Gay marriage: US Supreme Court may not hear Prop. 8 appeal – Los Angeles Times
Sydney Morning Herald Gay marriage: US Supreme Court may not hear Prop. 8 appealLos Angeles TimesUntil Tuesday, it looked like California's Proposition 8 gay marriage case would be decided by the US Supreme Court. But that looks less certain now. The narrow California-only approach adopted by the 9th Circuit means the high court might choose [...]
FRENCH POLITICS: Ruling party storms out of parliament over ‘Nazi’ slur
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conservative UMP party stormed out of parliament Tuesday after a Socialist MP accused Interior Minister Claude Guéant (pictured) of reviving Nazi ideology with a comment about not all civilisations being equal. Read More
Sarkozy et Merkel insistent sur la nécessité de respecter le traité européen
La chancelière a soutenu le président français lors d’un entretien croisé diffusé sur les chaînes France 2 et ZDF. Tous deux ont insisté sur la nécessaire convergence de leurs économies. Read More
Shoah : la SNCF ouvre ses archives de 1939-1945
Une copie de la “totalité” des archives numérisées de la SNCF pour la période 1939-1945 a été déposée au Mémorial de la Shoah à Paris, au centre Yad Vashem à Jérusalem et à l’Holocaust Museum de Washington. Read More
Susan G. Komen reverses course, will keep funding Planned Parenthood – CBS News
ABC News Susan G. Komen reverses course, will keep funding Planned ParenthoodCBS NewsThree days after pulling its funding for cancer screenings from Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation on Friday apologized for the decision and reversed course. "Our only goal for our granting process is to support women and …Cancer Group [...]
FRANCE: ‘Extras’ bussed in for Sarkozy publicity stunt
French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a visit to a social housing building site Thursday to highlight his work on this key election issue – but according to builders at the site, many of the ‘workers’ Sarkozy met on the tour had been bussed in. Read More
Philippe Val dément s’être excusé auprès de Nadine Morano pour une chronique de Sophia Aram
Après une passe d’armes entre la secrétaire d’Etat et l’humoriste, le patron de France Inter a affirmé qu’il n’avait pas téléphoné à Mme Morano pour s’excuser. Read More
FRANCE: Sarkozy ‘playing politics’ with more jury trials, magistrates claim
The use of juries in French criminal courts is to be extended from the beginning of January. Magistrates say that they support the greater use of juries, but claim that there is a strong political motivation behind the decision. Read More
Blog – La dramatisation, dernière cartouche du président
Françoise Fressoz, éditorialiste au “Monde”, décrypte les vux de Nicolas Sarkozy et sa nouvelle stratégie pour creuser la différence avec ses adversaires. Read More
FRANCE: France makes it harder to become French
France will be making it harder for foreigners to seek French citizenship as of January. Critics say the new requirements, which include tough language tests and allegiance to “French values”, are an electoral ploy that panders to the far right. Read More