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Le passé de Pontoise surgit sous les pavés (Le Parisien) 03/17/10 9:03 pm Le chantier du centre ancien de Pontoise ne cesse de faire ressurgir le passé. Huit mois après avoir mis au jour une quarantaine de sépultures, les ouvriers chargés de la réfection des trois places... Source : Le Parisien (s'abonner) Explorer : Val d Oise Spectaculaire incendie aux portes de Paris (Le Parisien) 03/17/10 9:03 pm a D 7 coupée, une fumée visible des kilomètres à la ronde, le tramway arrêté, plus de 150 pompiers et une odeur persistante de caoutchouc brûlé…Hier soir, le chaos régnait sur les quais de Seine,... Source : Le Parisien (s'abonner) Explorer : Paris Jugées pour avoir torturé par vengeance amoureuse 03/17/10 9:00 pm Deux jeunes filles comparaissent jeudi et vendredi devant la cour d'assises des mineurs de Besançon à huis-clos pour des faits qui remontent à 2008.Jugées pour avoir torturé par vengeance amoureuse 03/17/10 8:57 pm Jean-Pierre Barriot, en qualité de directeur de l'Ecole doctorale de l'université et de l'Observatoire géodésique de Tahiti, fera un point sur ce sujet très polémique à partir des connaissances scientifiques actuelles, celles-ci permettant d’apporter une réponse inattendue à la question de la vie intelligente dans l’univers. Professeur des universités en géoscience, Jean-Pierre Barriot a [...] |... Source : Actualités Polynésiennes (s'abonner) Explorer : Tahiti 03/17/10 8:52 pm Le classement en espace protégé de ce site emblématique de l’île de Raiatea doit permettre de sensibiliser et d’associer la population aux enjeux de la protection de la nature, notamment grâce à un comité de gestion réunissant les acteurs locaux, mais également de protéger le milieu dans son ensemble et non plus uniquement, les espèces [...] | à lire sur tahitipresse.pf Source : Actualités Polynésiennes (s'abonner) Explorer : Tahiti Le gouvernement vend le "Rocklands Hostel" à Auckland en Nouvelle-Zélande (Actualités Polynésiennes) 03/17/10 8:42 pm Le conseil des ministres de ce mercredi a confirmé sa décision de vendre le "Rocklands Lodge and Hostel" à Auckland, en Nouvelle-Zélande. Le gouvernement "attend une petite embellie du marché de l'immobilier néo-zélandais pour mettre sur le marché ce bien immobilier polynésien acquis pour 520 millions FCP auxquels il faut ajouter 292 millions Fcfp pour [...] | à lire sur tahitipresse.pf Source : Actualités Polynésiennes (s'abonner) Explorer : Tahiti [Vidéo] Multiplication des viols dans les camps de réfugiés à Haïti (Telle est la télé !) 03/17/10 8:18 pm Faute de sécurité et de forces de l'ordre, les violences faites aux femmes et notamment les agressions sexuelles se multiplient dans les camps autour de Port-au-Prince. Les humanitaires tirent la sonnette d'alarme. A voir en cliquant sur les liens suivants : [Vidéos] Haïti et Tahiti : La[...] Source : Telle est la télé ! (s'abonner) Explorer : Délinquance sexuelle, Haïti, Port-au-Prince, Société, Tahiti Vient de paraître : La ligne de corail, un roman de Fred Jouhaud (Actualités Polynésiennes) 03/17/10 7:11 pm Les éditions métropolitaine L'Harmattan viennent de publier un roman inspiré par l'histoire de la route aéronautique dite "la route du corail", qui desservait par hydravion de nombreuses îles du Pacifique. Ce troisième roman de Fred Jouhaud, écrit avec André L'Homme, emmène le lecteur à Tahiti et ses îles dans un voyage mouvementé et plein de [...] | à lire sur tahitipresse.pf Source : Actualités Polynésiennes (s'abonner) Explorer : Tahiti Notes de lecture - Hommage à René Rougerie (Ruminances) 03/17/10 6:14 pm L'actualité n'est pas faite que de politique, elle est aussi poésie. Gérard Lambert-Ullmann est libraire à Saint-Nazaire. Il est un ami de longue date de Rémi Begouen. C'est une actualité douloureuse qui le conduit sur Ruminances pour s'exprimer sur la mort du poète et ami René Rougerie. “Qu'il parle de son métier ou qu'il défende les [...] Source : Ruminances (s'abonner) Explorer : Saint-Nazaire 03/17/10 4:35 pm GRAND RENDEZ-VOUS AU PORT DE PÊCHE DE LA ROCHELLE en présence de Ségolène ROYAL et son équipe JEUDI 18 MARS à partir de 18h00 en solidarité avec les ostréiculteurs et agriculteurs qui souffrent, dégustation de produits de la mer et du terroir DIMANCHE,[...] Source : Ségolène Royal