PARIS: Kenza Drider's posters for the French presidential race are ready to go, months before the official campaign begins. There she is, the "freedom candidate," pictured standing in front of a line of police - a forbidden veil hiding her (...)
PARIS — Kenza Drider's posters for the French presidential race are ready to go, months before the official campaign begins. There she is, the "freedom candidate," pictured standing in front of a line of police — a forbidden veil hiding her (...)
TUNIS: Tunisia's prime minister announced a national unity government on Monday, hoping to quell simmering unrest following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amid huge street protests.
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, a longtime (...)
PARIS: The apparent suicide of the former shah of Iran's youngest son has shocked and saddened Iranian emigres, many of whom were forced into exile by the Islamic Revolution and hoped their country's monarchy could one day be restored.
The death (...)
PARIS: Protests in Pakistan, Al-Qaeda warnings, skittish Muslim tourists: France's plan to do away with burqa-style veils is already reverberating far beyond its borders.
A bill to outlaw face veils, aimed at upholding French republican values, (...)
PARIS: The burqa, or face-covering veil, is getting all the attention in the debate over Muslim immigrants in France. But another controversial tradition among some immigrants is less noticed and far more widespread: Polygamy.
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PARIS: Big gatherings can be complicated, but try seating 43 of the planet s very important people - some of whom bear longstanding grudges or have fought wars - at a giant table for a feel-good summit.
The French, masters at protocol, did it and (...)
PARIS: President Nicolas Sarkozy has pulled off something of a diplomatic coup in assembling about 40 leaders, some nursing age-old Middle Eastern enmities, for the grandiose launch of his pet project: The Union for the Mediterranean.
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PARIS: Libyan leader Col. Moammar Qaddafi takes a giant stride toward international respectability Monday, making a visit to France likely to conclude with deals worth millions, but drawing protests including from a government minister.
Qaddafi s (...)