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Beckham, Elton, Mr. Bean to Attend Royal Wedding
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON - David Beckham, Elton John and Mr. Bean actor Rowan Atkinson will mingle with dozens of royal guests at Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding, according to an official guest list released Saturday that includes one uncomfortable presence - the Bahraini crown prince accused of a brutal crackdown on protesters. St. James's Palace also released the seating plan at Westminster Abbey, which showed that relatives of William's mother Princess Diana are sitting across the aisle from the royal family, joining the Middletons in an exception to the traditional division of a church into a ...
Q&A on French Burqa Ban: We Are Not 'Submissive to Men'
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNICE, France -- It's a short bus ride from the glittering resorts on the Mediterranean beaches to another world -- the housing projects in the low-income, mostly Muslim neighborhood on the edge of the city called the Ariane. The 31-year-old wife and mother in one apartment above a park filled with children was not happy to see an AOL News reporter at the door, asking about the new law that went into effect Monday barring Muslim women in France from wearing the Islamic face veil in public. "I'm angry," she said. "The law is humiliating -- and it's ridiculous. It's just part of a bias against ...
Final Battle Rages in Ivory Coast
By not in system - AOL NewsABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- The United Nations and French forces opened fire with attack helicopters Monday on the arsenal of this country's entrenched ruler, as columns of foot soldiers finally pierced the city limit and surrounded the strongman's home. The fighters aiming to topple strongman Laurent Gbagbo had succeeded in taking nearly the entire countryside in just three days last week, but they faltered once they reached the country's largest city, where the presidential palace and residence are located. With the help of the international forces, the armed group fighting to install the ...
Top Diplomats Agree That Libya's Gadhafi Must Go
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON (AP) - A sweeping array of world powers called forcefully Tuesday for Moammar Gadhafi to step down as Libya's ruler. Some even hinted at secret talks on Gadhafi's exit. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and British Foreign Secretary William Hague led the crisis talks in London between 40 countries and institutions, all seeking an endgame aimed at halting the Libyan leader's bloody onslaught against Libya's people. Although the NATO-led airstrikes on Gadhafi's forces aren't aimed at toppling him, dozens of nations agreed in the talks that Libya's future does not include ...
French President Going to Japan to Offer Support
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Japan to offer support to the country after its earthquake, tsunami and nuclear reactor crisis, his office said Tuesday. Sarkozy will head to Tokyo on Thursday, where he will have talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan, the office said in a statement. The French leader is going on behalf of the Group of 20 leading world economies. France is currently presiding the G-20, and Sarkozy will also visit China on Wednesday and Thursday for a G-20 financial meeting. Japan's nuclear authorities have requested assistance from France's nuclear ...
The French: 'Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkeys' No More?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNICE, France -- The French downed one of Col. Moammar Gadhafi's planes early today in a series of strikes aimed at an air base deep within Libya -- six days after French President Nicolas Sarkozy pulled the trigger and French warplanes launched the no-fly zone. France "decided to assume its role before history," said Sarkozy, none too modestly, on Saturday at the Elysee Palace just before his fighter jets struck Gadhafi's air defenses. Francois Mori, AP The French air force pilot of a Rafale jet fighter returns from a mission to Libya on Thursday at Solenzara 126 Air Base on ...
World Intervenes in Libya, With Unusual Speed
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS -- In diplomatic terms, international military action against Libya's leader went from the brainstorming stage to the shooting-at-tanks stage with stunning speed. Saturday's launch of military strikes by French, British and U.S. forces with Arab backing and U.N. mandate was not universally endorsed. And it's unclear whether it will be fast enough to do what its proponents want, to shore up rebel forces and oust Libya's leader Moammar Gadhafi. But the cascade of quick, weighty decisions getting there was unusual - just one of the unusual things about this dramatic operation. It ...
French Fighter Jets Open Fire in Libya as Western Military Intervention Begins
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsNICE, France -- Followed by the U.S and Britain, France kicked off an international military strike on Libya today that left Col. Moammar Gadhafi's air and missile defense systems "severely disabled," military officials said. The operation was launched eight years to the day after the U.S. announced the invasion of Iraq. French Mirage warplanes took the lead when they left a military base in Saint-Dizier in the east of France Saturday afternoon, destroying four pro-Gadhafi tanks outside Tripoli. The U.S. and Britain quickly joined the Allied air strike to prevent Gadhafi forces from further ...
World Leaders Launch Military Action in Libya
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS -- French warplanes swooped over the heart of Libya's uprising on Saturday as top officials from the United States, Europe and the Arab world launched a risky military operation to protect civilians from attacks by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces. Mirage and Rafale fighter jets are flying over Benghazi and could strike Gadhafi's tanks later Saturday, a senior French official told The Associated Press. The official said the jets are flying over the opposition stronghold and its surroundings. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ...
US Eyes Libyan Opposition; Allies Call for Action
By not in system - AOL NewsPARIS -- Under pressure from allies and growing calls for military intervention in Libya, the Obama administration on Monday held its first high-level talks with the Libyan opposition and introduced a liaison to deal full time with their ranks. But it remained undecided about exactly how much support to lend a group it still knows little about while turmoil and uncertainty increase across the Arab world. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held a late-night, 45-minute meeting with a senior Libyan opposition figure after discussing the widening crisis with French President Nicolas ...
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