Présidente en 2012 (s'abonner) Explorer : La Rochelle, Ségolène Royal Volley - C.France(F) : Finale Mulhouse-Cannes (Sport365.fr) 03/17/10 4:15 pm La finale de la Coupe de France de volley féminin opposera Cannes à Mulhouse le 28 mars prochain à Paris-Coubertin. Pour s'y hisser, Mulhouse a dominé Calais (3-0), le même score que Cannes à Saint-Raphael. Source : Sport365.fr (s'abonner) Explorer : Cannes, Mulhouse, Sport, Var, Volley-ball Régionales, des chiffres et des lettres (Bakchich) 03/17/10 4:02 pm Réactions d'élus et interprétations tout à fait personnelles du premier tour des régionales dans le Nord-Pas de Calais. - NOS FIERS ÉLUS / Elections , une2 , politique , Nord , élections régionales , Roubaix , pas de calais , daniel percheron Explorer : Daniel Percheron, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Politique 03/17/10 4:02 pm Rhaaaa pala !!! (Oui encore... :-D), la vieille claque dans la g... en voyant ce film la première fois. Attention, film cultissime même si à l'époque de sa sortie, il n'avait pas du tout marché, il s'est ensuite refait une réputation digne de ce nom après sa sortie vidéo (ce qui le cas de beaucoup de films - "La Vie De David Gale", d'Alan Parker a connu le même sort il me semble et pourtant c'est... Source : Newreborn76 (s'abonner) Explorer : Brad Pitt, Bretagne, Cinéma, Côtes-d'Armor, Culture Kim En Joong et l'art du verre (Points de cerise violette) 03/17/10 4:01 pm Un évènement à Rouen : l'exposition dans la cathédrale d'oeuvres de Kim En Joong , moine dominicain. En attendant le festival , je vous propose de la connaître un peu mieux . Lors d'une importante campagne de restauration, la ville de Brioude(43) a lancé un concours international pour la création, la réalisation et la pose de vitraux contemporains de trente-sept baies de la basilique Saint-Julien. Source : Points de cerise violette (s'abonner) Explorer : Asie, Auvergne, Culture, Haute-Loire, International Petites tours pour le Grand Paris (Les Echos) 03/17/10 4:00 pm La tour d'habitation revient au goût du jour. Le promoteur Nexity et l'architecte Roland Castro présentent leur concept au Mipim. Articles en Rapport Immobilier ancien : hausse de 0,6% des prix en février selon la Fnaim Pourquoi les architectes se retrouvent au Mipim La construction de bureaux ne faiblit pas en Chine Marché italien, pas de reprise avant 2011 CityCenter : le pari écolo de Las Vegas Source : Les Echos (s'abonner) Explorer : Architectes, Culture, Economie, Paris, Roland Castro BD. Boiscommun met Paris en bulles (Le Télégramme) 03/17/10 4:00 pm Ex-complice de Joann Sfar (Troll) et de Jodorowsky (Pietrolino), Olivier Boiscommun sort une nouvelle BD le 7avril prochain. Mûrie depuis vingt ans, éditée en quatre tomes, la «Cité de l'Arche»... Source : Le Télégramme (s'abonner) Centre interrarmées de Brest. Délocalisation à Lille ? (Le Télégramme) 03/17/10 4:00 pm Depuis lundi, le centre d'administration ministériel des indemnités de déplacement (Camid) de Brest est paralysé. Les agents civils qui y travaillent craignent de voir le centre délocalisé à Lille.... Source : Le Télégramme (s'abonner) Explorer : Bretagne Rubik's Cube. Des collégiens quimpérois à bonne école (Le Télégramme) 03/17/10 4:00 pm Le Rubik's cube, vous vous souvenez? Ce casse-tête, né d'un esprit hongrois, pullulait dans les cours d'école dans les années quatre-vingts. Trenteans plus tard, il y est toujours. Depuis huit... Source : Le Télégramme (s'abonner) Explorer : Bretagne Anne de Bretagne en DVD Le rock... (Le Télégramme) 03/17/10 4:00 pm Anne de Bretagne en DVD Le rock opéra d'Alan Simon est à revivre sur sa télé Page 42 Source : Le Télégramme (s'abonner) Explorer : Bretagne Supertramp. Une date à Nantes et son chanteur à Quimper (Le Télégramme) 03/17/10 4:00 pm En sommeil depuis huit ans, Supertramp est sur le point de renaître de ses cendres. Le groupe mythique, qui fête cette année son quarantième anniversaire, fera étape cet automne à Nantes... Source : Le Télégramme (s'abonner) Régionales: Fillon appelle à "calmer les ardeurs" de la gauche 03/17/10 3:33 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - A quatre jours du second tour des élections régionales, François Fillon a exhorté les électeurs à "calmer les ardeurs" de la gauche dont il a fustigé "les rêves présidentiels".
