Fear grows in Tajikistan as Taliban comes under US attackJust a few hours before the strikes, a Western intelligence officer told me, "the Taliban are dead. They're finishedMon Oct 08 2001 - 01:00
US dollar smooths rugged way over the old silk roadThe border guard in the emerald green uniform shook his head.Wed Oct 03 2001 - 01:00
West ignored accounts of Taliban abuse, scholar saysFour days before the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, Dr Nilab Mobarez attended lunch at the French ambassador…Tue Oct 02 2001 - 01:00
Giscard considers standing again for president after 20 yearsTwenty years after his humiliating defeat by Franτois Mitterrand, the former centre right president, ValΘry Giscard d'Estaing…Tue Sept 25 2001 - 01:00
Toulouse factory blast cuts city off from rest of France as death toll risesThe south-western French city of Toulouse was cut off from the rest of the country yesterday after an explosion with the force…Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
French arrest seven bomb suspectsFrench police yesterday arrested seven men and women suspected of plotting to blow up the US embassy in Paris.Sat Sept 22 2001 - 01:00
French intelligence agencies attempt to flush out groups linked to bin LadenThe French intelligence agency DST and the Paris crime brigade are investigating possible links between radical Islamists in …Wed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Wounded memory buys wounded son's cigarettesJean-Christophe Mitterrand is a wounded manWed Sept 19 2001 - 01:00
Your carriage awaitsFew things please a Frenchman more than starting a trend that catches onTue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
French back US action but politicians steer clear of a military crusade"We are all Americans," French newspapers and politicians proclaimed in the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington…Tue Sept 18 2001 - 01:00
Chirac, Schr÷der express solidarityPresident Jacques Chirac said France "learned with immense emotion of the monstrous attacks - there is no other word - that have…Wed Sept 12 2001 - 01:00
Pinault wins Gucci 'handbag war'The clash of egos and pocketbooks between France's two richest men subsided momentarily yesterday, when Mr Francois Pinault triumphed…Tue Sept 11 2001 - 01:00
Flexible regulation the key on exchange rate policyEconomists have argued since the 1930s about whether exchange rates should be fixed or allowed to float, says Jorge Braga de …Fri Sept 07 2001 - 01:00
Bishop convicted of covering up for paedophile priestCatholic Bishop Monsignor Pierre Pican, Bishop of Bayeux and Lisieux, was yesterday convicted of covering up for a paedophile…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
Debate on Middle East lights passions in FranceBy publishing his "Letter to an Israeli Friend" in Le Monde, Prof Pascal Boniface, a political science professor and director…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
French racism law needs changing, says groupMs Sophie Malmquist, the head of catalogue distribution in France for the Swedish furniture chain IKEA, thought she was doing…Wed Sept 05 2001 - 01:00
President caught with his saggy pants downPhotographers waiting on the beach outside the French presidential holiday chΓteau at BrΘganτon couldn't believe it when President…Sat Sept 01 2001 - 01:00
French army tackles euro coin missionDistributing between seven and 10 billion euro coins poses a far greater logistical challenge than putting 1Fri Aug 31 2001 - 01:00
French public lose patience with government handling of CorsicaNo wonder the French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, has so little success in bringing peace to the Mediterranean island of…Thu Aug 30 2001 - 01:00
Jospin promises tax cuts in strategy to restore higher growth ratesThe French Prime Minister Mr Lionel Jospin went on national television last night to reassure the public that his government …Wed Aug 29 2001 - 01:00
EU constitution in 2004 - ChiracPresident Jacques Chirac has set the ambitious target date of 2004 for a European constitution to come into force.Tue Aug 28 2001 - 01:00
Government offers no solution for a growing surge of insecurityIt was a Saturday afternoon when I heard the thud on the balcony and stuck my head around the doorway to find myself face to …Wed Aug 22 2001 - 01:00
Cold-blooded Iguana will not be missedNot many will weep for Mr Francois "the Iguana" Santoni, the Corsican nationalist who was gunned down in front of his mistress…Sat Aug 18 2001 - 01:00
Officer reveals grim details of Ben Barka's murderAhmed Boukhari remembers every detail of the acid tank they used to dissolve Ben Barka's bodyWed Aug 08 2001 - 01:00
Carving a place in art historyA sprightly old woman wearing a loud print dress and bedroom slippers sat on an armchair in the main room, watching the art critics…Fri Jul 27 2001 - 01:00
