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Extra UN troops for D R Congo
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Peace may finally be on the way for the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon announced 3000 more UN troops will be deployed in the area, during a visit to the eastern city of Goma.
He said their mandate will now allow them to enforce peace if necessary.
“The intervention brigade will address all this violence and will try their best to protect human life and human rights and human dignity of all the people here.”
This part of Congo is close to Rwanda, which is accused of helping the M23 insurgent group, currently involved in hostilities with the Congolese army.
Meanwhile, the World Bank has announced an aid package totaling a billion dollars, to finance health, education and Hydro electric projects.
It’ll also try to stimulate development and cross border trade.
More about: Ban Ki-moon, DR Congo, United Nations
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Cannes: thefts, comebacks and lesbian love scenes
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Cannes has become a victim to its glamour once again, as a second suspected jewellery theft of a diamond necklace worth almost 2 million euros was reported on Thursday. Despite heavy security, it disappeared from a hotel during a star-studded event, according to jeweller De Grisogono.
Lightening up the red carpet, actor Jerry Lewis made his comeback at the premiere for his latest film in 18 years ‘Max Rose’, but he couldn’t steal all the media attention.
“With the prize ceremony just three days away, nominees are jostling for the Palme d’Or. Alexander Payne’s film ‘Nebraska’ strikes a chord showing the American mid west in a light rarely seen on the big screen. Whilst Abdelattif Kechiche offers up a lesbian love story in ‘La Vie d’Adèle’ which is troubling and often raw.”
It is Payne’s second attempt at the Palme d’Or, after ‘About Schmidt’ competed for the top prize in 2002. Shot in black and white, ‘Nebraska’ starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte, is a melancholic tale of a father-son road trip. So far it has received mixed reviews from the critics.
One of the most talked about films in competition is ‘La Vie d’Adele, Chapitre 1 et 2’ starring Léa Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos. It has premiered to rave reviews despite raising eyebrows over explicit love scenes and a running time which could limit its release.
It is the first film entered by French-Tunisian director Abdellatif Kechiche at Cannes. Answering journalists, he said it was not his intention to make a film about gay rights, but merely to depict beauty in the love scenes.
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IMF chief is back in court over 2007 payout to a French tycoon
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IMF chief Christine Lagarde is back in court today facing more questions over her role in a controversial payout made to a French businessman.
If the judges feel she has a case to answer she will be placed under formal investigation and could lose her current job.
Although she’s not being accused of benefiting from the 400 million euro payout, she is being questioned over an alleged misuse of public funds.
Back in 1993 Bernard Tapie sold his stake in the sports company Adidas to Credit Lyonais which then sold it on at a vast profit. Tapie claimed he had been defrauded.
In 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy suggested the finance ministry, which was overseeing the dispute and was led by Lagarde should move the case to arbitration.
An agreement was reached over a payment to Tapie.
Our reporter Giovanni Magi in Paris said:
“One day before the Republic’s court of justice was not long enough for the judges to make up their minds. There are many questions to be answered and many things at stake for the IMF’s director Christine Lagarde.”
More about: Christine Lagarde, Financial investigation, France, IMF, Law, Paris
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