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Jewish boss fined for 'no Arabs' job advert

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:56:00 +0200

The Jewish owner of a small French publisher was fined €5,000 on Thursday for advertising a job vacancy with a warning that candidates of north African origin need not apply.

French feminists get jail term for topless demo

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:49:00 +0200

Two French members of radical feminist group Femen, along with one German, have been given four-month prison sentences in Tunisia for "an attack on public morals" and "indecency", after bearing their breasts in a protest last month.

French court to jail 'anti-white' racist for attack

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:12:00 +0200

A man in the southern French city of Toulon has been given a jail sentence after racially abusing a white man, before attacking him. The victim was called a 'dirty white', and told 'this is a place for Arabs.'

The gangster's wife who lived to tell her tale

Thu, 30 May 2013 18:03:00 +0200

Elina Feriel was the glamorous wife of a Marseille gangster. Then one by one, her husband, her brother and her new boyfriend were gunned down in the space of a few years. Now her story, told with wit and passion, is making waves in France.

French feminists held after baring all in Tunisia

Wed, 29 May 2013 21:03:00 +0200

Two French women and one German, members of activist group Femen, were arrested in Tunisia on Wednesday, after baring their breasts outside a courthouse in Tunis. Their leader in Paris told The Local, "We are ready for any reaction."

Qatar joins French-speaking club

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:24:07 +0200

France on Tuesday justified a decision to admit Gulf state Qatar into a bloc of French-speaking nations as an associate member, arguing that the country was committed to popularising the language.

Yemen troops search for French aid workers

Tue, 31 May 2011 13:28:00 +0200

Yemeni security forces were searching on Monday for three French aid workers missing in the southeastern province of Hadramawt, a provincial official told AFP without confirming they had been kidnapped.