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A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of Paris, showing French aid group Enimilal member, Michel Germaneau, in 2007.
(photo: AP / Mairie de Marcoussis/Enmilal)
France promises revenge on al Qaeda for hostage's death
NZ Herald
4:00 AM Thursday Jul 29, 2010 Email Print | France has declared war on al Qaeda, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after terrorists killed a French aid worker taken hostage in April. | The declaration and attack marked a s...
Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, reacts, during the 98th Session of the International Labour Organization ILO, Monday, June 15, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland. o)
(photo: AP / Keystone/Sandro Campardo)
France Confirms Al Qaeda Killed French Hostage
The New York Times
| PARIS — An elderly French aid worker held hostage in the Sahara by Al Qaeda’s North African affiliate was killed after a failed rescue effort last week, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France confirmed Monday, vowing to retaliate. Philippe Wojazer/Reuters | President Nicolas Sarkozy of Fr...
Solar thermal seeks U.S. breakthrough
The Guardian
* Falling PV panel costs hurt solar thermal technology * High costs for solar thermal raise financing concerns * Environmental concerns also seen hindering deployment By Adveith Nair NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - Solar thermal power could be close to...
Founding member of terrorist group pleads guilty
Fresno Bee
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/28/2021674/founding-member-of-terrorist-group.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | US-born radical cleric added to terror blacklist US-born ...
Africa South of the Sahara - Tackling Unemployment Hurdles
All Africa
The government of Cameroon through the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training has adopted a National Pact for Employment. | ...
France to intensify war on al-Qaeda in north Africa
Irish Times
| RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC | FRANCE IS "at war" with al-Qaeda in north Africa and will respond to the murder of a French aid worker by intensifying military support for governments in the region, Prime Minister François Fillon has said. | He made the rema...
A kashmiri boy playing razore wire  on a deserted street during a Strike in Srinagar on 18, July 2010. The hardline separatist Hurriyat group headed by Syed Ali Geelani has called for a Valley-wide shutdown Sunday to protest alleged human rights violations by the security forces in Kashmir.
WN / Imran Nissar
Al-Qaeda in North Africa 'kills French hostage'
Joy Online
Al-Qaeda's North African offshoot has said it has killed a French hostage being held in Mali, in an audio statement broadcast by al-Jazeera. | The leader of al-Qaeda in the Islamic...
Kashmiri muslim family walk  on a deserted street  during a curfew in Srinagar July 16, 2010. Authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in most parts of Kashmir and thousands of policemen patrolled deserted streets and erected barricades and concertina wire to seal off residential areas across Kashmir's main city, to thwart an anti-India march planned by separatists. At least 15 people, mostly protesters, have died in clashes with police since June 11 this year, amid the biggest demonstrations against Indian rule in two years across Muslim-majority Kashmir.
WN / Imran Nissar
Al Qaeda says it killed French hostage
Canoe
By Firouz Sedarat and Emmanuel Jarry, Reuters | DUBAI/PARIS – Al Qaeda’s wing in North Africa said it had killed a French hostage it was holding in response to a raid by France and...
A Kashmiri man walks past buses parked at a terminal   during a curfew in Srinagar July 16, 2010. Authorities on Friday imposed a curfew in most parts of Kashmir and thousands of policemen patrolled deserted streets and erected barricades and concertina wire to seal off residential areas across Kashmir's main city, to thwart an anti-India march planned by separatists. At least 15 people, mostly protesters, have died in clashes with police since June 11 this year, amid the biggest demonstrations against Indian rule in two years across Muslim-majority Kashmir.
WN / Imran Nissar
Al Qaeda kills French hostage in response to raid
Hartford Courant
Reuters - 's wing in said it had killed a hostage it was holding in response to a raid by and Mauritania against the group, according to a recording aired on Sunday by Al Jazeera. ...
France Is 'At War' Against Al Qaeda Following Execution Of Hostage, Says PM
Huffington Post
| PARIS — France is "at war" with al-Qaida and will step up efforts to fight its North African offshoot after it executed a French hostage in the Sahara, Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday. | Fillon acknowledged that the group may have...
Prime minister: France is at war against al-Qaida
Breitbart
| A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of... | A photo released Monday July 26, 2010 by the City of Marcoussis, south of... | French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, center, meets with Sidi Ould Tah,... | PARIS (AP...
Prime Minister: France Is at War Against Al-Qaida
ABC News
The Associated Press | PARIS July 27, 2010 (AP) | In an audio message broadcast on Al-Jazeera, Abdelmalek Droukdel said the group killed the... In an audio message broadcast on Al-Jazeera, Abdelmalek Droukdel said the group killed the 78-year-old Fre...
Business
* FILE ** Police and investigators look at what remains of the flight deck of Pan Am 103 on a field in Lockerbie, Scotland, in this Dec 22, 1988 file photo. In the 15 years since Pan American World Airways shut down, ex-employee Anthony La Pera had assumed he would never get paid for leftover wages and accrued vacation. But La Pera and another 15,000 ex-employees can expect to open their mailboxes one day this December and find that a check has arrived, from a $33 million settlement with the government of Libya over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing. It marks the the end of the liquidation of an iconic airline.
(photo: AP)
Senate hearing on Lockerbie bomber postponed
The Guardian
| FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Associated Press Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator said Tuesday that he was postponing this week's hearing on the release of the man convicted of bombing Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland because of "stonewalling" by British and Scottish officials who declined to testify. | "They would prefer to sweep this under...



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