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US, France & UK consider tapping emergency oil reserves

March 28, 2012 12:53
Speculation about the release of oil stocks helped push the cost of benchmark Brent crude down on Wednesday, with prices dropping 1.3 percent to $123.93 in afternoon trading in London.

Strauss-Kahn lawyers: Not a crime to be a libertine

March 27, 2012 14:02
Henri Leclerc, one of three lawyers representing Strauss-Kahn, said his client’s active “libertine” lifestyle had made him a target and that the evidence against him was “hollow." 

Société Générale wins damages from UK tabloid

March 26, 2012 18:40
Neither Société Générale nor the Mail on Sunday revealed the amount of damages awarded, which the bank says it will donate to charity.

Toulouse gunman's brother 'proud' of killings

March 24, 2012 11:52
The gunman’s mother was released without charge on Friday evening, but his brother, Abdelkader Merah, was flown to Paris from Toulouse with his unnamed partner on Saturday and taken to the headquarters of France’s domestic intelligence agency.

What the Toulouse shootings mean for the election

Clea CaulcuttMarch 24, 2012 07:51
The Toulouse shootings have stunned the French into rallying around French President Nicolas Sarkozy. But, in the run-up to the elections next month, the spell might be short-lived.
March 22, 2012 13:26
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Extremism in Europe: where are the numbers?

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Demonstrations against neo-Nazis in Germany are important but quantifying the problem of extremism - in all its manifestations - is even more important. (ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP/Getty Images)

Mohammed Merah is dead. In France, in the press and in private, there will be much discussion about how many French Muslims share his extremist world view.

But think back to Monday, when the police said they were investigating the Toulouse murders on a twin track, looking for either a neo-Nazi or jihadi. Suppose the murderer had been inspired by Anders Breivik, the same question would be asked: how many Frenchmen share this extremist world view.

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Mexico Supreme Court rules Florence Cassez should not be freed

March 21, 2012 19:24
Paris and the wider French public regard Cassez as the victim of a miscarriage of justice, but she has received little public sympathy from ordinary Mexicans, frightened by a wave of kidnappings that have swept the country.

Two soldiers shot dead in south-west France

March 15, 2012 12:38
The attack took place close to a military base housing France’s 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment.

Qatar wealth fund becomes major shareholder in French oil company

March 14, 2012 16:54
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Qatar's sovereign wealth fund recently accumulated a 2 per cent stake in France's major oil company Total SA.
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