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AFP - Marine Le Pen promised Tuesday to defy the "system", to "prove them wrong," calling for a massive mobilization to send the second round of the pre Presidential, during his last and largest campaign rally at the Zenith in Paris.

Alone against all! With this slogan, the FN candidate in Elyséea taken a resolutely populist to return again back to back all his opponents and themselves as the only "useful vote" ; of the presidential election.

First Nicolas Sarkozy, "compulsive candidate yesterday, today exhausted by his lies" and "Senator Mélenchon", booed heartily, "that scheming with Mr. (Patrick) Bush "and" dream of ending deputy minister of a socialist government. "

Then, before 6,000 fans, it was the turn of the socialist candidate: "It is beautiful to the PS, François Hollande (…) which left the gangrenous corruption of the whole of his party federations , robbing the poor, who goes to London, the City, reassure the banking world (…) and is knighted by the Financial Times found that the fine in the austerity policy ".

Sarkozy calling the vote, she fears, "totally useless", she hammered that "the only vote that will count," "it is the vote Le Pen", before launching a " solemn appeal "to" our ancestors ", a category that resists him in the polls. 

At five days of the first round, Le Pen is credited with an average of 15 to 16% of voting intentions by the polls, still at least 10 points behind the duo head. Only exception occurred in the evening and welcomed the FN, a CSA poll Nicolas Sarkozy has reduced to 24% and up to 17 Marine Le Pen.

"We'll prove them wrong," promised Marine Le Pen, who castigated the "knowledgeable parties", "experts", journalists, pollsters, in short, everything she could relate to "globalized elite".

"Gentlemen of the aristocrats of the system, set an extra place at your table Sunday, the people invited to your table," she started again. "We will win! We will win! ", He answered his fans.

Focusing at length on his denunciation of the Europe of Brussels, "shared dream" she said of all his opponents, it has made "the nation state" the only defense to save the sys my welfare. Then she slammed the debate that is about to launch the European Commission on boosting employment, as required by a differentiation of minimum wages by branches.

"A cluster bomb anti-social, the annihilation of labor law," warned the president of FN, which has criticized the euro but did not mention his project output of the single currency.

Marine Le Pen has finally conquered the audience with his strong speech on immigration, again waving the specter of "Franco-Algerian" Mohamed Merah.

"More immigration, more unemployment, more insecurity, more deficit spending, more debt, a crushing burden," he assured the pre dent of the FN, which is defended from any xenophobia. "We are passionate Francophile!", She claimed, before the crowd of Frontists, white hot, do not respond as in a football stadium: "We're home! We're home! We're home! "

"And because you're home, you have the right not to want such as Franco-Algerians Mohamed Merah", she then told his audience.

And as a final call to action at the polls, Le Pen launched: "Raise Your Voice", "shout your anger" and "move you".

The heads of the French intelligence services were heard Wednesday on their action in the matter by Merah parliamentary delegation on intelligence, amid controversy between the majority and the Socialists.

Its president, UMP deputy Guy Tessier, stated that no fault in monitoring the killer had been found at this hearing, but it is seen immediately accused of violating defense secrecy covering the work.

"The statements that have been made following this meeting are those of the author," say the senators PS Boulaud, Jean-Louis and Jean-Carrère Pierre Sueur said in a statement. "For our part we will respect strictly the defense secret, according to law," they add.

"With this declaration, Guy Tessier-defense violates the secrecy that covers the work of its delegation," adds François Rebsamen, President of the Socialist Group in the Senate.

"He has a personal appreciation of the work services without any evidence to support it," he says in a statement. 

The delegation, established in 2007 and composed of eight members - four deputies and four senators - heard Wednesday morning Bernard Squarcini, Central Director of Internal Intelligence (DCRI ), Erard Corbin de Mangoux, Director General of External Security (DGSE) and Ange Mancini, national intelligence coordinator.

After their audition, Guy Tessier assured that the answers provided by intelligence officials and parliamentarians were fully satisfied and that there was "no downside" in monitoring of the murders of Toulouse and Montauban.