Concorde victims remembered 1 year onFrance marked the first anniversary of the Concorde crash which killed 113 people with a minute's silence at Air France headquarters…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
British minister tells French he finds EU debate at home juvenileThe British Minister for European Affairs, Mr Peter Hain, made a surprising admission yesterday during his first visit to Paris…Thu Jul 26 2001 - 01:00
When dream apartments become a nightmare to purchaseI hope I'm not tempting fate by writing about this a few days before I actually moveWed Jul 25 2001 - 01:00
Chirac dodges the key questionsIt was perhaps the best television performance of President Jacques Chirac's careerMon Jul 16 2001 - 01:00
French need to see euro to really believe in itFrench businessmen never stop complaining of government intervention in the economyFri Jul 13 2001 - 01:00
Magistrates question Chirac's daughterInvestigating magistrates closed in on French President Jacques Chirac yesterday when they questioned his 38-year-old daughter…Thu Jul 12 2001 - 01:00
Permanent exile dreaming of field mice in WicklowWhen I wrote about the death of my cat, Walter, last year, several readers sent condolences, so I thought they should have an…Wed Jul 11 2001 - 01:00
French fields and pastures newWhen Tom and Margaret Cannon and their four children arrived at GardΦche farm in September 1999 from Co Tipperary, the farmhouse…Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Chirac wins brief respite in the latest financial scandalPresident Jacques Chirac enjoyed a brief respite in his troubles with French justice yesterday when a senior prosecutor said …Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:00
Assad confirms freeing human rights journalistPresident Bashar al-Assad of Syria ended his three-day state visit to Paris yesterday with a symbolic gesture of openness at …Thu Jun 28 2001 - 01:00
Syria's president blamed for crimes of the pastFaced with the uproar over the state visit to Paris by President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, the mayor of the capital, Mr Bertrand…Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:00
French mother (62) says brother was father of her test-tube babyIn a case that raises unprecedented ethical, medical and legal questions, a 62-year-old retired French school teacher and her…Thu Jun 21 2001 - 01:00
Practices in France's animal waste plants denounced as `monstrous'Piles of carcasses amid a sludge of rotting meat, blood and fluids from dead animals; the video shown in an annex of the National…Wed Jun 20 2001 - 01:00
Inspiring film that injects cheerfulness into French livesA lonely little girl grows up in a Paris suburb, playing childhood games and practical jokes that make up the opening scenes …Wed Jun 13 2001 - 01:00
Treaty has to be ratified by each member state before enlargementThe Nice Treaty must be ratified by all member states before enlargement of the European Union can happen, the French President…Tue Jun 12 2001 - 01:00
Ireland's No spurs French opponents of treatyIreland's vote against the Treaty of Nice has turned into a nightmare for the French governmentMon Jun 11 2001 - 01:00
Empty seats tell of French apathy about NiceThe empty seats in the French National Assembly on Tuesday night told the story of France's indifference to the Nice Treaty.Thu Jun 07 2001 - 01:00
Jospin lays the ghost of long past TrotskyismThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, admitted yesterday that he began his political career as a TrotskyistWed Jun 06 2001 - 01:00
Man with a mission rekindles memories of 1789 RevolutionArnaud Montebourg is a man with a missionWed May 30 2001 - 01:00
Irish will find Jospin's grand vision too taxingDublin is one of several European capitals likely to find fault with the French Prime Minister Mr Lionel Jospin's long-awaited…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
TGV sets new speed record on run from Calais to MarseillesTGV (Tres Grande Vitesse) number 531 travelled from the Channel to the Mediterranean in 3 hours 29 minutes in a trial run on …Mon May 28 2001 - 01:00
Report accuses France over BSEFrench authorities usually blame Britain and the European Commission for the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) …Fri May 18 2001 - 01:00
Retired general stuns Chirac with remarks on efficacy of tortureGen Paul Aussaresses is the sort of old codger you meet on Bastille Day at the Elysee garden partyWed May 16 2001 - 01:00
Jospin's selective recall of Mitterrand fails to lift leftThe French Prime Minister, Mr Lionel Jospin, reportedly spent 10 days preparing the speech he delivered on yesterday's 20th anniversary…Fri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Thirty `predators of press freedom' are denounced in ParisIn a joint message issued today to mark World Press Freedom Day, the UN Secretary-General Mr Kofi Annan, the UN High Commissioner…Thu May 03 2001 - 01:00
