcement on June 5, the change of name of the CBC. After nearly 77 years of existence, the French-language services to the Canadian public broadcaster now call "HERE" in the fall. First … Continue reading

SYRIA – ISRAEL: Two peacekeepers wounded in a bombing on the Golan

  Two peacekeepers were wounded Thursday, June 6, in a bombing occurred in the Golan, in the area of ​​the cease-fire between Israel and Syria. "The two men were slightly injured after violent shooting occurred in the area," he told AFP the spokesman for the department to maintain peace at the UN, Kieran Dwyer, without … Continue reading