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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Speaks Out
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/12/2008
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It’s just what France (and the world) has been waiting for – the real story behind the marriage of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his third wife Carla
And that’s exactly what it’s going to get on Thursday – apparently – with the release of a new book “La Véritable Histoire de Carla et Nicolas”
Dati Does U-Turn on Virginity Annulment Marriage
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/11/2008
- Politics
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The French justice minister, Rachida Dati, has once again shown that she has a less than a firm grasp of her job by doing a complete volte face in a case that has been making the headlines here in France over the past week
On Monday Dati asked the public prosecutors office to appeal a court ruling, which had annulled a marriage because the wife had lied about being a virgin
Towards 2025 – When There Are Fewer Glaciers and Less Arctic Ice
- By Mia Den Haan
- Published 06/11/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
Many of the ice structures like glaciers, ice in mountain areas, and the Arctic icecap are melting Most of these structures will no longer be in existence by 2025
Martine Aubry – The Lady In Waiting.
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/10/2008
- World Affairs
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She might have been absent from national politics for the past eight years, but now a one-time leading light of the Socialist party, Martine Aubry, appears to be back in favour
Aubry is being touted – not least by herself – as a figure behind which activists could unite in the tussle for the leadership of the party due in November
Cult Leader Calls Obama A Monkey
- By Horace Miskel
- Published 06/6/2008
- Politics
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Just when many Americans believed that Barack Obama’s success in the Democratic primary was a sign that racial divisions were mending, racism has reappeared and threatens to curtail the progress that has been made
Lyndon LaRouche recently compared Obama, one of the most successful Blacks in politics, to a monkey and referred to his mother as a race-mixing slut, comparing her to Margaret Mead, a woman who had various husbands of various ethnic backgrounds
France's "Virgin Obsessed" Serial Killer Gets Life
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/6/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
After a high profile trial lasting two months, a court in northeastern France on Wednesday found Michel Fourniret, the country’s most notorious serial killer in decades, guilty on seven counts of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment
His wife, Monique Olivier, was also sentenced to 28 years behind bars for complicity
A Nouvel Skyscraper For Paris
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/5/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
The French capital is to get just what it needs to set it apart from the rest of the globe’s major cities - a new 300-metre skyscraper set to challenge the world-famous Eiffel tower’s domination of the city’s skyline
France’s very own Jean Nouvel fought off competition from four other world class architects to be awarded the commission to construct the new Signal tower
A Taxing Day As Sarkozy Goes Walkabout Among The Fruit And Veg
- By Johnny Summerton
- Published 06/4/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
What a start to the day for the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy He was up and about before dawned cracked rubbing shoulders and pressing flesh with the hoi polloi at Rungis, France’s largest wholesale food and flower market just south of Paris
Spray Foam Insulation
- By Paula Barton
- Published 06/2/2008
- World Affairs
- Unrated
The average family in the United States spends around $1,300 a year on bills to provide energy to the home, most of that energy is wasted by the home Millions of $’s are wasted every year through appliances being unnecessarily left on and conditioned or heated air is just rushing out of buildings
Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Democrats Want Too Much And Republicans Want Too Little
- By Aubrey Clark
- Published 04/19/2008
- Politics
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It’s the same ole same ole, sound-bites and finger pointing as to who can solve the mortgage crisis plaguing American homeowners During an election year it’s harder than usual to separate the malarkey from the earnestness of the politicians on this matter
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