Topic: Rama Yade

Abidal hits out at French junior minister

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 607 days ago
KNYSNA, South Africa (Reuters) - The France players are not interested in meeting French sports junior minister Rama Yade a week after she said the team's hotel in South Africa was too flash, defender Eric Abidal said on Sunday.Some France players ...

Abidal: French players angry with sports minister

AP News - 607 days ago
France defender Eric Abidal says players still angry with sports minister over hotel commentsEric Abidal says France's players are so angry with sports minister Rama Yade for publicly criticizing their lavish hotel at the World Cup that they will visit a ...

French minister slapped down for criticising team hotel

AFP Global Edition - 613 days ago
All of France must cheer on its World Cup football team, the government spokesman said Monday, in remarks aimed at the sports minister for criticising the team's choice of a posh hotel.Junior sports minister Rama Yade caused a stir at ...

Coalition asks UN to decriminalize homosexuality

AFP Global Edition - 1148 days ago
Sixty-six countries Thursday called on the United Nations to urge members to decriminalize homosexuality, a position rejected by several Arab countries and the Vatican.A declaration of the rights of gays was submitted to the UN General Assembly for the first time ...

French minister: human rights ministry a bad idea

AP News - 1156 days ago
French foreign minister concedes 'error' in pushing for junior ministry for human rightsWhen he accepted a place in France's conservative government, humanitarian Bernard Kouchner pushed for the creation of a junior ministry for human rights. Now, he says that was a ...

A Minister?s Word

ArticlesBase - 1405 days ago
How satisfying it must be to sit back and watch members of government apparently trip over their tongues. It?s all the better when you?re trying to stay out of the limelight a little in an effort to revamp your image ...

Sarkozy calls Chad children case illegal

AP News - 1565 days ago
French President Says Bid by French Group to Evacuate Children From Chad Was IllegalPresident Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday condemned an attempt by a French group to spirit more than 100 children out of Chad on the grounds that they were orphans from ...