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, [...]

Seven Questions: The New World Energy Order

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Oil, Chief Economist, China, Earth, International Energy Agency, Oil Prices, Paris, peak oil, World Energy

Why are oil prices soaring so high, and will they ever return to Earth? Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency in Paris, explains why peak oil is real, why biofuels are indispensable, and how China determines what you pay at the pump.
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Putin Calls U.S. `Frightening Monster,’ Urges French Solidarity

Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, U.S., American Ally, democracy, Journalists, Monster, Paris, putin, Russian Prime Minister, Solidarity, Vladimir Putin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin compared the U.S. to a “frightening monster” and urged France to distance itself from its American ally.
“How can one be such a shining example of democracy at home and a frightening monster abroad?” Putin said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde transmitted live to journalists in Paris yesterday. [...]

Double, oil and trouble

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

Published in Oil, American Oil, Brazil, Cambridge Associates, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Double Trouble, Economist, Economy, Energy Information Administration, Energy Research, International Energy Agency, Libya Oil, Oil Inventories, Oil Minister, Oil Price, Paris, Price Of Grain, Price Of Oil, Scandal, Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Joe Liberman, Shokri Ghanem, Speculators, Unexpected Fall, Viewswire

THE price of oil may soon hit $200 a barrel—or so, at any rate, believes Shokri Ghanem, Libya’s oil minister. A few years ago such a prediction would have seemed absurd. But the price has doubled in the past year and has risen by 40% this year alone. It touched yet another record, of over [...]

Occupied Paris Shown in Full Color

Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, History, Anne Frank, Berr, Captions, Color Photographs, Diary, Exhibition, France, Furore, German Occupation, Germany, Helene, Historical Context, Holocaust, NAZI, Nazi Propaganda, Occupied Paris, Paris, Paris Photographs, Photo Gallery, Propaganda Magazine, Shelves, Uproar, Wwii

An exhibition in Paris of color photographs of life under the German occupation has caused such a furore that it was nearly cancelled. The photographs, which were taken by an employee of a Nazi propaganda magazine, are now to be shown with new captions explaining their historical context. more…

Uproar over WWII Exhibition: Occupied Paris Shown [...]

Paris alarmed by new Iranian missile

Posted by Matt in November 30th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Europe, Iran, Missiles, France, Paris

French authorities express concern over Iran’s newly developed missile, which is capable of hitting targets within a 2,000 km range.
French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pascale Andreani said Tuesday that Paris considers Tehran’s announcement a ‘great concern’.
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