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Concorde's final humiliation: a trial to apportion blame for Paris crash
A decade after the supersonic jet's horrifying demise, a French court will try to establish who was at fault
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John Lichfield: Feeling down and out in Paris
Monday, 1 February 2010
Paris Notebook: On restaurants – a tip
100 arrested in Russia in freedom protest
Monday, 1 February 2010
Russian police yesterday detained up to 100 protesters during a demonstration to preserve the right to peaceful protest. Among those arrested was the former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, of the opposition group Solidarity.
Kremlin takes its revenge on the oligarchs
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's second trial for fraud has already lasted nearly a year. But his real 'crime' is to have crossed Vladimir Putin
Vatican allows St Peter's 'black spots' to remain
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Nails added to Michelangelo fresco will not be removed
Informant offers Germany secret Swiss bank data
Saturday, 30 January 2010
An informant has offered to sell the German government the data of 1,500 possible tax evaders with bank accounts in Switzerland, a respected German daily reported today, without identifying its sources.
Budget cuts vital, not only in Greece, says IMF economist
Saturday, 30 January 2010
Several countries could come under the kind of financial market pressure suffered by Greece unless they produce credible deficit-containment plans, but there is little sign of contagion so far, the IMF's chief economist said.
Villepin faces retrial over Sarkozy 'smear'
Saturday, 30 January 2010
The Paris public prosecutor was accused of "persecution" and "political bias" yesterday after he appealed against the acquittal of former prime minister Dominique de Villepin on charges of smearing President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Prosecutor accused of bias after Villepin cleared
Friday, 29 January 2010
John Lichfield: France faces a 'Trial of the Century II'
Villepin cleared of smearing Sarkozy – now he wants his job
Friday, 29 January 2010
Court victory for former French prime minister accused of trying to derail President's rise to power
Feuding symbols of old and new France in court of King Jacques
Friday, 29 January 2010
Nicolas Sarkozy and Dominique de Villepin were once, supposedly, brothers in arms at the court of King Jacques.
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5 John Lichfield: Feeling down and out in Paris
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