FRANCE 24 NEWS-World:Indonesia hunts 100 convicts after deadly jailbreak

Some 1,000 Indonesian police and soldiers deployed Friday to capture about 100 inmates who escaped from an overcrowded Sumatran prison after it was set alight during riots over power cuts and water shortages that left five dead.

CAMBODIA

Cambodian opposition leader receives royal pardon

Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy vowed to help his party challenge premier Hun Sen in a July 28 vote after receiving a royal pardon on Friday. Rainsy, who lives in France, was convicted in absentia on charges he says were politically motivated.

INDONESIA

Indonesia hunts 100 convicts after deadly jailbreak

DIPLOMACY - TRADE

US chides China over Snowden extradition at trade talks

US officials criticised China at annual talks Thursday for not extraditing NSA leaker Edward Snowden, but made progress on forging a key bilateral investment treaty. China says Hong Kong acted in accordance with its own laws on the Snowden case.

NEW DELHI

First verdict in Delhi gang rape trial postponed

The court in New Delhi hearing the case of a 17-year-old suspected of taking part in the fatal gang rape of a student aboard a bus last December has postponed announcing a verdict until July 25, a prosecutor said on Thursday.

FRANCE

Operations begin to clear wreckage of derailed train near Paris

Despite authorities’ fears, no more victims were found at the derailed train south of Paris as a massive crane on Saturday began the clean up operation after the deadly accident the day before. Six people were killed in the derailment.

FRANCE

Faulty switch may have derailed train outside Paris

Investigators looking into why a train derailed outside Paris Friday evening, killing six people, said Saturday that a faulty switch may have caused the crash. France's transport minister earlier said that human error was unlikely to blame.

FRANCE

In pictures: African troops practise for 'Bastille Day'

FRANCE

Alleged police assault on French teen sparks inquiry

France’s internal police watchdog has opened an inquiry into an alleged assault on a 15-year-old boy who says he was brutally beaten by police after he was taken into custody in late May.

FRANCE

France’s top 500 fortunes getting even bigger

In its annual survey of France’s 500 richest people, a French business magazine has revealed that the country’s top earners have quadrupled their wealth over the past decade.

OBITUARY

‘Glee’ star Cory Monteith found dead in Vancouver hotel

Cory Monteith, the Canadian actor who starred in Fox’s hit TV series “Glee”, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on Sunday, police said, adding that there were no signs of foul play. The popular star struggled with drug addiction.

UNITED STATES

Zimmerman acquitted in Trayvon Martin killing

A Florida jury said in the early hours of Sunday that it had found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose death sparked a furious debate in the US about racial profiling and self-defence.

USA

Texas Senate passes 20-week abortion ban

Texas’ Senate passed a bill on Friday to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, by a vote of 19 to 11. The vote comes after a high-profile national political debate that prompted rallies and marches.

US POLITICS

Guantanamo force-feedings: Obama’s Catch-22

Obama is facing pressure from senators, rights groups, a judge, and even a rapper to end the force-feeding of Guantanamo inmates on hunger strike. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the US president’s latest dilemma.

EGYPT

Egypt's energy crisis sparks conspiracy theories

It is one of the first concrete changes observed since Mohammed Morsi’s ousting: power outages and queues at petrol stations seem to have miraculously disappeared. Speculation as to why is running rampant.

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