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Madness on a French motorway - changing drivers at 130km/h

Madness on a French motorway - changing drivers at 130km/h

While most motorists might get from A to B with only the slightest of hitches and the minimum of mistakes there are also of course plenty of daft driving stories, plain stupid ones, those involving reckless fools and others simply defying belief. What (...)

22 Jan. 2010 | 2 comments | Johnny Summerton

"Mile high" thief nabs thousands of euros on Air France flight

Anyone knows that when you’re in a busy place it’s always sound advice to look after your personal possessions. As in many a city worldwide, public transport operators in Paris make regular announcements warning passengers that pickpockets (...)

11 Jan. 2010 | 1 comment | Johnny Summerton

Police suspect admits he was behind Sarkozy death threats

A 51-year-old man taken in for questioning at the weekend has reportedly admitted that he alone was behind a series of letters and death threats sent to a number of leading politicians, including the French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The suspect, Thierry (...)

23 Sep. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Police step up investigations in Sarkozy death threat case

There has been a development in the case of "le corbeau" (the crow) - or perhaps that should be put in the plural. On Thursday, police swooped on around 20 homes in the southern French département of l’Hérault and took 11 people in for (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Health Care - What Are You NOT Hearing?

The lawyers and legal minds holding the joystick of politics in America’s White House and Congress, are afraid to make a move. The administration and legislature are staying away from confronting their friends, and former classmates, in the legal (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | | PacificGatePost

Mad summer speeding in France

This weekend in France is expected to be another busy one on the country’s motorways as Aoûtiens, those who traditionally take their summer holidays in August, make their way back home. Bumper-to-bumper tailbacks are forecast and it’s (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

France - Fined for smoking at the wheel

Motorists who smoke beware! Think twice before lighting up when taking the wheel of a car - at least here in France. Because if the police catch you with a ciggie in your mouth, you might just end up facing a fine. Well at least it could happen (...)

22 Sep. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Sloshed in the Suburbs : A Report From Westport Vice

Crime round-ups in newpapers are usually dreary, paragraphs on urban mayhem that lack the Dickensian details that make for compelling reading. So imagine my twisted pleasure today when I picked up a copy of the Westport Minuteman, a weekly covering the (...)

13 jui. 2009 | | Kesher Talk

France - What happened to little Typhaine?

France - What happened to little Typhaine?

Everyone surely remembers the case of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in May 2007, a couple of days short of her fourth birthday, while on holiday with her parents in Portugal. It was a story that made the world headlines for many (...)

25 Jun. 2009 | 2 comments | Johnny Summerton

French police in child porn swoop

French police in child porn swoop

Early Tuesday morning police arrested 90 people in a nationwide sweep to break up a suspected online child pornography ring in France. More than 300 officers were dispatched throughout the country following an investigation that had lasted more four (...)

28 May. 2009 | | Johnny Summerton

Another American Radicalized

A far-right, Barack Obama-hating Baptist preacher had a bad encounter with the Border Patrol and made a video about it : Baptist pastor beaten & tazed by Border patrol - 11 stitches. Maybe the guys who who beat and tased him were operating under (...)

17 avr. 2009 | | Michael Froomkin

Cop killing is a bad political cause

With only one exception, when it comes to police, the "we protect and serve" has meant nothing more than a motto stenciled on the side of a squad car to me. Just once, in all my years, did the police come to my rescue. That was nearly 30 years (...)

1 Apr. 2009 | | Monroe Anderson

Police Departments Across The Country Are Changing To Adjust To The Skyrocketing Cost Of Fuel

Police Departments Across The Country Are Changing To Adjust To The Skyrocketing Cost Of Fuel

The price of gas is beginning to have an effect on police departments everywhere. When budgets were written a year ago before the beginning of the current fiscal year (which starts July 1) nobody counted on gas being almost four dollars a gallon. Police (...)

23 mai. 2008 | | Rob Port

LA Prepares to Prevent Disaster with Community Fire and Evacuation Drill

With the U.S. National Weather Service predicting a disastrous fire season, LA agencies take proactive measures to minimize danger to county residents. In a coordinated, proactive effort, the Los Angeles Fire Department, Police Department, Department of (...)

3 Aug. 2007 | | lbwieland

Crime Survey finds Bari, Italy 2nd Most Dangerous City in Italy. Scientology Program Providing Effective Solutions to Local Officials.

Crime Survey finds Bari, Italy 2nd Most Dangerous City in Italy. Scientology Program Providing Effective Solutions to Local Officials.

Survey released on June 26th shows crime is stigmatizing Bari, Italy, preventing it from living up to its potential. The city of Bari, Italy should be a great place to live: located on the Adriatic Sea, near some of the most popular resorts of Europe, it (...)

16 Jul. 2007 | | lbwieland

The Apathetic Bomber Target : Loblaws Superstore

The Apathetic Bomber Target : Loblaws Superstore

Passing through St Clair West Station on my way home tonight, I found the doors to the upstairs bus platform totally barricaded. Commuters were sent out a side exit as all buses and streetcars were being held or routed around the station. I arrive (...)

5 jui. 2007 | | BlogTO

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