Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Ronald Joshua IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis PARIS (IDN) – French President Nicolas Sarkozy has sprung a surprise on the international community by showing an easy way out of poverty that has been eluding practical solutions for decades now. He has discovered an energetic panacea against poverty: the cure-all nuclear power. [...]
RIGHTS-FRANCE: Homeless Prefer Streets to Gov’t Shelter
December 20, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS A. D. McKenzie PARIS, Dec 20 (IPS) – They huddle in the doorways of buildings with their few belongings, trying to keep warm. Or they sleep in covered shopping centres, accompanied by their pets – usually dogs. Some, reluctantly, make their way to government-run shelters. These are France’s homeless [...]
RIGHTS: Tick the Right Box If You Feel French
November 19, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Alecia D. McKenzie PARIS, Nov 19 (IPS) – The stereotypical image of a French person is of someone wearing a beret and carrying a baguette under his arm. But can one wear a burqa and also be French? Can one prefer pitta bread to baguettes and still be French? [...]
FRANCE: Top Designers Make Dolls to Fund Darfur Vaccinations
November 9, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Alecia D. McKenzie PARIS, Nov 9 (IPS) – Designer rag dolls, the concept couldn’t sound more frivolous. But dolls made by top fashion designers such as Armani and Prada are helping to fund a vaccination programme in war-torn Darfur. From small beginnings six years ago, the "Frimousses de [...]
MIDEAST: ‘France, U.S. Pushing Arabs Into Nuclear Race’
October 25, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Fareed Mahdy* ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (IPS) – The decision by the oil-rich United Arab Emirates to build nuclear reactors has unleashed frenetic, politically backed competition between giant corporations from France, the U.S., Japan and South Korea to win contracts estimated at more than 40 billion dollars. This may [...]
BRAZIL: Military Deal with France Strengthens Multipolar Focus
September 9, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Analysis by Fabiana Frayssinet RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 8 (IPS) – With the announcement of a multi-billion-dollar military technology-sharing deal with France, Brazil is projecting itself as a future regional military supplier, while sending out a clear signal about the multipolar focus of its foreign policy. The choice of [...]
