The publication of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammed has caused deep divisions across the world

A ferry carrying about 1,400 people, most of them Eygptians, has sunk in the Red Sea

Vous êtes sans doute nombreux à vous poser des questions sur la grippe aviaire en Turquie… Et bien une chose est certaine : l’équipe Nokta est en bonne santé, pas trace du virus ni au bureau, ni à la Marina !

George Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research and the International Shark Attack File, says the first thing to do is get out of the water as soon as possible.

The woman had spent two weeks in Turkey, but in a region not known to have been affected, a spokesman said.Bird flu has hit 26 Turkish provinces. At least four people have died from the H5N1 strain of the disease.

Agissant avec une promptitude peu coutumière dans le monde feutré de la diplomatie internationale, le ministère des Affaires Etrangères a décidé d’envoyer le Clemenceau protéger le canal de Suez après sa subite nationalisation par Gamal Abdel Nasser le 26 juillet 1956.

"It is not a language, it is a tool," he says. "A language is the vehicle of a culture. Globish doesn't want to be that at all. It is a means of communication."