Latest update 2008-11-20 13:03 TU
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US
Intelligence report says world domination over
The US's National Intelligence Council declares "We can no longer call the shots alone," in a global trends report which sees China, India and Russia as rising power and predicts that the European Union will be a "hobbled giant" by 2025. As Barack Obama prepares to take over the US presidency, the report foresees a mutli-polar world in which western-style democracy may not advance.
2008-11-21 18:39 TU
Iraq
Thousands oppose US troop agreement
Thousands of Iraqis demonstrated on Friday against the proposed agreement on US troops in their country, which goes to Parliament next week. The protest, called by radical Shia-Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, was addressed by Shia and Sunni-Muslim leaders.
2008-11-21 16:01 TU
Sudan
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrents for Darfur rebels
The ICC's prosecutor is seeking warrants for the arrest of three Darfur rebel leaders in connection with an attack on African peacekeepers last year that left 12 dead. He says a message is being sent that such attacks "would not go unpunished".
2008-11-21 13:30 TU
DRC
Security council boosts UN troops as talks continue on Kivu crisis
The UN approved extra troops for the Democratric Republic of Congo on Thursday. On Friday Laurent Nkunda's rebels claimed that militias allied to government forces were occupying the zone they vacated after this week's peace talks. More discussions take place today as DRC President Joseph Kabila meets his counterparts in Congo Brazzaville and Angola.
2008-11-21 11:02 TU
France
Socialists to vote one last time for leader
The race for leadership of France's Socialist Party continues Friday, with none of the three candidates gaining an outright majority in the first round of voting Thursday. Left-wing candidate Benoît Hamon was eliminated, leading to a second round between former presidential candidate Ségolène Royal and former Employment Minister Martine Aubry.
2008-11-21 09:17 TU
Rwanda/France - interview
Kabuye indictment "politically motivated", says minister
The French indictment of Rwandan presidential aide Rose Kabuye is "poltically motivated", Rwandan Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo told RFI on Thursday. She called for the case to go to court quickly and said that the poor relations between Kigali and Paris should not be allowed to affect it.
2008-11-20 16:48 TU
World financial crisis
French strategic fund to be worth 20 billion euros, Russia to give IMF 785 million
France's strategic investment fund, which will shore up key French companies, will have 20 billion euros at its disposal, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday. In Russia, Prime Minister Vladimr Putin announced that his country will give 785 million euros to the International Monetary Fund.
2008-11-20 12:24 TU
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Focus on France 21 November 2008
EU report slams France on human rights
An EU human rights report slams France, picking out prison conditions and treatment of would-be immigrants for particular criticism and saying that not enough is done to fight racism.
2008-11-21 16:38 TU
Culture
Soundpainting revisits Shakespeare
Soundpainting is an American phenomenon that is catching on like wildfire in France. Here's a "look" at a soundpainter's take on Shakespeare's Macbeth
2008-11-19 12:49 TU
Tristan and the giant video
After the Opera Bastille's very first production of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde in 1997, a new production was unveiled in 2005 with direction by Peter Sellars. This production has now returned for a final run during the month of November.
2008-11-17 08:07 TU
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2008-11-21 07:12 TU
Music and the Obama victory
This week we hear from African and American musicians as they react to the election to the White House of Barack Obama.
RFI toured the United States in the lead-up to the historic US presidential election. We took the pulse of America in the swing states and hosted a live debate as the results came in.
Latest update 2008-11-17 08:59 TU
The Lord's Resistance Army has fought Uganda's government for over 20 years. It has recruited child soldiers, mutilated and murdered. Now its leader says he wants peace. Billie O'Kadameri reports.
Latest update 2008-11-15 15:08 TU
France has taken over the presidency of the EU. On the agenda: Ireland's no to the Lisbon Treaty, immigration and plans for a Mediterranean Union.
Latest update 2008-10-17 14:59 TU
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Latest update 2008-10-02 13:26 TU