No press conference

The UMP had previously announced it would hold a press conference but at the opening of the meeting, and before you even start the hearings, members of the delegation gation have unanimously decided to cancel this event and to publish instead a statement.

This text is content to point out that the case Merah "now gives rise to a debate on the role and organization of our intelligence".

The meeting had been decided the day after the assault by the police against Mohamed Merah, which resulted in a controversy over the effectiveness of services intelligence. 

The killer of Toulouse and Montauban, who said to act on behalf of Al Qaeda, was questioned after returning from a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan but the authorities claim that there was no pre Sager an acting out.

The Senate had decided to hear the intelligence officials by the commission for the control of law enforcement headed by the Socialist David Assouline.

But the ministers of Interior and Defence, Claude Gueant and Gerard Longuet, refused to hold such hearings, to the chagrin of the opposition.

The two ministers said in a statement they had decided to "respond positively" to the hearings but by the parliamentary delegation on intelligence.

AFP - Macky Sall, 50, who crushed the outgoing president Abdoulaye Wade at March 25, Monday officially became the fourth head of state of Senegal Aftern s being sworn in Dakar before an audience of foreign leaders, mostly African. His victory at the second ballot with 65% against 34% to Wade, who had very quickly conceded defeat even before the official results, was unanimously hailed worldwide as one of the few democratic success stories in Africa. "Before God and the Senegalese nation, I swear to faithfully discharge my duties of President of the Republic, to observe and enforce the provisions of the Constitution, to respect the institutions (…), to defend the territorial integrity and to spare effort to achieve African unity, "said Macky Sall, the applause. The investiture ceremony took place before some 2.000 handpicked guests gathered under a tent decked in the colors of Senegal - red, yellow and green - erected in the gardens of a grand hotel of the residential Almadies in Dakar. Among them were a dozen African heads of state, including the Ivorian Alassane Ouattara, the Denis Sassou Nguesso The Liberian Helen Johnson Sirleaf and Benin Yayi Boni, President of the African Union (AU). France, former colonial power, was represented by its Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe. They then attended a summit of the Economic Community of African States of the West (ECOWAS) on the crisis in Mali where, for example, against the Senegalese democracy, the military overthrew March 22 with President Amadou Toumani Toure and where Tuareg rebellion has since conquered the north.

Reduce poverty Macky Sall did not attend the opening of the summit, going directly to the big hotel Almadies at the presidential palace in the city center where waiting for the handover his former mentor Wade, he was several times minister and Prime Minister, before being landed in 2008. The swearing in was preceded by a speech by President of Constitutional Council, Cheikh Tidiane Diakhate. He welcomed that the Presidential elections (first round and second round on February 28 March 25) will be held in the "greater transparency" despite "the most alarmist predictions". He said that despite "invective" against them, the five wise men of the Constitutional Council had "done their duty". Validation by the end of January the Council's bid Abdoulaye Wade, 85 of which twelve years in power, tried e "illegal" by its opponents after two terms, was followed by violence, for four weeks were from six to fifteen dead and at least 150 injured. The two rounds of the election campaign and the second round have however passed without incident major. By Tuesday, Macky Sall, who had received support from the entire opposition for the second round, should publicize its new prime minister and his government team. The name of Jacques Diouf, former President of the Organization of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), was quoted by the Senegalese press to head the government. Mr. Sall, who, since Senegal's independence in 1960 succeeded Leopold Sedar Senghor and Abdou Diouf Abdoulaye Wade, said one of his priorities would be to work towards poverty reduction. It will also attempt to resolve the conflict in Casamance, southern Senegal prey to an armed separatist rebellion for thirty years.

AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would meet Tuesday to proposals for international envoy Kofi Annan on a cessation of violence that does not weaken, the army intensified its deadly offensive against insurgent strongholds, particularly in Idleb (northwest).

The envoy of the UN and the Arab League said Tuesday expect a response from the President challenged the "concrete proposals" that he has submitted in its peacekeeping mission to Damascus last weekend that focused on the need for "an immediate halt to the violence and killings, access to humanitarian organizations and dialogue" ;. 

