Firefighters mistaken for ETA members (Gulf Times)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:17:51 GMT
Five people identified as ETA suspects in a surveillance video after a French police officer was shot and killed near Paris were in fact Spanish firefighters on a climbing holiday, officials said yesterday.
French police video shows firemen, not commandos (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:41:05 GMT
French investigators hunting for a gang of armed fugitives from the Basque separatist group ETA released a video of what they said were the suspects: a group of fit, trim young men captured in a grainy surveillance video at a suburban Paris supermarket.
France, Spain released images of officer’s killers (Gulf Times)
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:17:10 GMT
AFP/Madrid France and Spain have released images of the suspected Basque separatists involved the killing of a French police officer near Paris this week, Spanish police said.
Paris fan dies after attack by rival supporters (MSNBC)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:50:06 GMT
A Paris Saint-Germain soccer fan has died after spending weeks in a coma following an attack by rival supporters, the latest incident of violence associated with the French club.
France Telecom Is Being Investigated for Manslaughter (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:11:01 GMT
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- France Telecom SA is being investigated for “reckless manslaughter” after preliminary inquiries found there may be links between an employee’s suicide and his work environment, prosecutors said.
France Telecom Suicide Investigated as Possible Manslaughter (Bloomberg)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:36 GMT
March 18 (Bloomberg) -- A French judge will investigate a France Telecom SA worker’s suicide to determine if his death was “reckless manslaughter.”
Paris fan dies after attack by rival supporters (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:03:31 GMT
A Paris Saint-Germain soccer fan has died after spending weeks in a coma following an attack by rival supporters, the latest incident of violence associated with the French club. The 38-year-old fan suffered serious head injuries during street clashes among the club's fan groups at a Feb. 28 French league match against Marseille.
Ransom paid in Paris for British boy taken in Pakistan: ministry (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:53:23 GMT
A ransom for a five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan and freed this week was paid in Paris, Spain's interior ministry said Wednesday, adding five people have been detained.
France, Spain to redouble anti-ETA fight after cop slaying - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:35 GMT
Paris/Madrid - The killing of a French policeman late Tuesday by the Basque militant group ETA will intensify the cooperation between France and Spain in the fight against the group, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Wednesday. ...
France Says Basque Militants Killed a French Police Officer (International Herald Tribune)
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:31:51 GMT
The officer was killed in a shootout southeast of Paris while trying to arrest several suspects driving stolen vehicles.
