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Air France-KLM said Monday its offer to buy struggling Italian airline Alitalia for 139 million euros ($220 million) is “no longer valid,” and left no impression that it planned to return with another.The French-Dutch carrier said its Italian...
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By M. Burhanuddin Qasmi
The Muslim women veil issue in France is gradually taking an ugly shape across the world. The ‘extra’ liberal people possessed with Western...
made popular Jul 9 2009
French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt, who was recently banned for betting on matches, has died. He was 24. The French tennis federation said Tuesday that Montcourt...
made popular Jul 8 2009
For those of us who have grown up on Arabic music, Cheb Mami has been an icon. The man who singularly revived on the international stage no less Algerian music, Cheb...
made popular Jul 6 2009
France’s Le Monde reports that French police routinely practice racist identity checks.
A scientific study observed French police at Paris’s Gare du Nord...
made popular Jul 1 2009
Traveling around Western Europe for a month, I often felt that I was walking around an Arab city. Arabic, usually North African dialect, can frequently be heard on the...
made popular Jun 30 2009
French President Nicholas Sarkozy announced in front of the French parliament that the Islamic face covering - Niqab - [not to be confused with the veil: Hijab] is a...
made popular Jun 25 2009
It finally came into open ,while delegating the ban on Burqas’ the garment which Muslim women wear and which covers them from head to toe, is a sign of...
made popular Jun 23 2009
During the student uprisings of May 1968, the Franco-German, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, was known as Danny the Red, but now he is Danny the Green, and he has directed and...
made popular Jun 22 2009
Secularism is the religion of contemporary France. And the enforcers of that faith have a new target. “Today ... we are confronted by certain Muslim women wearing...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I came across news and pictures of PETA [People for the ethical Treatment of Animals] activists protesting in “Nude” in support of the right of the...
made popular Jun 19 2009
By far one of the most corrupt leaders on the world stage in the last decade has been French President Jacque Chirac. Despite his lofty demeanor suggesting, for some,...
made popular Jun 19 2009
When South Korean authorities announced in 2006 that they had found the bodies of two newborns in the home freezer of a French expatriate couple, the first reaction...
made popular Jun 16 2009
Nowadays, cupids seem to be a bit aggressive and hot, rather than being soft and enchanting. For example, see this ad. These cupids are not so cute.
I think these...
made popular Jun 15 2009
Do you have a habit of snoring while you are sleeping? Or, are you a person who is suffering from this habit from others? Then, this spot may amuse you.
This...
made popular Jun 14 2009
French company Veolia has announced that it has decided to end its contract to run a planned Israeli rail network that would connect Jerusalem with illegal Israeli...
made popular Jun 13 2009
Poor Shorty 5′5″Nicholas Sarkozy is under double pressure, besides being the President for a powerful nation France he is also husband of tall...
made popular Jun 11 2009
From behind prison bars, the view never changes. From behind the handlebars of racing bikes, dozens of French inmates are seeing the vineyards of Provence, the...
made popular Jun 11 2009
When you look at this ad, while watching the old mermaid at the head of the ship, another image may creep into your mind-an image of a gorgeous mermaid. If you can see...
made popular Jun 10 2009
What must be going through an individual’s mind when he/she comes to terms with fact that the huge Airbus they are traveling will soon plunge into the Atlantic,...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Tennis historians remember 1993. A once vibrant and dominant, Monica Seles was sitting in a chair during a net change. Suddenly, a deranged German fan plunged a knife...
made popular Jun 9 2009
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AP, Paris
Air France-KLM warned Tuesday it was likely to fall to an operating loss for the last three months of 2008, when it said sales were hurt by the global economic...
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Paris
Air France-KLM warned Tuesday that its third-quarter operating profit was likely to be negative because of the global financial and economic crisis.
made popular Jan 20 2009
AP, Brussels
European Union regulators on Wednesday approved the takeover of Dutch charter and cargo airline Martinair by the Air France-KLM group.
made popular Dec 17 2008
AP, Paris
Air France-KLM Group said Thursday it has lodged a complaint with the European Commission, accusing German rival Lufthansa of benefiting unfairly from state aid in its...
made popular Dec 11 2008
AP, Paris
The Air France-KLM Group said Thursday its profit plunged in the second quarter as higher oil prices and financial charges weighed on the airlines’ earnings.
made popular Nov 20 2008
AP, Berlin
German newspaper Bild says state police tell them a special commando unit stormed a KLM flight in Cologne early Friday and arrested two terrorist suspects.
made popular Sep 26 2008
AP, Berlin
German newspaper Bild says state police tell them a special commando unit stormed a KLM flight in Cologne early Friday and arrested two terrorist suspects.
made popular Sep 26 2008
AP, Paris
Air France-KLM said Tuesday it would deepen cost-cutting plans this year after rising oil prices led to a higher fuel bill and a steep drop in first quarter earnings.
made popular Aug 5 2008
AP, Paris
Air France-KLM said Thursday it expects the coming year to be “challenging” amid sharply higher oil prices and a sluggish global economy which contributed...
made popular May 22 2008
A KLM flight headed for Hyderabad in India’s south skipped its destination and flew across India because the pilot was unaware the city had a brand-new airport.
made popular Mar 24 2008
AP, Paris
Air France-KLM, the world’s biggest airline by revenue, said Thursday its profit fell 39 percent in its third quarter due to higher oil prices, strikes and...
made popular Feb 14 2008
From thirty thousand feet in the air when the KLM airbus was passing over the Lake Baikal, I wondered how it is down there. Baikal is a place of Wonder. It’s a...
made popular Jul 10 2007
Apple with six other aviation companies is thoroughly considering a launch of an iPod seat connection service by which one can easily power and charge the gadget. The...
made popular Nov 19 2006
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