Aubry et Voynet heureuses de voir la "gauche rassemblée" 03/17/10 2:50 pm
NANTES (Reuters) - Figures de la "gauche plurielle" sous le gouvernement Jospin, Martine Aubry et Dominique Voynet ont fait part de leur "bonheur" commun de voir la gauche rassemblée pour le deuxième tour des élections régionales de dimanche, à l'exception notable de la Bretagne.
La pression des régionales s'accumule sur Nicolas Sarkozy 03/17/10 2:36 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy ne pourra pas faire comme s'il ne s'était rien passé, après le second tour des élections régionales dimanche, mais un remaniement ministériel risque de ne pas suffire, estiment des analystes politiques.
Demain, le touriste sera un voyageur sage 03/17/10 2:25 pm
A quoi ressemblera le tourisme dans quelques années ? Eléments de réponses avec plusieurs spécialistes.
Basket - LFB - 21e j. - Bourges se rapproche (L'Equipe.fr) 03/17/10 2:19 pm Bourges a profité de la fin de la 21e journée, disputée mercredi, pour revenir à un point de Tarbes au classement. Les... Source : L'Equipe.fr (s'abonner) Explorer : Basket-ball, Bourges, Centre, Cher, Hautes-Pyrénées Ifop prévoit une large victoire de Royal en Poitou-Charentes 03/17/10 2:13 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Ségolène Royal recueillerait 63% des intentions de vote au deuxième tour des élections régionales dimanche en Poitou-Charentes, selon un sondage Ifop pour le quotidien Sud-Ouest rendu public mercredi.
Mort d'Ophélie Bretnacher : enquête ouverte en France 03/17/10 2:10 pm Une information judiciaire pour "enlèvement, séquestration et meurtre" a été ouverte en France sur la mort en 2009 en Hongrie de la jeune étudiante. La procédure fait suite à une plainte avec constitution de partie civile de sa famille.Mort d'Ophélie Bretnacher : enquête ouverte en France BVA voit la gauche l'emporter partout, incertitude en Alsace 03/17/10 2:08 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Les listes de gauche devraient l'emporter dans au moins 21 des 22 régions françaises métropolitaines au second tour des élections régionales dimanche, la seule incertitude portant sur l'Alsace, à en croire une enquête de l'institut BVA publiée mercredi.
Impressionnant incendie au sud de Paris 03/17/10 12:30 pm Un incendie a pris mercredi soir dans un ancien incinérateur près des quais d'Issy-les-Moulineaux, provoquant un gros dégagement de fumée visible dans tout le sud de Paris. Il a été maîtrisé en une heure sans faire de victime.Impressionnant incendie au sud de Paris Teen victim of Australia's war massacre identified after almost 100 years 03/17/10 12:23 pm Gene tests help name some of 250 bodies at Fromelles, where 5,533 Australian troops died in single day in first world war No one knows exactly what happened to Harry Willis, a fresh-faced 19-year-old farmer's boy from Victoria in Australia, who died on the evening of 19 July, 1916 in the battle of Fromelles on the western front, but thanks to two medallions presented to him by the proud authorities in Alberton when he volunteered, his body has finally been identified after 94 years. Harry's is one of 75 bodies of Australian troops to whom names can now be put, out of 250 uncovered from a mass grave at Fromelles, a village 10 miles (16km) west of Lille. Their identities were released for the first time yesterday. The burial pit, first discovered three years ago, is the largest uncovered from the first world war in modern times. The bodies have been reinterred in the first new war cemetery to be opened on the western front since the 1920s. It will be consecrated on the anniversary of the battle in the summer. "We historians spend a lot of time trying to counteract the image of the first world war as being fought by lions led by donkeys," said Peter Francis of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). "But the battle of Fromelles was the exception that proves the rule – it was a complete and utter fiasco, badly planned and executed, though that was not the troops' fault. "The poor men did not know what was beyond the German line or what they should do when they got there. There was fierce hand-to-hand fighting in the German trenches." Dr Tony Pollard, director of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at Glasgow University, who led the first official investigation of the site in 2007, said: "It was just mass slaughter. This identification brings home the individual tragedies involved. A few bodies are still discovered every year on the western front, but nothing on this scale." The assault on the German salient that summer evening was meant as no more than a diversion from the battle of the Somme, then into its third attritional week 50 miles to the south, and was intended to prevent the Germans diverting troops to the main theatre. The attack was such a disaster that it was called off the following day. The Australian troops, newly arrived in France a few days earlier and the first to go into action on the western front, and British soldiers of the 61st division – equally callow territorial soldiers from Midlands regiments such as the Warwickshires and Gloucesters – were thrown into the attack in full daylight after a