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  • Sarkozy names ex-premier Juppe foreign minister

    03/06/2011 3:49:38 PM PST · by Cincinna · 6 replies · 2+ views
    AFP via The Daily Star ^ | 2/28/11 | None Given
    French President Nicolas Sarkozy named former premier Alain Juppe as his new foreign minister yesterday, after Michele Alliot-Marie, tainted by her ties to the former Tunisian regime, resigned.
  • France considers only symbolic force for UN

    08/17/2006 5:30:10 AM PDT · by rightgrafix · 25 replies · 665+ views
    Reuters UK ^ | Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:45 PM BST | Crispian Balmer
    PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering providing only a symbolic force for the United Nations contingent in Lebanon, and not the thousands of troops UN officials had hoped, Le Monde newspaper said on Thursday. If true, such a move could seriously delay the UN mission, seen as vital to securing peace between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas, or even scupper the whole operation. Quoting U.N. and diplomatic sources, Le Monde said France might send just a dozen officers and around 200 personnel from an engineering division for the beefed-up UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). President Jacques Chirac's office said the...