France-Russia Talks: Europe Wary Over Warship Sale – TIME

Posted by Matt in March 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Military, Russia, Best Friend, Dmitri Medvedev, Embrace, Europe, France, French Host, Gas Contract, Military Deal, Misgivings, moscow, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Russia Talks, Russian Leader, Russian President, Warship, Whole Lot

As Russian President Dmitri Medvedev wound up a three-day state visit to Paris on Wednesday, he had to be pleased with the results. After all, he virtually cinched an unprecedented military deal, bagged a significant gas contract and watched his French host, President Nicolas Sarkozy, dismiss American and European misgivings about his embrace of Moscow [...]

Death in the Atlantic: The Last Four Minutes of Air France Flight 447 – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Disasters, Accidents, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Civil Aviation, Crash, Final Four, Flight International, Four Minutes, France News, History Of Aviation, International Flight, News International, Online News, Paris, Reconstruction, Rio, Safety Problems, Spiegel, Spiegel Online

The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong. The reconstruction of the horrific final four minutes reveal continuing safety problems in civil aviation.
Death in the [...]

US and Russia urged to begin reducing nuclear arsenals – The Irish Times – Fri, Feb 05, 2010

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Abolishment, Atomic Weapons, Control Experts, Fri, Illusion, Irish Times, Launch, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear War, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapons, Paris, Russia, summit, Wins, Zero Campaign

The abolishment of nuclear weapons is an illusion. Countries will simply position themselves to restock quickly if needed. The first one to build and launch enough nuclear weapons wins.
Reducing nuclear arsenals puts America on the expressway to nuclear war. Our smaller nuclear arsenal can now be defeated once and for all.
If you are an American [...]

The Coming Flood that Will Wreck Paris – Newsweek.com

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Disasters, 100th Anniversary, 90th Anniversary, Archival Photographs, Centennial, Collective Consciousness, Disaster, Epic, France, Great Flood, Great War, Last Time, Locals, Newsweek, Paris, Public Authorities, Replay, Veteran, Wwi Armistice

The Great Paris Flood of 1910 will happen again—and it’ll be even worse than last time.
The Great Paris Flood of 1910 began a century ago this week, but it never quite subsided. Indeed, as locals ponder surreal archival photographs on display now in Paris to mark that epic disaster, there is something patently eerie about [...]

Russia-France arms deal raises concerns for neighbours

Posted by Matt in December 12th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Baltic States, BalticStates, Bbc, Bbc News, Defence Committee, Georgia, Georgian Parliament, Military Technology, Military-Threat, Moscow News, Moscow Russia, NATO, Nato Member, Neighbours, News France, News Russia, Nika, Paris, Parliament, Tensions, Ukraine

But critics of the potential deal in nations neighbouring Russia – such as Ukraine, Georgia and the Baltic states – say it would dramatically increase the military threat from Russia, increasing tensions in some already difficult relations.
Nika Laliashvili, of the Georgian parliament’s defence committee, has said that Georgia “strongly opposes” the sale.
Should Paris decide [...]

How Lice Thwarted Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Posted by Matt in July 28th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Corpses, Grand Army, Historian, Invasion Of Russia, Lice, moscow, napoleon, News International, Online News, Paris, Plague, Russia News, Russia Online, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Typhus

His invasion of Russia failed miserably, leaving a trail of corpses from Moscow all the way to Paris. In a new book, one historian blames not the wintry march but the spread of “war plague” — typhus — through Napoleon’s Grand Army.
Crawling Death: How Lice Thwarted Napoleon’s Invasion of Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News [...]

Winter in the time of swine flu | GlobalPost

Posted by Matt in July 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Chile, Country Chile, Enrique, Experts Committee, Flu, Flu Cases, Honores, Paris, Public Health Clinic, Reason, Santiago, Smog, Swine Flu, Virus

For a small country, Chile has a large number of swine flu cases. The reason? Easy diagnoses, winter and smog.
“The question is: are we diagnosing correctly in Chile, or are other countries not doing it adequately?” asked Jaime Honores, director of a public health clinic in Quilicura, a low-income district in northern Santiago.

It is probably [...]

Did terrorism bring down flight 447?

Posted by Matt in June 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Air Flight, Air France, Air France Flight, Air Tragedy, Brazil, Exclusive Report, Flight 447, Flight Information, French Investigators, L Express, Muslims, Paris, Passenger List, Revelation, terror, Terrorism

New information came to light this morning that is making French investigators wonder if terrorism brought down Air France Flight 447 last week.
From the article:
The day after DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources’ revelation of Tuesday, June 9, that French security was going through the doomed Air France flight’s passenger list for suspected terror links, the Paris weekly [...]

Paris Burning

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Blockade, Burning Paris, David Brill, Ethnic Minorities, Fault Lines, France, Ghettos, Immigrants, Neighbourhood, Outer Suburb, Paris, Paris City, racism, Resentment, Riot Police, Riots, Sarkozy, Scum, Suspicion, Tensions, Two Boys, Unemployment

Paris is a city divided. Tensions between police, immigrants and ethnic minorities in deprived ghettos have erupted in riots. David Brill investigates the social and racial fault lines of Paris.
The residents of Paris’ outer-suburb ghettos feel angry and disillusioned by a seemingly indifferent government. With unemployment at 40% in these areas, resentment runs deep. Sarkozy, [...]