bombardment which failed to clear the German trenches. The Australian and British, thrown together haphazardly from units not fighting on the Somme, were mown down by machinegun fire. One survivor, Jimmy Downing, reported: "The air was thick with bullets, swishing in a flat, crisscrossed lattice of death. Hundreds were mown down in the flicker of an eyelid, like great rows of teeth knocked from a comb." About a fifth of the attackers were killed or wounded, some after they penetrated German lines and were then cut off. The 5,533 Australian casualties that night were as many as the country suffered in the Boer, Korean and Vietnam wars combined, and the country's war memorial describes the battle as the worst 24 hours in Australia's history. The Germans – as was customary and as they did with their own casualties – buried the dead in mass graves and, in accordance with convention, sent their identifying dogtags to the Red Cross. As a result, many of those whose bodies have been uncovered have few identifying marks beyond their scraps of uniform or badges. Troops only had one dogtag at that stage, usually made of cardboard or leather, so any still left on bodies would long since have deteriorated in the mud. Soldiers wishing for metal tags had to buy their own. The process of identification of the skeletons has been painstakingly slow. DNA has been matched with that of relatives, but also the bodies' height and age ranges have been compared with the service records of those known to have been lost in the battle. The evidence has to be "clear and convincing", according to the CWGC, before identification is confirmed. Three British bodies were found in the pit, but none have so far been identified, though some British-born troops serving with Australian regiments have been discovered. Kevan Jones, the British veterans' minister, said: "Identification is a challenging task and this has been no exception. We are disappointed that there was insufficient evidence to name British soldiers. What is most important is that these men have all been laid to rest with the dignity and honour they deserve." Of the 75 Australian bodies that now have names, there are 60 privates, six corporals, three sergeants and six officers, the highest ranking being Major Victor Sampson. The CWGC's Fromelles website yesterdaylisted the names and published the photographs of some of the men, among them Private Willis looking extraordinarily young in his slouch hat. It was the discovery of his medallions which started the identification process. Willis's relatives still live in Victoria. His grand-nephew Tim Whitford, himself a former serviceman, visited the excavation two years ago and was one of the first to be told that his ancestor had been identified. "I told him last night and he was ecstatic and going to tell his grandmother," said Pollard. Also uncovered with the bodies were more than 6,000 artefacts, some unbearably poignant. They included a return train ticket from Fremantle to Perth, for a journey never completed; a French phrase book with "Don't shoot" underlined; a heart-shaped locket containing a strand of hair and crumpled pages from a Catholic prayer book for the evening service, in which the owner had marked the phrase "Peace with God". guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Eta blamed for death of French policeman in shoot-out near Paris 03/17/10 12:23 pm Crackdown pledged by Madrid and Paris after occupants of stolen car open fire at routine check France and Spain vowed to intensify efforts to clamp down on Eta activities today after suspected members of the Basque separatist group killed a French policeman in a shoot-out in a town south-east of Paris. Jean-Serge Nérin died of his injuries yesterday evening in Dammarie les Lys shortly after he was shot from a car that had been stolen by a group of at least six people, all but one of whom fled. Spain's prime minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, left no doubt as to whom he believed responsible. "France has paid a high price for its help against Eta," he said. The fatal shooting marks the first time in over four decades of violence that a French policeman has died at the hands of Eta. Members of the national police and gendarmerie have been injured but not killed amid increasing Franco-Spanish efforts to crack down on the group. French anti-terrorist investigators were today questioning Joseba Fernández Aspurz, a suspected Eta member wanted by Spanish courts to answer charges related to a petrol bomb attack in Pamplona, over the killing. Aspurz, one of a number of young radicals thought to have joined Eta in the past few months, was part of a group which French police said had stolen several cars from a nearby used car dealership yesterday afternoon. When their activity on the outskirts of Dammarie les Lys prompted Nérin, a sergeant in his early 50s, to carry out a routine check of the vehicles and their occupants, members of the group began shooting. Although wearing a bullet-proof vest, the father of four, who had served the police for 30 years, was hit in the armpit and died shortly afterwards. As the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, prepared