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'Genius' behind 'Teletubbies' in new go-to-sleep kids show

14 October 2018 |

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"Teletubbies" creator Andrew Davenport has come up with a new show "guaranteed to stop children climbing the walls", BBC bosses claimed Sunday.Davenport, an actor and puppeteer known as the "J.K. Rowling...

London, Paris, Berlin demand 'credible' Khashoggi probe

14 October 2018 |

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Britain, France and Germany insisted Sunday that "light must be shed" on the whereabouts of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as they called for a credible investigation into his disappearance.In a joint statement,...

British mountain biker shot dead by French hunter

14 October 2018 |

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A 34-year-old Briton riding a mountain bike was shot dead by a hunter as he sped down a wooded track in the French Alps, officials said on Sunday.The victim was identified as Mark Sutton, who originally...

Fine French wine fetches record-smashing $558,000 at auction

13 October 2018 |

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A bottle of 1945 Romanee-Conti wine fetched a record-smashing $558,000 at an auction held at Sotheby's in New York Saturday, which saw two bottles break the previous record.The final price, including...

Italian broadcaster to make first kids' TV show about sexual harassment

13 October 2018 |

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The world's first children's television series about sexual harassment will be screened next year, its Italian makers told AFP Saturday."Jams" will tell the story of an 11-year-old girl called Joy who...

Red Star Belgrade consult lawyers over match-fixing claims

13 October 2018 |

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Red Star Belgrade have consulted French lawyers with a view to launching defamation proceedings after L'Equipe daily alleged the Serbian club had fixed the result of a Champions League match with Paris...

French prosecutors move to drop probe into 1994 Rwanda presidential attack

13 October 2018 |

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French prosecutors have requested the dismissal of a probe into the deadly 1994 attack on former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the country's genocide, according to legal papers...

New Angry Birds television series being hatched

13 October 2018 |

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Producers are laying plans for a new "Angry Birds" television series based on the cult video game, its distributors said Saturday.The game, about a furious flock of multi-coloured birds protecting their...

Four jihadi suspects charged in Kosovo over terror plots

13 October 2018 |

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Four suspected jihadists have been charged in Pristina on suspicion of planning a series of attacks including at a church in Kosovo, two discos and unspecified assaults in France and Belgium, judicial...

Rwandan foreign minister elected Francophonie head

12 October 2018 |

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The world organisation of French-speaking nations on Friday elected Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo as its new head despite her country's shift to English a decade ago and controversy over...

Cool turn for Carven as Icicle takes over storied brand

12 October 2018 |

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China's Icicle, a fashion firm that focuses on using natural fibres, was selected Friday to take fashion label Carven out of bankruptcy, lawyers for the storied French firm told AFP.Carven was founded...

Prosecution calls for life sentence in Monaco heiress murder trial

12 October 2018 |

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French prosecutors Monday called for the maximum life sentence for Poland's former consul in Monaco who is on trial for ordering the murder of a billionaire heiress over an inheritance dispute.Helene...

Macron says disappearance of Saudi journalist 'very serious'

12 October 2018 |

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French President Emmanuel Macron said the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "very serious", calling for an investigation to yield "complete clarity" on what happened to him. "What...

US fund gets green light to buy Ligue 1 club Bordeaux

12 October 2018 |

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Local French officials removed the last obstacle Friday to the sale of Ligue 1 club Bordeaux to an American investment fund in a deal worth 75 million euros ($86.6 million).The city's municipal council...

Rwandan foreign minister elected Francophonie head

12 October 2018 |

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The world organisation of French-speaking nations on Friday elected Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo as its new head despite her country's shift to English a decade ago and controversy over...