Michael Cosgrove
Digital Journalist based in Lyon, 69007, France.
Joined on Mar 21, 2009
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From north to south and east to west, France is witnessing a major surge in large-scale cannabis growing by organized crime gangs, leading anti-drug police to step up efforts to fight its spread.
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Witnesses and journalists have reported hearing loud explosions and seeing smoke rising not far from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli.
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The French air force is said to have destroyed several armored vehicles today in the first attacks launched against pro-Gaddafi forces. Other nations are also said to be attacking, with the USA and British launching over 100 Cruise missiles.
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In a statement on the the situation in Libya, American President Barack Obama has said that after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had met demonstrations "with an iron fist" he "chose the path of brutal oppression."
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The United Nations Security Council has voted a resolution which will impose a no-fly zone over Libya as well as other possible military measures. The vote was 10 countries in favour, zero against, and five abstentions.
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American Undersecretary of State William Burns has voiced U.S. fears that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi could return to terrorism if he wins the fight against the insurgent movement. A UN vote on a no-fly zone is expected today.
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Saif al-Islam, Muammar Gaddafi’s second son, claimed in an interview today that the rebels and western countries were against the “united” people of Libya, adding that “military actions are over” in the country.
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Manchester United's realism in front of goal proved to be too much for a Marseilles side which, despite a well-organized if not inspired performance, didn't manage to stop the irrepressible Javier Hernandez, who scored twice.
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Insisting on the need to “defend French nuclear know-how”, the French President told senior members of his majority UMP party and political advisors that there was “no question of abandoning nuclear power.”
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Although Japan’s economy has largely ground to a halt in the wake of last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, analysts say it should begin to return to positive growth during the third quarter of this year.
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Paul Wallis probably knew deep down that his e-book ‘Conversations for Tiny Minds’ may be self-contradictory, but that didn’t stop him launching a convincing yet grimly corrosive critique of modern trends in conversation and, ultimately, of himself.
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Kate Moss has taken time off from the catwalk and fashion circuit to help British charity Comic Relief and its Red Nose Day appeal with a promotional video in which she threatens to kill Misery Bear if you don’t do something to help the cause.
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The spectacular and highly-professional hacking of French state computer networks demonstrates yet again that the world must establish internationally agreed rules of conduct for state-sponsored cyber attacks.
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The long-awaited trial of former French president Jacques Chirac on corruption charges began yesterday and almost certainly ended today in a legal farce which is ensuring that he will never have to face a judge.
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The turmoil in Libya has eclipsed events in other African countries, and the further south they are the less attention they are getting. One of those countries is Ivory Coast, where the ongoing Gbagbo-Ouatarra standoff could result in civil war.
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France is reeling tonight from the news that Marine le Pen, the 2012 presidential candidate for the National Front, tops a poll on first-round voting intentions. The result has thrown both Nicolas Sarkozy and the Socialist Party into total disarray.
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Massacres, tank battles, murderous bombings, we've seen a flood of news describing these and other events in Libya recently but even a cursory study of the content shows that it consists mostly of second or third-hand accounts which cannot be verified.
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That British authorities were mobilized in 1967 because they feared a possible alien invasion may seem rather quaint today but my initial mockery upon reading that news turned into nostalgia when it dawned on me that we are no longer in awe of anything.
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Julian Assange’s claims that UK press interests are out to smear his whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks via a Jewish-led conspiracy against him have in their turn been leaked in an ironic twist of fate which could seriously damage his reputation.
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Bernard Madoff’s recent interview with New York Magazine, during which he blamed not only himself but also his investors’ “greed” and their role in his Ponzi scheme, has enraged many of his victims. But he does have a point.
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