Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden — “the Incorruptible” who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end. Or he was a monster who slaughtered thousands for revolutionary crimes…
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OTTAWA, Canada, December 15, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Deepak Obhrai, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign…
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that his government will not copy British economic policies as they had created poverty and inequality. “I see a lot more poverty, more inequalities and if I was to look for a model to reform France…
The ceiling of a top London theatre collapsed on the audience during a performance Thursday, leaving terrified theatregoers covered in blood and dust and causing at least 65 casualties, emergency services and witnesses said. The incident happened at…
An Old Bailey jury has convicted two young London men of the brutal murder of fusilier Lee Rigby. It took the jury of eight women and four men about 90 minutes to return guilty verdicts on Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22. http://news…
Britain’s military is at risk of becoming a “hollow force” with first-rate equipment but not enough troops to use it, the head of the armed forces has warned. General Nicholas Houghton, the chief of the defence staff, made the unusually outspoken criticism…
Ireland’s economy rebounded strongly in the third quarter, official data showed Thursday, just days after it became the first eurozone nation to exit an international bailout. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 1.5 percent in the July-September…
Canada’s first faith-based law school has been approved by education officials, despite objections to its allegedly homophobic policies. Trinity Western University in westernmost Canada received the nod late Wednesday from the British Columbia minister…
The European Union took a historic leap towards greater integration just hours ahead of a summit Thursday, with a deal on a banking union aimed at preventing a repeat of the eurozone’s crippling crises of the past. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, just…
About 200 cars stolen in Germany have been tracked down in Tajikistan, where most are now driven by family and friends of President Emomali Rakhmon, media and officials in Berlin said Thursday. The case of the German-registered cars, including 93 BMWs…