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PARIS (AFP) - French police detained the financial advisor of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for questioning Friday, in a probe that has embarrassed President Nicolas Sarkozy's government, officials said.Published 1 day, 11 hours, 46 minutes ago |
LILLE, France (AFP) - The French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer said Friday.Published 1 day, 11 hours, 47 minutes ago |
DHAKA (AFP) - Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers who stitch clothes for top Western brands blocked highways, attacked factories and looted shops in Dhaka on Friday, after rejecting a government wage hike.Published 1 day, 11 hours, 49 minutes ago |
DHAKA (AFP) - Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers blocked highways, attacked factories and looted shops in Dhaka on Friday, police said, after rejecting the terms of a government wage hike.Published 1 day, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago |
KABUL (AFP) - Three foreign soldiers were killed in two separate Taliban-style bomb attacks in Afghanistan's volatile south, NATO said Friday.Published 1 day, 13 hours, 51 minutes ago |
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A rocket fired by militants in the Gaza Strip slammed into the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Friday, causing minor damage but no casualties, a military spokeswoman said.Published 1 day, 13 hours, 52 minutes ago |
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon praised Friday a landmark treaty banning cluster munitions which comes into force this weekend as a major advance in efforts to rid the world of the "abhorrent weapons."Published 1 day, 14 hours, 36 minutes ago |
MOSCOW (AFP) - The head of the council advising Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on human rights Friday unexpectedly announced her resignation.Published 1 day, 14 hours, 47 minutes ago |
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - The United States has closed indefinitely its consulate in the violence-hit Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez while it carries out a "security review," officials said Friday.Published 1 day, 14 hours, 54 minutes ago |
QUITO (AFP) - Ecuador has called for a presidential summit of the Unasur group of South American nations to deal with the diplomatic breakdown between Bogota and Caracas over Colombian rebels allegedly operating in Venezuela.Published 1 day, 16 hours, 40 minutes ago |
