France 24

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi, the son of the Burmese national hero Aung San and also the famous Burmese opposition politician, was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. At the time, she was detained under house arrest. She was released on November 2010 and, in the last April, she was elected to the national parliament.

Due to her situation, she couldn't receive her Nobel Prize until this spring. Obviously, she couldn't make her speech in front of the Norwegian assembly. She finally did it in the last June.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120616-burma-pro-democracy-leader-suu-kyi-deliver-nobel-speech-norway-oslo-21-years-late

France 24 didn't focused on the event particularly and the reporter decided to cite some interesting quotes from the Burmese MP.
The sentences range from the Burmese situation ("There still remain such - political prisoners - in Burma. It is to be feared that because the best known detainees have been released, the remainder, the unknown ones, will be forgotten") to global aspects ("Absolute peace in our world is an unattainable goal").

http://www.france24.com/en/20120615--en-week-asia-aung-san-suu-kyi-nobel-prize-burma-afghanistan-australia%2C%20

This page contains the video of a small TV program aired weekly, "The week in Asia", where some Asian aspects are scanned. I strongly recommend you to watch this emission.

Here is the complete video of the speech. Enjoy it.

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New Hampshire

For the first time, one of the federated state of the United States will be represented by an all-female delegation, id est two Congresswomen, two Senators and the State's Governor.

France 24 completely ignored this particular news; in fact, this media focused the work mostly on the pre-election, describing how the two candidates concluded their campaigns.

During the last Tuesday, the channel's website opened a liveblog (here, http://www.france24.com/en/20121106-liveblog-usa-votes-after-bitter-battle-tightly-fought-race-obama-romney-election-day) in which journalists and bloggers reported news, updates and impressions. The New Hampshire's situation wasn't cited neither in this page, with only a reference about the biggest-ever amount of  female Senators.

I find the France 24's choice to drop an aspect like this very unfortunate because minor stories often can help to complete the big scheme of the events.


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Annecy shootings

France 24 has been particularly involved in this case, not only because the fact happened in France.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120905-five-found-fatally-shot-french-alps-haute-savoie-chevaline-uk-bmw

The day after the manslaughter France 24 reports the fact describing it in a journalistic way and with a first impression from the local police.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120906-british-driver-killed-france-iraqi-origin-annecy-maillaud-france
http://www.france24.com/en/20120907-france-murder-police-exploring-family-feud-motive-french-alps-killings-savoie-crime

The Annecy prosecutor acquaints the press with their first investigtion; he also informs that, probably, the killer didn't act alone. A familiar feud can be an eventual reason, according to the journalist.

The press conference held by the Gendarmerie has been live covered by the news channel and a report has been published on the web site at this link http://www.france24.com/en/20120907-live-France-alps-chevaline-annecy-police-hunt-killer-behind-murder-guns-live-updates

http://www.france24.com/en/20120908-french-police-shift-alps-murder-probe-britain-chevaline-annecy-killing-shooting-al-hilli

The French police, with the Scotland Yard's cooperation, searches the home of murders while the familiar motive is described carefully by the reporter, citing also a letter written an year ago by Saad al Hilli, the man assassinated.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120909-france-alps-murder-al-hilli-zeena-zainab-daughter-murdered-alps-couple-set-fly-home-chevaline-annecy-surrey

It is reported that Saad al Hilli worked for Surrey, an aerospace company , for two years as an engineer. Meanwhile, the young survivor starts to talk with the police, describing her memories.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120911-france-chevaline-annecy-claygate-alps-murder-witness-like-scene-film-murder-al-hilli
http://www.france24.com/en/20120913-france-alps-murder-british-cyclist-william-brett-martin-speaks-hollywood-scene

A week after the murder, the first man to alert emergency talks to the press, describing the crime scene as a film scene. The young survivor, he says, was not immediately found due to her hiding place, which was just behind her mather.

http://www.france24.com/en/20121005-swiss-bank-link-alps-murders-annecy-chevaline-claygate-shooting-al-hilli-investigation

After a month, it has been confirmed that Saad al Hilli visited a bank in Geneva few hours before his death. It is unknown what he did and the mystery goes on.

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