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French police on Thursday questioned Labour Minister Eric Woerth as ... Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 33 seconds French police on Thursday questioned Labour Minister Eric Woerth as they probe the financial affairs of France's richest woman, L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.Duration : 00:33 |
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Cuban dissident in US for health treatment Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 38 seconds Cuban dissident Ariel Sigler has arrived at Jose Marti airport in Havana to travel to Miami, in the US, to receive health treatment. Sigler was held in prison for seven years for his dissident activities and was released because of his paraplegia.Duration: 00:37 |
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The Yellow Train is 100, and still steaming Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 113 seconds It's a hundred years old and a part of the French Catalan landscape that can't be missed: The yellow train celebrates its 100 years of service this month. Steaming across the French Pyrenees, the locomotive is a hit with tourists in the summer, but also a proper commuting train for locals.Duration: 01:53 |
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Hunger striker wins case over Big Mac claims Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 125 seconds A man who went on a 23-day hunger strike in protest at Sri Lanka's offensive against the Tamil Tigers has won his libel case against two British newspapers which claimed he'd been eating takeaway burgers throughout. Parameswaran Subramanyam, a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, told AFPTV he was shunned by his peers and driven to the brink of suicide by the false claims.Duration: 02:04 |
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Thailand under pressure over human trafficking Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 125 seconds Unpaid, without legal status and in fear of violent repercussions, many trafficking victims in Thailand find themselves in a more desperate situation than the one they had hoped to escape.Duration: 02:05 |
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French police arrest couple after eight dead babies found Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 61 seconds French police detained a couple after the bodies of eight new-born babies were found in a house and in the garden of another home in a northern village, officials said Wednesday. Police with sniffer dogs were continuing their search in Villers-au-Tertre, in the north of France, after arresting the pair, both in their mid-40s, on Tuesday.Duration: 01:01 |
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Spain's Catalonia bans bullfighting Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 130 seconds Catalonia's parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from January 1, 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.Duration: 02:10 |
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Zebras direct traffic in Bolivia Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 94 seconds Wedged in between the peaks of the Andes mountains, Bolivia's capital La Paz has little room to expand, and its traffic congestion is notorious. Officials are trying to make the city a bit less chaotic -- and noisy -- by education drivers to behave themselves behind the wheel.Duration: 01:33 |
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Olympic chief backs 2012 progress Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 76 seconds Two years before the start of the London Games, Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), expressed his satisfaction at progress at the Olympic site. His comments came as he signed a new sponsorship deal, securing the IOC much needed income for the forthcoming summer and winter Games.Duration: 01:16 |
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Sarkozy summons ministers over Gypsy 'problems' Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 132 seconds Violence between police and Gypsies prompted French President Nicolas Sarkozy to summon ministers for crisis talks on Wednesday, warning that the minority posed security "problems". Rights groups have complained that Sarkozy is stigmatising minorities after he last week declared a "war on crime", partly in response to an attack on a police station in Saint-Aignan, central France.Duration: 02:11 |
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Spain's Catalonia region bans bullfighting Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 68 seconds Catalonia's parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from January 1, 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.Duration: 01:07 |
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Spain's 'low cost' prostitutes Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 120 seconds Dozens of prostitutes for less than a hundred euros a trick, and fully within the law: that's what many brothels here have on offer, just six kilometres over the border from France, in the Pyrenees. The place is making a name for itself among the French -- a popularity that local authorities could have done without.Duration: 01:59 |
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French PM vows to step up fighting against Islamist group Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 41 seconds France's government vowed on Tuesday to step up the fight against Al-Qaeda in northern Africa after militants killed a French hostage in the Sahel desert region. Duration: 00:41. **REFILE** |
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Olympics: London ahead of schedule for 2012 Games Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 84 seconds London will be ready a year ahead of schedule to stage the 2012 Olympics, officials said on Tuesday, as Olympic greats gave the Games venues a test run two years to the day before the festivities open.Duration: 01:23 |
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In Iraq, Mullen to review plans for US troop withdrawal Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 47 seconds The US military's top officer flies to Iraq Tuesday to review plans for a troop drawdown and efforts to form a new governing coalition, amid fresh violence targeting civilians.Duration: 00:47 |
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BP chief steps down amid massive losses Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 104 seconds BP boss Tony Hayward will step down as head of the troubled oil giant after his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill made him a target of US fury. The group also revealed the devastating spill pushed it to a loss of 16.9 billion dollars in the second quarter of 2010.Duration: 01:44 |
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Remains of missing US sailor found in Afghanistan: NATO Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 64 seconds NATO said Tuesday the remains of a US sailor had been recovered in Afghanistan and confirmed that a second was held captive, four days after the pair vanished in an area largely controlled by the Taliban. Duration: 01:04. |
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Khmer Rouge judiciary looks to next case Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 68 seconds The former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch is appealing against his conviction but eyes in Cambodia are already turning to the next case which should see four of the brutal regime's senior leaders in the dock next year. Duration: 01:07. |
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Saudi civil aircraft in first flight to Iraq in 20 years Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 64 seconds The restoration of Iraq's civil aviation links took an important step forward, with the resumption of flights by Saudi company Alwafeer Air to the southern city of Basra. It was the first such flight between the neighbouring countries since Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Duration: 01:04. |
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French PM vows to step up fighting against Islamist group Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 39 seconds France's government vowed on Tuesday to step up the fight against Al-Qaeda in northern Africa after militants killed a French hostage in the Sahel desert region. Duration: 00:39. |
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World's first full face transplant man appears on TV Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 33 seconds A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant revealed his new look on Monday before television cameras, paying tribute to doctors and the donor's family as he left hospital. Duration: 00:32. |
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Health warning: smoking can lead to being arrested Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 115 seconds A new entry has been added to the long list of things women are now forbidden from doing in Gaza. Following on from laws banning women from using male hairdressers or driving cars, it's now illegal for women to smoke the famous shisha water-pipes in public. The regulation, brought in by ruling Islamist party Hamas, looks set to hit Gaza cafe culture hard. Duration: 01:55. |
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Anger, sadness, questions after German Love Parade tragedy Posted by: AFP
Video duration: 56 seconds Flags in the mourning German city of Duisburg flew at half mast on Monday as investigators probed allegations over lax safety measures at a techno festival where a stampede killed 19 people. Officials said seven foreigners, from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, China, Bosnia and Spain, were among those killed on Saturday at the Love Parade in the small city in western Germany.Duration: 00:56 |
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