The butler did it! Pope's butler is the leak behind Vatileaks - Boing Boing (blog)
26 May 2012, 10:15 pm
From the NYT: An on-again-off-again scandal that the Italian press has called VatiLeaks burst into the open on Friday with the arrest by Vatican gendarmes of a man, identified in news reports as Paolo Gabriele, the pope’s butler, who the ...

Hollande says 1,400 soldiers to stay behind - The Spokesman-Review
26 May 2012, 1:44 am
France now has 3,400 troops and 150 gendarmes in Afghanistan. Under French President Francois Hollande’s plan, 2,000 would be brought home by the end of the year and the rest would stay behind to help send military equipment back to France or ...

French Exit from Afghanistan must, Declares New President - Turkish Weekly
26 May 2012, 1:44 am
Only France can decide what France does,” François Hollande told French soldiers at Nijrab Base in the volatile eastern province of Kapisa, adding that some 2,000 French combat troops – out of a total of 3,400 troops and 150 gendarmes – would leave ...

Afghan Parliament Approves US Partnership - ABC News
26 May 2012, 1:37 am
Hollande's visit was not announced ahead of time for security reasons. France now has 3,400 troops and 150 gendarmes in Afghanistan. Under Hollande's plan, some would stay behind to help send military equipment back to France, and others would help train ...

Nice: Beach, flower market, picnic and old town, with Cannes a few kilometres away - Calgary Herald
25 May 2012, 11:07 pm
Eavesdrop on suited executives travelling in pairs and talking distribution deals in New York accents, watch the harassed "gendarmes" as they try to bring order to traffic, and look on as local photographers make like paparazzi and shoot passers-by.

World digest: Arrest made in Vatican case of leaked letters; Report says Fukushima worker deaths not caused by radiation - Austin American-Statesman
25 May 2012, 9:41 pm
Read more about the change here. An on-again, off-again scandal that the Italian press has called VatiLeaks burst into the open with the arrest by Vatican gendarmes of a man, identified in news reports as Paolo Gabriele, the pope's butler, who the Vatican ...

Jeffrey L. Frischkorn: ODNR problems increasing as staff is shrinking - News-Herald.com
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
Trying not to embarrass themselves, the Wildlife Division's top brass quietly informed its staff of gendarmes not to cite anyone for getting a one-day jump on the all-day allowance. There's more, and this one is more pathetic than funny.

French president says troops to leave Afghanistan in 2012 - FOX News
25 May 2012, 1:12 pm
Hollande said that France will withdraw its 2,000 combat troops, out of a total of 3,400 troops and 150 gendarmes, by the end of the year. Some would stay behind to help send military equipment back to France, and others would help train the ...

Cote d'Ivoire: Group of 21 gendarmes Charged Again - AllAfrica.com
21 May 2012, 7:19 am
According to Fraternite Matin (p. 6), 21 gendarmes recently released by a military court have been charged again with the same offenses by the military prosecutor. These officers, the newspaper reports, were arrested for alleged breach of state security as ...