But on the ground, government troops continue to fight a war without a thank you to the insurgents, with heavy fighting in Idleb, mountainous province bordering Turkey, in order to quell the rebellion .

With the continuation of violence that killed more than 8,500 dead last year, mostly civilians, according to a Syrian NGO, government forces also wipe them heavy losses with several soldiers killed in fighting or rebel attacks increasingly bold.

Tuesday at dawn, ten soldiers were killed in an attack against a dam close to the local ruling Baath Party in the city of al-Maaret Noomane (Idleb province), according to Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (OSDH). 

The city of Idleb is still under siege, the army controls a portion of the neighborhood activists and evoking an unbearable humanitarian situation with a total lack of water and e ; tricity and communications cut.

Faced with escalating violence, Kofi Annnan envoy reiterated that "the killings and violence must stop", announcing that he expected an answer of authority ; s Syrian Tuesday.

"Once we have their answer, we will know how to react," said the envoy in Ankara after a meeting with the Syrian National Council (CNS), the main component of the opposition to re ; regime. 

The French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppé said on Monday his side once known Syrian response, members of the Security Council of UN will "continue their dialogue to take the consequences", in a draft resolution on Syria in preparation for several weeks.

Meanwhile on the ground, violence know no respite, making thirty dead Monday, a day otherwise dominated by the discovery of a body of fifty women and children charred, their throats cut or stabbed in Homs. Campaigners have denounced a massacre attributed to government forces and state media have accused of "terrorist gangs".

"Some women were raped before being killed," he told AFP Hadi Abdullah, Commissioner General of the Syrian revolution, and hundreds of families fled particular Karm al-Zeitoun "for fear of more massacres", according to OSDH.

But the Syrian Minister of Information Adnan Mahmoud accused "terrorist gangs" of perpetrating the massacre "to provoke international reactions against Syria" and accused Saudi Arabia and Qatar, countries critical of Damascus, of being "accomplices" of these "gangs". 

After this gruesome discovery, the local coordinating committees (LCC), which animate the anti-regime, called for a day of mourning Tuesday through Syria, including the closure of shops, schools, universities and roads.

The Assad regime, since the beginning of the rebellion March 15, 2011, refuses to recognize the challenge and said chasing "terrorists" sowing chaos in the country.

The Syrian National Council (CNS), the main opposition, has called for "an international military intervention and urgent Arab" on setting up "a no-fly zone" and to "strike" against the military apparatus of the Syrian regime. 

In the Security Council of the UN, the U.S. and Europe on the one hand and Russia on the other continued to show their differences on the situation in Syria since the start of the crisis.

In New York, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called implicitly China and Russia to support the plan of the Arab League for resolving the crisis. But his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, held that the unilateral sanctions, attempts to promote "regime change" in Damascus and the encouragement given to the armed opposition could "only lead to a wider conflict."

The CEO of SFR, Mr. Esser was sidelined Monday, bearing the brunt of the thunderous arrival of the Free French market of mobile telephony, which accentuated ; the slowing of the second telecom operator hexagonal.

Frank Esser resigned in "total agreement with the supervisory board," he assured the parent company, Vivendi, announcing that his duties would be taken over by the Chairman of its Executive Board, Jean-Bernard Levy.

The start of this figure in the industry, at the head of SFR for ten years, was approached since 1 March, when Mr. Levy announced his desire to tighten the bolts in the management of the operator during the presentation of its annual results.

The boss of Vivendi had so long apesanti the need to "adapt" the organization of SFR to the "new situation" created by the arrival of Free and "redeploy device".

SFR had already suffered in 2011, dropping more than 3% of its sales, which totaled 12.18 billion euros, linked to the increase in VAT in telecom.

The arrival of thunderous Free (Iliad), the fourth French operator on the market, it dealt a further blow by stirring the price war.

On a basis of 21 million customers, SFR has lost a total of about 200.000, or about 1%, during the months of January and February, corresponding to the first two months of operation of Free.

He is not alone in this case. The other two operators "installed", Orange and Bouygues Telecom, have also suffered from the phenomenon. Estimates of Bouygues, Free Mobile today would have a clientele of 2.2 million people.

