REPORT: Recycling airplanes has become a real promising business. Châteauroux is Europe's first plane deconstruction center where aircrafts are being demolished and replaced into something usefull. (Gérard Jouany)
REPORT :The Beijing Olympics and Paralympics are finally over, and organizers have put more than 20 million objects used during the Games on sale. From cars to uniforms to athletes' beds everything has to go.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the situation remains tense between the government troops and the rebels of Laurent Nkunda. The rebels refuse to disarm as long as the Rwandan Hutu militiamen, some of whom took part in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda remain in Eastern Congo
IN THE PAPERS: French, britain and african papers about events in Guinea.A bitter taste of celebrations in Senegal. La Tribune has decided not to talk about crisis today.
REPORT : After 9/11, the US government decided to offer legal residents a chance to obtain citizenship by enlisting in the army. Fernando del Solar, whose 20-year-old Mexican son died in Iraq in March 2003, calls it a trap.
Crystal meth in Mexico
The streets of Tijuana are awash with meth-amphetamine, a cheap drug produced locally for the American market. The drugs and the poverty have created a volatile mix. Over the last few years Tijuana has become a breeding ground for drug addicts.
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Afghanistan: fearless under fire
FRANCE 24's, Nicolas Ransom and Mathieu Mabin spent a fortnight following the French commandoes in Afghanistan, as part of the NATO coalition and their 'war on terror'
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REPORTERS PART 1: PRESENTATION. FRANCE 24 reporters accompanied a group of Taliban fighters on an attack against Afghan troops. The groups leader has a warning for French troops after last months deadly ambush: leave now or face more.
WEB NEWS: In this edition: tension still runs high between Pakistan and India after the Mumbai attacks; the Madoff scandal spreads on the Web; France's army broadcasts its own reality TV show; a giant alien-like squid filmed at -2500 metres below sea.
IN THE PAPERS: Gaza crises on the front pages. Shocking images from West Bank. Robert Fisk (The Independent): hypocrisy of Western leaders. The French healthcare system by Le Figaro.
REPORT :Taro Aso, the new Japanese prime minister, is considered by bloggers as the man of the situation, and there are even songs dedicated to him on the Internet. Japanese Web users hope he will be able to meet the economic challenges to come.
REPORT: In an eastern Berlin district, right-wing extremists want to open a neo-Nazi youth centre. In this poor area, the kids are extremely susceptible to populist Nazi ideology.
Web News : American webusers react to the financial crisis as it hits the country. Also on the web: bloggers discuss the collapse of the pro-Western coalition in Ukraine.