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...part of that effort, the CIA worked with British and French intelligence, which had also been on the lookout for the secret plant. They knew there had to be one; once Iran's primary enrichment plan in Natanz was revealed, in 2002, it was assumed that the Iranians would build a second one somewhere...
...Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin appeared in court Sept. 21 to face charges of slandering President Nicolas Sarkozy in an attempt to improve his chances in France's 2007 presidential election. The trial hinges on a convoluted case--l'affaire Clearstream--in which French officials, including Sarkozy, were falsely accused of stashing kickback money from arms deals in Clearstream, a Luxembourg bank. Villepin, who could face up to five years in prison, said he expects to be exonerated...
ERIC BESSON, French Immigration Minister, on the Sept. 22 dismantling of a makeshift refugee camp in the northern city of Calais. Known as "the jungle," it housed hundreds of Afghans and Pakistanis...
Like many other Western countries, France requires health warnings on tobacco and alcohol and similar labels on processed food containing genetically modified ingredients. France's regulators are also notoriously tough on marketing campaigns that make false product claims. Now some French legislators want to take consumer protection to an unprecedented level, requiring that advertisements, product labels and even campaign posters carry a warning when they feature a photograph that's been digitally enhanced...
...advertising and marketing industries would clearly be the most affected by Boyer's proposed law. But her draft also calls for warnings on art photography, press releases and even political posters that have been similarly digitally enhanced. The French media have had fun with the possibility of warnings being placed on political ads, recalling the 2007 vacation photograph of a shirtless President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Match magazine in which his bulging love handles were erased to give him a hunkier form. Boyer - a member of Sarkozy's party - meets such sniggering with a swipe...