The price of freedom from torture in Iraq: 2,500 pounds sterling each and eight days in a rusty ship's squalid hold

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The freighter East Sea, carrying 908 Iraqi Kurds, was deliberately grounded on rocks off Boulouris, France. The passengers, who were kept in terrible conditions, are all expected to claim political asylum in France.

Iraq, Emigration and immigration, Kurds, Refugees, Political, Political refugees, Kurds in Iraq, Persecution

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Can Chirac keep his dreams afloat amid claims of graft, kickbacks and holiday bills of 240,000 pounds sterling?

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New allegations of corruption relating to French President Jacques Chirac and his family are discussed. Chirac has always regarded himself as untouchable, but this may no longer be the case.

Brief Article, Investigations, Political aspects, Political corruption, Chirac, Jacques

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A 30bn pounds sterling merger to shatter the cosy world of French banking

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Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP), France's second-largest bank, has made a 30 billion pounds sterling hostile takeover bid for Societe Generale and Paribas, which agreed to merge in Feb 1999. BNP launched the takeover bid without consulting the French government, which may become involved. BNP Director-General Michel Pebereau has stated that the three-way merger would not involve any closure of high street banks or any enforced redundancies. He aims to create a French bank of international scale.

Commercial Banks, Commercial Banking, Acquisitions & mergers, Societe Generale S.A., Banque Nationale de Paris (Paris, France), Paribas S.A.

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