to visit the victim's family tomorrow, experts said the killing could trigger an increase in already intense French pressure on the group. In a phone call this morning, Sarkozy and Zapatero vowed to "intensify" their fight against Eta. François Fillon, the French prime minister, said that Nérin had been "coolly assassinated by a terrorist group". "For us Eta is now no longer a Spanish, Basque or terrorist problem. Eta members have dispersed across France and have become an internal, criminal problem for France," a French police source told Spain's ABC daily. French police have done much to weaken Eta in recent years. They captured the group's military chief, Ibon Gogeaskoetxea, and two other Eta members at a country cottage in Normandy on 28 February. They were about to embark on a campaign of bomb attacks in Spain, police said at the time. Eta and its supporters are also furious with French authorities over the death of Eta member Jon Anza, whose body was identified at a morgue in Toulouse last week. Anza's body had been in the morgue for 10 months. He had died in a Toulouse hospital after collapsing in a local park. The body remained unidentified despite months of pressure from his family and radical Basque organisations to find out what had happened to him. Eta has claimed Anza, who was said to have been carrying €300,000 (£270,000) of the group's money when he disappeared, was a victim of Spanish police. French doctors who carried out an autopsy this week said there were no signs of violence. He had €500 on him when he was taken to hospital. "This is a campaign of lies organised by Eta," Spain's interior minister, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, said this week, adding that he would sue anyone who repeated the claim. As Eta finds it increasingly difficult to operate in southern France, it has moved north to Paris and elsewhere. French authorities also recently hailed the discovery of an Eta safe house in Obidos, Portugal, as proof the group was finding it difficult to operate from France. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Sahil Saeed: Five arrested as police confirm ransom was paid 03/17/10 12:09 pm • Two Pakistani men and Romanian woman arrested in Spain A ransom was paid to free Sahil Saeed, the British five-year-old kidnapped in Pakistan, it was confirmed today as police in Paris and northern Spain arrested five people in connection with the abduction. As Sahil prepared to fly back to be reunited with his family, details of the elaborate operation to secure his release, involving police forces in Spain, France and Britain, began to emerge. Two Pakistani brothers and a Romanian woman are due to appear in court tomorrow after being arrested near Tarragona, north-east Spain, according to an official with the superior court of Catalonia. The ransom money was handed over in a Paris street, according to Spain's Europa Press news agency. The two people who had picked it up then drove south, tailed by French police. Spanish police took over the tail at the frontier and followed them via Barcelona to Constanti. There they recovered £105,000, €3,565 and a computer bought with part of the money. Their arrest followed the payment of the ransom in Paris, according to police in Madrid. "Two of them picked up the ransom in Paris and returned to Spain by car. They were arrested once the release was confirmed," police said. "Two more people have been arrested in the French capital and the operation is still open." Pakistan's interior minister, Rehman Malik, said rescuers had had the option "to catch [the kidnappers] and have the boy killed", but it was "decided that life was more important". Sahil, from Shaw, Greater Manchester, was held for 13 days after being snatched by an armed gang from his grandmother's home in Jhelum, Punjab, on 3 March. He was found wandering in a field at Kharian, 25 miles away, yesterday, alone but unharmed. His hair had been cropped and his shoes were missing. He had been on a two-week holiday with his father, Raja Naqqash Saeed, 28, when the kidnappers struck as they were leaving to fly back to Britain. The gang is said to have tied up and beaten family members before taking the boy. Sahil's father left Pakistan five days after the kidnapping, against Pakistani police advice. Greater Manchester police said he had been helping to secure his son's release. His whereabouts since have not been divulged by family members. It is understood a substantial sum was raised by the family. Friends said they sold jewellery and cashed in savings to raise the money. The kidnappers demanded £110,000, according to Spanish police. Kidnapping specialists with Spain's national police had been warned through Interpol that the first ransom demands had been made by telephone from Spain. "The investigators managed to narrow them down to a place near Salou, in Tarragona province," police said. Constantí, where the arrests were made, is a short distance from Salou. Footage released by Spanish police showed armed officers storming the apartment and making the arrests. Investigators had originally believed the ransom would be paid in Manchester and had contacted police there along with Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency. Then the payment was set up in Paris, and the French police's organised crime unit became involved. Telephone calls were made in Urdu, with the first call telling the family to prepare to hand over the money in Manchester within three days. The family received 15 calls altogether, police said. Sahil was taken back to Jhelum today for a brief hearing before a magistrates court, a legal procedure necessary in kidnapping cases. He told the court that he was kept in a village and looked after by a woman throughout, according to sources. He said the kidnappers had taken him horse-riding and for rides on a donkey cart. He was also given a cycle to play on, and a toy gun. He was accompanied to the court by British officials and his uncle Rizwan for the 11-minute hearing. Sahil's mother, Akila Naqqash, 31, a supermarket worker, spoke to him by telephone after his release. She said he sounded normal and was excitedly telling her about his new toys. guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
'Kingdom of fabric' sues novelist for weaving a tissue of lies about revered Paris store 03/17/10 11:28 am Lalie Walker wrote latest thriller as a tribute to a Montmarte fabric store, but store's owners say the book is defamatory When Lalie Walker set about using the Marché Saint Pierre as the setting for her latest crime thriller she thought she was paying a nostalgic tribute to a much-loved Parisian landmark. But, after reading her tale of a crazed killer who sews fear and loathing among the rolls of taffeta, the owners of the much-loved Montmartre fabric store have signalled that they do not appreciate her gesture. Arguing that certain passages in her fictional depiction of a business rocked by threats, voodoo and staff abductions are defamatory, they are taking her to court and demanding €2m (£1.8m) in damages. Walker, the author of several crime novels set in the French capital, said she was "flabbergasted" by the lawsuit, expected to come to court next month. "In no way is this a thriller which is 'anti' the Marché Saint Pierre. I wrote the novel from an affectionate point of view," she said. But Village d'Orsel, the business which runs the Marché Saint Pierre, insists that the book – Aux Malheurs des Dames, a play on an Emile Zola novel set in Paris's 19th-century department stores – tarnishes its image. For more than 60 years the multi-storey shop has provided customers with a wealth of materials at low cost from its building at the foot of the Butte, or hill, of Montmartre. By describing a mysterious – and fictional – malaise afflicting the self-declared "kingdom of fabric", it says the book gives a false impression of the Marché. Robert Gabbay, the store's director, would not comment today. In an earlier interview with the news website Rue89, he said the business was a registered trademark. "No one can have anything to do with or talk about the Marché Saint Pierre without the authorisation of the owner and the director," he said. "It's defamation." François Besse, the head of the publishing house Parigramme, has called the arguments "unfair, abusive and crazy" and says the book is clearly presented as fiction. "At no moment does the novel imply that in everyday real life you are risking your life when buying a length of fabric," he said. Emmanuel Pierrat, Parigramme's lawyer whose past clients include the best-selling author Michel Houellebecq, points out that the Louvre had not attempted to sue Dan Brown when The Da Vinci Code portrayed murders taking place in the museum. For Walker, the court case has come as a shock. "I think this is serious. It means that every time you want to write a fiction you have to ask the permission of the owners or the place," she said. "Potentially it represents a big threat to our liberty." She added, gloomily: "We will all have to end up writing science fiction instead." guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Quatre arrestations après l'agression d'un supporter du PSG 03/17/10 10:36 am Placés en garde à vue mercredi à Paris, ces quatre supporters du club de foot parisien sont soupçonnés d'avoir eu un "rôle actif" dans l'agression qui a eu lieu fin février.Quatre arrestations après l'agression d'un supporter du PSG Sextuple infanticide : "c'est pas possible, j'ai pas pu faire ça..." 03/17/10 10:04 am Au troisième jour de son procès devant les assises de la Manche, Céline Lesage n'est pas arrivée à mettre des mots sur les actes qu'elle a reconnu avoir commis dès sa garde à vue.Sextuple infanticide : "c'est pas possible, j'ai pas pu faire ça..." L’Organisation internationale de la francophonie fête ses 40 ans 03/17/10 9:45 am
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![]() Quelque 200 millions de personnes sur les cinq continents parlent le français. Sur la base du partage de cette langue et le respect de valeurs universelles, le mouvement francophone a donné naissance à une Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF). Forte des 70 Etats et gouvernements qui la composent, l'OIF a pour mission développer une solidarité active entre les adhérents.
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