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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
The charismatic founder of
the Confédération
Paysanne, altermondialiste and
major activist in the debate
against genetically modified
(GM) foods, José Bové, is to
start a hunger strike on January
3, at an unspecified place in
Paris and under the noses of the
Head of State and his ministers.
The reason? What he sees
as a major deception has been
carried out by the government. Public demand
registered through last year’s environment
summit was for a halt to the dissemination of
GM products. The administration’s response
was a freeze on the sowing of maize MON
810, the only GM crop currently allowed in
France, but one that has seen huge increases
across the country this last year.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
A22-year-old man has been
sentenced to two years in prison
in a Toulouse court for leading a gang
of youths throwing stones at firemen
who were attending to an arson attack
on a local library.
The incident took place just two
days after the disturbances at Villiersle-
Bel after two youths were killed in
a collision with a police car.
The sentence was severe
considering that the accused had a
family and a job and would not
normally have been expected to be
sent to prison.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
The illusion that a sexy French
TV show was ever ‘real’ has
been stripped away in the High
Court in Paris after participants
claimed they were employees of the
show. ‘L’Île aux tentations’ was a télé
réalité programme on TF1, exposing
the amorous adventures of a group of
four attractive young couples hidden
away on a luxurious desert island. The
highly popular programme tested if
they could resist the temptations of
illicit love or, more to the point, for
how long.
The President of the court was
regaled with videos containing torrid
enticements to viewers such as “Voilà
Long Island, the beach for men and
six creatures to turn their heads. Will
Anthony betray Vanessa? Will Marie
resist?” The short answers were “yes”
and “no – or at any rate not for long”.
The case revolves not around the
gyrations of Antony and Marie but
technical matters of employment law.
‘L’Île aux tentations’, far from being
spontaneous as represented to the
viewers, was heavily rehearsed and its
participants employed as actors, it
was alleged.
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The old guard of the auction
world has launched a legal
action against its hugely
successful young internet rival
eBay. Le Conseil des ventes
volontaires de meubles aux
enchères publiques has begun
proceedings for breach of the
law obliging all auction
companies to be registered and
all auctioneers to be officially
authorised. It has also issued
proceedings against Exlinea,
owners of the car auction
website Carsat. eBay and
Carsat claim they are exempt as
courtiers or brokers.
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Monday, 14 January 2008 |
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The President of the Chamber
of Commerce of Ajaccio,
Corsica has been arrested and
charged after an investigation
involving favouritism,
organised group fraud,
misappropriating public
funds and conspiracy.
Raymond Ceccaldi and
four associates are suspected
of over-invoicing security
firm Société Méditerranéenne
de Sécurité (SMS) for several
million euros between 2003
and 2006. SMS is accused of
making fraudulent loans and
exaggerating employees’
salaries. The manager of
SMS, Antoine Nivaggioni,
the brother of a local
politician, and Francis
Pantalacci, a member of the
Chamber of Commerce and
president of the committee
responsible for contract
tendering, are missing and
sought by police.
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