HRW Pressures France to Exclude Russia From Paris Arms Show
International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on France to reconsider allowing Russia’s state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport to take part in the upcoming EUROSATORY 2012 arms exhibition in Paris over arms supplies to Syria. full story 
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France, like Britain, urges arms sales to Syrian rebels
PARIS—Falling in line with Britain, France threatened Thursday to deliver weapons to Syrian rebel groups on its own if the European Union refuses to lift an arms embargo on the embattled Middle Eastern nation. Read full article >>
washingtonpost.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
Britain, France, push EU to drop Syria arms ban
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - Britain and France raised the pressure on other European Union members on Tuesday to lift a ban on supplying arms to Syria, where anti-government rebels are outgunned by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
reuters.com (2 months and 12 days ago)
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François Hollande appeals to Europe to lift arms embargo at Brussels summitFrance and Britain have moved a step closer to arming the opposition to the Assad regime in a radical move aimed at tipping the balance in the two-year civil war while also ignoring European policy on Syria.The French president, François Hollande, went into an EU summit in Brussels with a dramatic...
guardian.co.uk (2 months and 10 days ago)
France Woos Russia With New Aviation Technology
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sptimes.ru (1 month and 12 days ago)
France legalizes gay marriage after harsh debate
PARIS — French lawmakers have legalized same-sex marriage after months of bruising debate and street protests that brought hundreds of thousands to Paris.Tuesday's 331-225 vote came in the Socialist majority National Assembly. France's justice minister, Christiane Taubira, said the first weddings could be as soon as June.Opponents of the law say France is not ready to...
bostonherald.com (29 days ago)
Surge in jailed Afghan women: HRW
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France wants to be able to arm Syrian rebels
PARIS (AP) -- The French foreign minister says France is ready to help arm Syrian opposition fighters and is pushing for an urgent European Union meeting on lifting its arms embargo on Syria....
ap.org (2 months and 11 days ago)
France wants to be able to arm Syrian rebels
PARIS (AP) — The French foreign minister says France is ready to help arm Syrian opposition fighters and is pushing for an urgent European Union meeting on lifting its arms embargo on Syria.
boston.com (2 months and 11 days ago)
France, Britain Push EU To Arm Syrian Rebels; Hollande Signals Readiness To Circumvent Embargo
France and Britain will urge European Union nations to lift an embargo on supplying weapons to the Syrian opposition, President Francois Hollande said Thursday, amid internal differences within the opposition’s ranks about efforts to form a breakaway interim government. The French president justified the move saying the Syrian President Bashar Al Assad’s regime was receiving...
ibtimes.com (2 months and 10 days ago)
Russia Signs Record $17.6 Bln in Arms Contracts in 2012
Russia signed a total of 1,309 arms contracts with 65 countries worth $17.6 billion in 2012, the head of state-run arms dealer Rosoboronexport Anatoly Isaikin said on Wednesday.
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