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
German athletes also doped in the West and the East in the 70s
The extensive program of doping athletes in East Germany has been known since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the opening of the archives of the GDR. Today is the turn of West Germany to be in the crosshairs of researchers. Confidential academic report, dated 2012, but whose conclusions were made public Saturday, August … Continue reading
CAMBODIA: Returning from exile, the leader of the Cambodian opposition hero's welcome
He had not sprained his homeland for four years. Sam Rainsy, the leader of the Cambodian opposition, landed Friday, July 19th in the morning at the airport in Phnom Penh, where he was greeted by a crowd of supporters. "I am very happy. I came to save the nation with you, "said Sam Rainsy … Continue reading
FRANCE: The wife of the former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac in custody
Cahuzac, divorcing with former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, was placed in custody Wednesday in the investigation including laundering of tax evasion against his husband, it was reported on Thursday a source close to the investigation, confirming a report in Point. Ms. Cahuzac was placed in custody at the national financial and tax investigations Division … Continue reading
UNITED STATES: The Snowden asylum in Ecuador, under review
Ecuador, examining an asylum Edward Snowden, said Monday that the American computer sought by Washington for spying was "persecuted" and questioned on the allegations of treason against him. Speaking at a press conference from Vietnam where he is visiting, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, also said that the principles of rights would be the … Continue reading
Turkey: Erdogan confirmed a referendum on the future of the park Gezi
Recep Tayyip Erdogan plays appeasement. The Turkish Prime Minister, who had hitherto displayed firmness with regard to the dispute for the past two weeks on the urban development project planned in the park Gezi Istanbul, pledged Friday not to pursue the project before a court to make a decision about it. To a referendum? … 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
Turkey: Erdogan calls the protesters "marginal groups"
Throwing stones against tear gas. The night of Sunday to Monday was once again very rough in many Turkish cities, including Istanbul and the capital Ankara. "Erdogan, we do not want you," chanted thousands of protesters in front of a large deployment of security forces. For the third consecutive night, the authorities had to … Continue reading
TUNISIA: Several injured after clashes between Salafists and police near Tunis and Kairouan
Having failed to hold its congress in Kairouan (150 km from Tunis), city cordoned off by an impressive safety device, clashes broke out between police and Salafists in the western suburbs of Tunis and Kairouan only after the authorities refused the congress of the jihadist Salafist movement Ansar al-Sharia in this city. The Tunisian … Continue reading
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