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Colin Randall

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Effects of cost cutting evident at this year's Paris Air Show

Jun 16, 2013

One of the world's most reliable barometers of the state of the aviation and space industries swings into action tomorrow as the romance and business of flight come together for the 50th Paris Air Show.Read article "Effects of cost cutting evident at this year's Paris Air Show"

Billions missing amid much talk and little action

Jun 12, 2013

For all their differences, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Qaddafi shared a resolve to rule their countries with iron hands.Read article "Billions missing amid much talk and little action"

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Meteorologists mull weird British weather

Jun 19, 2013

Meteorologists and climate scientists have met to discuss why a traditionally temperate country has recently experienced icy winters, washed-out summers and the coldest spring in a half-century.Read article

Suspected Nazi, 98, charged with war crimes

Jun 19, 2013

Laszlo Csatary was found guilty in absentia in 1948 of whipping or torturing Jews and helping to deport them to the death camp while serving as police commander in the Nazi-occupied eastern Slovak city of Kosice in 1944.Read article

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Battle for the banlieues

Jun 6, 2009

Battle for the banlieues

When a gang opened fire on police in a Paris suburb, the controversy on France's housing estates was reignited.Read article Battle for the banlieues

L'Italien seeks to highlight Muslim identity crisis

Oct 4, 2010

The French film L'Italien addresses the discrimination issues that affect many Muslims living in France.Read article L'Italien seeks to highlight Muslim identity crisis

Latest Comments

Margaret Thatcher: 'The lady's not for turning'

Apr 9 , 2013 | 08:01AM GST

Mark Mogridge

Ah yes! I remember the good old days in the UK before Margaret Thatcher... regular power blackouts, non-stop strikes that crippled UK industry causing the 3 day working weeks, ineffective nationalised industries because everyone had a 'job for life', seriously bad/aggressive customer service, and everywhere closed at 5:30pm sharp. And in those days it was Wilson/Heath/Callaghan who polarised the country, but thankfully we have forgotten them and the mayhem they caused.

France says Mali victory 'will be swift'

Jan 17 , 2013 | 03:46AM GST

catamaran_man

The last swift victorys the French expected were Algeria and Vietnam - and we all know what happened there.

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