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Pakistan/plane crash – Statement by Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
Paris, 28 July 2010
I was shocked to learn of the terrible air disaster near Islamabad today, resulting in a huge loss of life, which has just plunged Pakistan into mourning.
In these particularly tragic and painful circumstances, I want to convey my wholehearted solidarity to the Pakistani authorities and people and express my condolences to the victims’ families and close friends who have been so (…)

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European banking system – Results of the test to withstand a very significant deterioration in the economic environment – Communiqué issued by the Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment
Paris, 22 July 2010
The 2010 financial crisis has been crisis of confidence in the European States and banks. After the establishment of the up to €750 billion European Financial Stability Mechanism and Fund, and the decision to strengthen European economic governance, this evening Europe laid the (…)

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France/Niger/Mali/Mauritania – Statement by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic
Paris, 26 July 2010
Responsibility has just been claimed for the murder of our compatriot Michel Germaneau, kidnapped in Niger on 20 April 2010 by a group of terrorists from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and held hostage.
I condemn this barbarous act, this heinous act which has just claimed an innocent victim, who was devoting his time to helping local people.
This death in tragic circumstances (…)

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Article by Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, published in the “Le Figaro” newspaper
Paris, 22 July 2010
French culture has the means for a global reach
Our Foreign Ministry is reforming and adapting to the changes in the world. A milestone has been passed with the adoption of the Act on the State’s external action, which creates a new instrument for raising France’s international profile. An agency, the Institut français, will soon head up our 143 cultural centres (…)

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Franco-German proposals for European economic governance – Communiqué issued by the Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment
Paris, 21 July 2010
Christine Lagarde, Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment, and Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Finance, presented at the Council of Ministers joint proposals with a view to the forthcoming meetings of the working group on European economic governance chaired by Herman Van Rompuy.
It is the first time a foreign minister has (…)

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Ever asked for directions to the train station and ended up with a streetside ear cleaning, palm reading or root canal? With this phrasebook you’ll preserve your dirty ears, unknown future and all your teet.

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France-Germany – Statement by Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic, at the Council of Ministers’ meeting
Paris, 21 July 2010
France and Germany’s economic, trade, industrial and financial interdependence is especially strong. This can be seen first on the trade front: France is Germany’s leading economic partner with €113.2 billion of trade (exports plus imports). France is Germany’s leading customer and third-largest supplier. This integration is also seen at the investment level: there (…)

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`The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India’ is a non-fiction narrative that gives a strong and hopeful voice to India’s most vulnerable citizens.

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