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France warned of planned attack on Rio Olympic team

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:14:15 +0200

France was informed of a planned terror attack on its team at the Rio Olympics, according to the head of military intelligence cited in an official document.

Hundreds arrested at Paris gay marriage rally

Mon, 27 May 2013 10:46:00 +0200

Journalists were attacked, and 350 arrests made in Paris as peaceful protests against gay marriage in Paris on Sunday turned violent. Authorities blamed the trouble on a hardcore group of far-right militants.

'What's happening?': final words on stricken flight

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:20:00 +0200

A controversial new book has revealed the final words of pilots on the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris which crashed off the coast of Brazil in June 2009.

Airline drama echoes doomed Rio-Paris flight

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:10:45 +0200

An inquiry has been opened into an incident on an Air France aircraft that experienced a series of problems similar to those of the AF 447 flight that crashed off the coast of Brazil in June 2009, according to Le Figaro.

New report cites pilot error in Rio-Paris crash

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:44:00 +0200

Air France pilots made a series of errors on the Rio to Paris flight that crashed in 2009 killing 228 people, partly due to a lack of training, investigators said Friday.