Calais

Jetman attempts first intercontinental flight

Yves Rossy, who calls himself "Jetman", is poised to make the first intercontinental flight powered by a jet-pack when he attempts to fly across the Strait of Gibraltar from North Africa to Europe on Wednesday. "Fusionman"...

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Calais Man Pleads Not Guilty To Child Sex Charges

Man Allegedly Abused Child For Years POSTED: 6:24 pm EST November 21, 2009 UPDATED: 9:35 am EST November 24, 2009 CABOT, Vt. -- A Calais, VT man is behind bars, facing sex crime charges. James Davison, 49, pleaded not guilty to...

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Suffolk-bound immigrants caught by dog

IMMIGRATION officers who used a sniffer dog on a Suffolk-bound lorry in France discovered nine illegal immigrants hiding in the back. The French-registered lorry, which was bound for Sudbury, was stopped in Calais on November...

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Jump the Channel!

Transnational protest against the border regime! Whatever side of the channel you live on, join us on Saturday! Protest outside the 'Joint Centre for Intelligence' Bouverie House, (Folkstone police station) Bouverie Road West,...

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No Borders Fundraiser

No Borders invites you to a fundraiser night at the Corner in Fallowfield, this Wednesday, 25 November. Come at 7 to hear updates from what's happening in Calais, and we're showing the latest No Borders films until about 9....

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The Persecuted Church

I am posting from the subterranean lair of the Wife’s stepmother. The hair on my tongue grows thick from far too much bourbon consumed last night. Liberal application of pad thai and curry has brought me around, but friends...

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Another Migrant Camp Destroyed in France

Following the barbaric destruction of migrant camps in Calais this September, it has emerged that another camp was destroyed on November 17, 2009, this time in Dunkerque. The PAF (Police Aux Frontieres), entered the camp...

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French Letter

Attacks on migrants in Calais continue with police raiding Egyptian, Palestinian, Sudanese, Afghan and Ethiopian squats and camps in the last two weeks. Following the now all too familiar pattern, police have been arresting...

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Proposed energy corridor step closer

The plan to put an energy corridor through Maine cleared a hurdle Wednesday. A state task force has agreed on most of the conditions for approving the corridor, which could see New Brunswick export electricity and possibly...

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RIGHTS: Tick the Right Box If You Feel French

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Alecia D. McKenzie PARIS, Nov 19 (IPS) – The stereotypical image of a French person is of someone wearing a beret and carrying a baguette under his arm. But can one wear a burqa and also be...

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