Sainte-Engrace, France - You had better not be prone to dizziness, if you cross the Himalayan-style suspension bridge at Holzarte in the French Pyrenees. Under your feet yawns a gorge some 150 metres deep, clearly visible in gaps between the slats. And the bridge sways more violently the closer you come to the middle.
Italian carpenters built the structure in the 1920s, when villages in the Pyrenees were isolated. Today, it serves as a starting point for hikes in Basque country and the former French province of Bearn.
Paris - The murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been named recipient of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize, the United Nations' educational and cultural organization said Monday.
"Jury members were moved to an almost unanimous choice by a man who was clearly conscious of the dangers he faced but nevertheless chose to speak out, even beyond his grave," said Joe Thloloe, president of the 14-member jury.
Nairobi - A group that has kidnapped two aid workers with French organization Aide Medicale Internationale in Sudan's restive Darfur province has demanded a massive ransom for their release, media reports said Monday.
The Sudan Tribune, citing a news service close to Sudanese intelligence, said that the unidentified kidnappers want 200 million dollars to release the French and Canadian citizens.
The two workers were taken from AMI's compound in Ed El-Fursan, southern Darfur, on Saturday night.
Paris - Vicent Kipruto of Kenya became the ninth-fastest man in marathon history on Sunday when he won the Paris Marathon.
Kipruto clocked a track record 2 hours 5 minutes 47 seconds as he held off Ethiopian Bazu Worka (2:06:15) and Kenya's David Kiyeng (2:06:26) in the French capital.
Only eight men led by Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie (2:03:59 in Berlin 2008) have been faster than Kipruto over the classic distance of 42.195 kilometres.
Paris/Quetta, Apr. 5 : The United Nations (UN) has expressed satisfaction over the release of John Solecki, over two months after he was abducted by the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF).
"I''m very pleased that John Solecki has been released. I''m very happy," UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said.
Moon also appreciated Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan head of state Hamid Karzai for their efforts to ensure the safe return of Solecki.
Strasbourg, France - Rioters set fire to a five-storey hotel and other buildings in Strasbourg Saturday as left-wing protests against a NATO summit in the French city turned violent.
Fire also gutted a pharmacy, a nearby tourist information office and a disused French customs post in the city near the German border.
Sainte-Engrace, France - You had better not be prone to dizziness, if you cross the Himalayan-style suspension bridge at Holzarte in the French Pyrenees. Under your feet yawns a gorge some 150 metres deep, clearly visible in gaps between the slats. And the bridge sways more violently the closer you come to the middle.
Paris - The murdered Sri Lankan journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge has been named recipient of the 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize, the United Nations' educational and cultural organization said Monday.
Nairobi - A group that has kidnapped two aid workers with French organization Aide Medicale Internationale in Sudan's restive Darfur province has demanded a massive ransom for their release, media reports said Monday.
Paris - Vicent Kipruto of Kenya became the ninth-fastest man in marathon history on Sunday when he won the Paris Marathon.
Paris/Quetta, Apr. 5 : The United Nations (UN) has expressed satisfaction over the release of John Solecki, over two months after he was abducted by the Balochistan Liberation United Front (BLUF).
Strasbourg, France - Rioters set fire to a five-storey hotel and other buildings in Strasbourg Saturday as left-wing protests against a NATO summit in the French city turned violent.
