2 days ago by williamstockdale

Britain marked 200 years since Charles Dickens’ birth on Tuesday with Prince Charles laying a wreath at his grave in London’s Westminster Abbey, where he was buried in 1870. Dickens is the author of such enduring classics as “A Christmas Carol”. AFP – Britain marked the 200th anniversary of the birt ...

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3 days ago by barrieboles

Later this month, India will be removed from a dwindling list of countries where polio is considered endemic, a huge achievement made possible by people like Madara, a 76-year-old street hawker. At a temporary immunisation camp in a slum in the northern district of Ghaziabad, 23 kilometres (14 miles ...

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4 days ago by RFI Riposte

Alain de Pouzilhac a présenté ses voeux tardifs aux salariés, le 30 janvier. (Pour peu il les oubliait !) Voici la réponse des salariés : Monsieur le Président, Vendredi dernier, les Conseils d’administration de RFI et de l’AEF – dans le cadre d’une procédure considérée illégale par les syndicats – ...

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5 days ago by naomiginnever

Controversial US director Abel Ferrara says he is to make a film on the sex scandal that destroyed Frenchman Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s political career — with Gerard Depardieu in the starring role. A film about sex and politics, it would co-star Isabelle Adjani as Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair, F ...

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7 days ago by RFI Riposte

L’intersyndicale de RFI vous invite à venir rendre visite à RFI Riposte sur son stand au Salon de la radio ( Le Radio 2012) du dimanche 5 février au mardi 7 inclus. Ce sera l’occasion de parler de notre lutte avec les intervenants “radioteurs” présents et de sensibiliser les visiteurs au devenir de ...

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9 days ago by evabernard

Four British men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involvement in an al-Qaida inspired plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange.The men were among nine defendants facing trial in London over an alleged plot to attack the exchange and several other high-profile targets in December 2010. All had initially ...

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10 days ago by RFI Riposte

Les contre-pouvoirs doivent d’abord fonctionner dans les institutions de la République Jean-Marc Ayrault, président du groupe socialiste l ‘Assemblée nationale, était l’invité de l’émission Mardi Politique de RFI. Il est intervenu sur la question de l’équilibre des pouvoirs et sur la régression que ...

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11 days ago by nataliamarczewska

French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled economic reforms aimed at reviving France’s ailing economy during a televised interview on Sunday, but did not confirm his intention to seek a second term in April’s presidential election. President Nicolas Sarkozy went on primetime TV Sunday to unveil plans ...

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11 days ago by RFI Riposte

La direction de l’AEF a publié vendredi un communiqué triomphaliste se félicitant de l’imminence de la fusion de ses filiales. Ce triomphe est prématuré : Conformément aux résolutions adoptées jeudi, le comité d’entreprise a saisi le Conseil d’Etat d’une requête en annulation du décret du 25 juillet ...

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11 days ago by barrieboles

Taliban negotiators have begun holding preliminary talks with US officials in Qatar on plans for peace negotiations aimed at ending the decade-long war in Afghanistan, a former Taliban official said Sunday. “The actual peace talks have not yet begun — they are in the process of trust-building and ob ...

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