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French ex-minister accuses Chirac over Angola arms sales

Former French interior minister Charles Pasqua gives a press conference in Paris. Pasqua, convicted in the arms-to-Angola affair, said Thursday that ex-president Jacques Chirac knew about the trade, holding up secret documents he claimed prove his case.
AFP - Friday, November 13

PARIS (AFP) - - A former French minister convicted in the arms-to-Angola affair said Thursday that ex-president Jacques Chirac knew about the trade, holding up secret documents he claimed prove his case. More »

  • A photo taken from Nicolas Sarkozy's

    Elysee defends Sarkozy's Berlin Wall memories

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    PARIS (AFP) - - A top aide to President Nicolas Sarkozy sought on Thursday to downplay controversy over the French leader's account of how he witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall 20 years ago.

  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev delivers the annual 'State of the Nation' address from the Kremlin. Medvedev called for Russia to modernize more quickly, but stressed that it should happen through the development of democratic institutions and a market economy. AFP PHOTO / NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA

    Medevedev calls for Russia reforms

    AFP - Friday, November 13

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - President Dmitry Medvedev called Thursday for Russia to modernise more quickly, but stressed that it should happen through the development of democratic institutions and a market economy.

  • A Georgian policeman looking at a Russian APC in Akhalgori district, outside the village of Akhmaji in 2008. Russia and Georgia greed to meet again in January after a

    Detentions raised in 'difficult' Russia, Georgia talks

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    GENEVA (AFP) - - Russia and Georgia greed to meet again in January after a "difficult" round of talks on Wednesday that was partly dominated by the issue of Georgians recently detained in Moscow-backed South Ossetia, diplomats said.

  • A European Union NAVFOR picture shows boarding teams of the warship Bremen on their rigid inflatable boat (C) stopping two pirate attack skiffs in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Somalia. Spain wants EU naval forces to blockade three Somali ports used to launch pirate attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean, Defence Minister Carme Chacon said Wednesday.

    Spain calls for blockade of Somali pirate ports

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    MADRID (AFP) - - Spain wants EU naval forces to blockade three Somali ports used to launch pirate attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean, Defence Minister Carme Chacon said Wednesday.

  • Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy arrives for a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels in October. European leaders will hold a special summit next week to fill the new posts of EU president and foreign policy chief, the Swedish EU presidency has announced, with little agreement on who fits the bill.

    EU to choose first president on Nov 19

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - European leaders will hold a special summit next week to fill the new posts of EU president and foreign policy chief, the Swedish EU presidency announced Wednesday, with little agreement on who fits the bill.

  • A Remembrance Day service in Sydney to commemorate the signing of the Armistice which formally ended World War I at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918.

    World remembers sacrifice of WWI lost generation

    AFP - Thursday, November 12

    PARIS (AFP) - - French and German leaders stood side by side in Paris to honour the fallen of World War I on Wednesday, as countries around the globe held ceremonies to remember the millions who died in the conflict.

  • Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales visit the historic town of Cupids in November 3, in Saint John's, Canada. Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Tuesday gave Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, two red sweaters and caps worn by Inuit Rangers to take home to his sons as souvenirs of his visit.

    Protests at Prince Charles, Camilla Montreal visit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 11

    MONTREAL (AFP) - - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have encountered a group of anti-royalty protesters, including egg throwers, who shouted "Majesty go home" and blocked the entrance to a military armory the royal couple were visiting here.

  • British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has fuelled speculation about his interest in becoming EU foreign minister by unexpectedly attending celebrations in Berlin, media reports said Tuesday.

    Britain's Miliband fuels speculation over EU job

    AFP - Tuesday, November 10

    LONDON (AFP) - - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has fuelled speculation about his interest in becoming EU foreign minister by unexpectedly attending celebrations in Berlin, media reports said Tuesday.

  • Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an

    G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy.

  • British mercenary Simon Mann, seen here in 2008, arrived home after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

    Freed British mercenary returns from E. Guinea

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    LUTON, England (AFP) - - British mercenary Simon Mann arrived home Wednesday after being freed from jail in Equatorial Guinea expressing relief to be back in Britain.

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