As the military action against Libya to give teeth to U.N. Security Resolution 1973 began, one question kept nagging away: Why, precisely, were the governments of Britain and France in the lead
Viewpoint: How Libya Became a French and British War
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Attack and Counter-Attack: A Day of Turn-Arounds in Libya
Cars, trucks, and vans stacked with families and their personal belongings had poured out of Benghazi on for most of Saturday, heading toward the eastern city of Beida, about 125 miles away. Many of the Libyans said they would continue on to Tobruk and even Egypt.
Tokyo’s Ex-Pat Exodus: Rush Hour of the Foreigners
For foreign residents in Japan, it’s been pandemonium. The ex-pat exodus from Tokyo is in full force
Afghanistan and NATO: Why Europe May Not Be Up to the Fight
Barack Obama arrived in Strasbourg on Friday for this weekend’s NATO summit enthusing about the military organization, which he described at a joint press conference with French President Nicolas Sarkozy as “the most successful alliance in modern history.” That it may have been. But Obama’s praise contrasts starkly with the scathing assessment of the state of NATO, now 60 years old, by European military analysts, who say that the gap in military capability between the United States and Europe has grown so big that in some places battlefield communication between NATO forces and their US allies has become difficult
Can the A380 Bring the Party Back to the Skies?
By my watch, the takeoff roll for Air France flight 380 lasted 35 seconds.
France’s Chirac to face corruption trial
Former French President Jacques Chirac must stand trial on corruption charges, French public radio reported Friday.
Agassi admits using crystal meth
American tennis legend Andre Agassi has admitted using crystal methamphetamine a year before he won the French Open in 1998, and that he lied to the sport’s governing bodies in the same period about a positive drugs test to avoid a ban.
French court convicts Church of Scientology of fraud
A French court on Tuesday convicted the Church of Scientology and six of its members of organized fraud, but stopped short of banning the church.
French Red Cross worker abducted in Darfur
Several armed men Thursday abducted a French national working for the Red Cross in Sudan’s volatile Darfur region, the agency said. China has also become the biggest vehicle market in the world this year and car sales expanded an extraordinary 78 per cent last month from a year ago.
Chelsea bid to have transfer ban suspended
Chelsea are seeking to have the English club’s worldwide transfer ban put on hold until an appeal is heard by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The London outfit have already lodged an appeal against FIFA’s ruling, which prevents the club from registering any new players during the next two transfer windows.