Paris News at allvoices.com

Suicide bomber trial starts

Source: 7days

Paris :: France | about 10 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Al Qaeda’s supposed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was put on trial in absentia in a Paris court yesterday, accused of plotting the 2002 suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue that killed 21 people. Sheikh Mohammed is in Guantanamo Bay...

European snowstorm forces Eiffel Tower closure

Source: USA Today

Paris :: France | about 17 hours ago | No category

A winter storm brought blankets of snow across Europe on Monday, forcing the closure of an icy Eiffel Tower in Paris and causing flight cancellations. Up to four inches of snow was recorded in parts of France, the national weather...

Minogue and new beau on getaway

Source: The Courier-Mail

Paris :: France | about 18 hours ago | Entertainment News

Kylie Minogue in 2009 after the Australian pop star saw in the new year on a French snowboarding holiday with a new beau. Minogue, 40, and Spanish model Andres Velencoso Segura, 10 years her junior, were spotted in Chamonix, where...

Baroud opens security facility at Beirut airport

Source: NOW Lebanon

Paris :: France | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Interior Minister Ziad Baroud inaugurated a training center at Beirutâs Rafik Hariri International Airport on Monday that will strengthen security at the airport. Baroud said, in a speech during the facilityâs opening ceremony, âThis project, which will continue for 36...

Lebanon parliamentary elections set for June 7: minister

Source: Middle East Political News

Paris :: France | about 12 hours ago | Political News

Lebanon will hold parliamentary elections on June 7, the interior ministry announced on Monday. "The ministry of interior announces the promulgation of a decree calling on voters to elect legislators," a statement said. It added that the vote will take...

Snow strands hundreds at Paris airport

Source: Leader Post Online

Paris :: France | about 12 hours ago | No category

Hundreds of passenger were stranded Monday at the main Paris airport of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle by snow after scores of flights were cancelled. Some "1,658 people will be accommodated by Air France Monday evening in hotels at the airport hub at Roissy...

Confident Federer focused on more titles

Source: The Times Of India

Paris :: France | about 17 hours ago | Sports News

Roger Federer says he still expects to dominate the world of tennis in 2009 despite having lost two of his Grand Slam titles and the world number one ranking last year. Federer also reckons 2009 will be a special year...

Strikes planned as French public sector broadcasters ditch ...

Source: The Guardian

Paris :: France | 1 day ago | Business News

Described as a "big bang", Sarkozy's plans to transform state broadcaster France Televisions have already sparked protest marches by journalists and 80 hours of heated rows in parliament. Critics have also likened him to Italy's Silvio Berlusconi, keen to wrest...

YACHTING - VENDEE GLOBE: Leader Michel Desjoyeaux rounds Cape Horn

Source: France 24

Paris :: France | about 18 hours ago | Technology News

Vendee Globe round-the-world race leader Michel Desjoyeaux rounded Cape Horn early Monday sweeping into the Atlantic Ocean from the Pacific. The Frenchman passed the famous landmark 56 days 14 hours and 8 minutes after a 30-strong flotilla left the French...

French warship foils attacks by Somali pirates

Source: Sify News

Paris :: France | 1 day ago | Business News

A French warship on Sunday foiled attacks by Somali pirates on two commercial vessels in the Gulf of Aden, the French president's office said. Patrolling off the Somali coast, the French warship "Jean de Vienne" captured 19 Somali pirates when...