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French Aircraft Carrier Sails Without Nukes The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with air wing on deck. By Hans M. Kristensen France no longer deploys nuclear weapons on its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle under normal circumstances but stores the weapons on land, according to French officials. President Nicolas Sarkozy declared in March 2008 that France “could and should be more transparent with respect to its nuclear arsenal than anyone ever has been.” But while the other nuclear powers declared long ago that their naval weapons were offloaded or scrapped after the Cold War ended, a similar announcement...

Two hundred years after the battle of Trafalgar, the navy could end up sharing the pride of its fleet with the French. Driven by spiralling budgets, the two navies began talks last week aimed at sharing their aircraft carriers. The government is expected to give the go-ahead for the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers this week, part of a joint Anglo-French project to build a total of three. The French, who currently have only one carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, are questioning whether they can afford a replacement and are keen to explore closer co-operation with Britain instead. “We...

PARIS - A French soldier who had locked himself in an explosives depot and threatened to blow it up turned himself in Monday, the Interior Ministry said, ending a three-day standoff that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of villagers in northeastern France. Angered about being forced to retire, 46-year-old Regis Le Tohic on Friday seized control of the depot where he worked near the town of Fere-Champenoise, about 60 miles east of Paris. The warehouse contained 60 tons of explosives, mostly anti-tank mines. Dozens of police officers blocked off the warehouse, while rescue workers fanned out in nearby villages to...

On the wall of the Church of St Mary, Fishguard in Wales, There resides a tablet set into the wall, as follows: "In Memory of Jemima Nicholas of this Town who boldly marched to meet the French Invaders who landed on our shores in February, 1797. She died in Main Street July 1832. Aged 82 years. At the date of the Invasion she was 47 years old, and lived 35 years after the event. Erected by subscription collected at the Centenary Banquet July 6, 1897." William Cuthill wrote “The annals of history record the name of Hastings as the site...

"Brain dead" Arafat kept on life support: French medical source CLAMART, France : Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was "brain dead" and breathing only thanks to artificial life support systems, a French medical source said after conflicting reports as to whether he was alive or dead. In strictly technical terms, Arafat was "not dead," the source told AFP on condition of confidentiality, adding that the 75-year-old leader had slipped into an irreversible coma and could only be maintained in his vegetative state through ventiliation machines. The information followed a short statement by a senior French military official who said "Mr Arafat...

No Amour for France Can France Make Us Love French Fries Again? May 30— In an effort to win back hearts in the United States, France has commissioned a little schtick from one of America's best-known comedians: Woody Allen. "I don't want to freedom kiss my wife," says Allen says in a new ad spot. "I want to French kiss her." The new charm campaign from the French Government Tourist Office aims to tug at our heartstrings and employs a très français sensibility. But is this lighthearted approach, set to a soundtrack of romantic French music, enough to rekindle the...

Four EU leaders agree on multinational force headquarters Four European Union have agreed to create a multinational force headquarters for European military operations. The announcements came after a two-hour mini-summit of the leaders of Germany, Belgium, France,and Luxembourg, in Brussels this Tuesday. The four countries, each of which opposed the U.S.-led war on Iraq, have been criticised by fellow EU members Britain, Spain and Italy, which were not invited. On the rapid reaction force, which is already under construction with the involvement of Britain and other EU states, the statement said the four would create a "nucleus capability" based around...

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In a stunning reversal of policy, French President Jacques Chirac announced today that the French government will be supporting the War on Terror afterall. Five hundred soldiers from the elite L'Abandonnement du Field d'Honneur Battalion (French Surrender Battalion) of the Legion Etrangere( ForeignLegion) are in the process of shipping out to Iraq where they will assist theelite Iraqi Republican Guards in their inevitable surrender to theoverwhelming might of the American Armed Forces. "Eet ees important to be haughty and insufferable when surrendering" said theOfficer of the Surrender Battalion, who has personally surrendered in morethan 200 battles going back to Dien...

"To the French lying is simply talking" -- Fran Lebowitz January 24, 2003: The utopian fantasists in our State Dept., having persuaded Pres. Bush to place his faith in the UN are now obliged to face reality. Will they? Colin Powell, the chief utopian, argued against deposing Saddam in 1991 in favor of the wishful fantasy that military defeat would be sufficient to defang him. It wasn't, because in Saddam's psychopathic world of brute force, survival against the United States constitutes victory and is concrete evidence of our weakness. Saddam would never allow an enemy to escape alive if he...