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Police spy Mark Kennedy accused of 'fantasist' claims in French case

Source: Guardian Unlimited, Nov 8 2012, 9:02am CST

The former British police spy Mark Kennedy is being accused of making "fantasist" claims after leaked documents indicated he was the source behind allegations that French activists were learning to make homemade bombs. ...

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French soldier stabbed in neck - police source

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 25 2013, 12:16pm CDT

PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier patrolling a business area of western Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and was still being sought, a police source said. The soldier, patrolling as ...

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2 hours ago

French Culture Police Chatter While Country Struggles

Source: The American Interest  |   May 25 2013, 11:30am CDT

The vote sparked a huge controversy. Some pointed criticism came from right-wing MPs, who were shocked at the idea of compromising the purity of the French tongue. The Telegraph reports: “Shall we speak English ...

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"What is serious is that agents like Mark Kennedy can be used to a perverse effect, they can be put in a position which results in exaggeration and dramatisation, feeding the complicitous ears of authorities who need that dramatisation to justify a case."


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11 hours ago

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

Source: Moneycontrol.com  |   May 25 2013, 2:27am CDT

After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an ...

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18 hours ago

Jihadi mastermind claims Niger suicide attacks

Source: TVNZ  |   May 24 2013, 6:45pm CDT

French special forces and Niger troops shot dead the last two Islamists involved in a twin attack on a military base and a French uranium mine in Niger, which was claimed by the mastermind of January's mass hostage-taking in Algeria. Mokhtar B ...

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19 hours ago

IMF chief avoids charges in French arbitration case

Source: iStockAnalyst  |   May 24 2013, 6:13pm CDT

PARIS, May 24 (UPI) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde says she has been named a witness, not a suspect, in a French case involving alleged misuse of funds. Lagarde faced two days of questio ...

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21 hours ago

Court quashes rape FIR against three DJB officials

Source: MSN India  |   May 24 2013, 4:06pm CDT

New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday quashed an FIR and summoning order against three Delhi Jal Board employees, accused of gangraping an executive working in a private company. Justice Suresh Kait allowed the plea of DJB ...

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22 hours ago

IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case

Source: ABC-KVUE Austin  |   May 24 2013, 3:33pm CDT

PARIS (AP) — IMF chief Christine Lagarde says a Paris court has named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman arranged while she was France's finance minister. The status of ...

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22 hours ago

French case: Lagarde escapes formal investigation

Source: Economic Times  |   May 24 2013, 3:27pm CDT

PARIS: French magistrates decided on Friday not to place IMF chief Christine Lagarde under formal investigation over her role in a 285-million-euros ($368.5 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sa ...

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22 hours ago

IMF chief Christine Lagarde is made an assisted witness in French embezzlement and fraud case

Source: Daily Mail - UK  |   May 24 2013, 3:25pm CDT

Lagarde, 57, questioned for two days by judges in Paris She could still face formal criminal charges over the case She has already faced calls to stand down from £305,000 a year job Witness: International Monetary Fund's Christine Lagarde has ...

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