But because of this new competition, which he intends to respond by pursuing its tariff cuts, SFR expects this year to a sharp decline from 12 to 15% of its gross operating. This led early March Jean-Bernard Levy to discuss a review "routine" costs, "both on the investment on the farm".

Frank Esser he pays in this context an excess of candor? Auditioned for the National Assembly in February, said he had "genuinely surprised by the aggressive" offers low cost of Free and s 'was asked about the "sustainability of these innovations tariff".

He also felt that several "key questions" rested on the roaming agreement concluded by Orange and Free, "because to me, finance 4G frequency to two euros per month (referring to a bundle offer of Free), it is impossible! ", had he exclaimed. 

According to Les Echos and La Tribune, Jean-Bernard Levy should ensure that an interim head of SFR, Vivendi time to find a suitable successor to Mr. Esser.

Les Echos and indicate on their website that a firm of headhunters have been appointed to find a successor to the longer term.

The newspaper said several names are already circulating, including Didier Quillot (former Chairman of Lagardère Active and Orange France in the early 2000s), Gilles Pelisson (eg CEO of Bouygues Telecom), Olivier Huart (CEO of TDF), Jean-Marc Tasseto (CEO of Google France, former marketing director of SFR), and Michel Combes (CEO of Vodafone Europe).  

"Bertrand Meheut, the boss of Canal + made an offer of services was declined by Vivendi," says Les Echos.

AFP - The police conducted Friday morning at twenty arrests in radical Islamist circles in France, notably in Toulouse, more than a week after the death of Mohamed Merah, the killer scooter it was learned from sources close to the investigation.

This vast dragnet is "not directly related" to the investigation of crimes Merah, said one source. It aims to "dismantle the chains," they added without elaborating.

After the death of Merah March 22, Nicolas Sarkozy had asked the police to "evaluation" of the dangerousness of persons known to maintain sympathy with radical Islam .

The Paris prosecutor Francois Molins had his part said that the investigations would "now focus on finding any accomplice".

This vast operation was conducted by investigators from the Central Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DCRI) with, for some targets, the support of the elite unit of police Nationally, the Raid.

She was particularly current in Toulouse, in the popular district of Mirail, according to sources. 

The police also intervened in the city of Nantes, in a pavilion Couëron, found an AFP journalist. The leaders of the group dissolved Forsane Alizza are installed in the Nantes region, has there been a source close to the investigation.

The arrests came a day after the burial at the cemetery Cornebarrieu Merah, a suburb of Toulouse, in the presence of about thirty young people in her neighborhood and in the absence of family members of the killer to the scooter.

According to Abdallah Zekri, advisor to the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, who organized the funeral, among young people attending the ceremony, "there were few to correct for other, four or five, who wanted to shout Allah Akbar + +, the Salafists. "

Merah was killed March 22 after 32 hours of siege by the raid of the apartment Toulouse where he had lived. In three killings on 11, 15 and March 19, he had murdered three paratroopers, three children and a Jewish father, he had explained the crimes have committed in the name of Al Qaeda.

His older brother, Abdelkader Merah, was indicted and jailed on suspicion of complicity in the killings.

Kickoff this Saturday for a new football season in China. The Guangzhou FC defending his title of champion of China in. This new interest has exceptional championship, because in the offseason, the former French international striker Nicolas Anelka arrives at Shanghai Shenhua club, where he signed a two year contract.

The former player at prestigious CV - he played for Arsenal, PSG, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Manchester City, Fenerbahce, Bolton and Chelsea - is the figure of prow of the "Chinese Super League" seeking international exposure. Chinese football authorities are hoping that the arrival of Anelka in China have the same effect as that of David Beckham in the United States.

Thus, the crowds in stadiums Chinese rising in recent seasons (10 500 spectators in 2006 against 17,500 in 2011) should continue to grow.

The downside: to help fund the weekly wage of Anelka (234,000 euros), the club Shanghai Shenhua has more than doubled the price of its tickets. In just one season, they increased from 350 yuan (42 euros) to 800 yuan (96 euros).

Nicolas Ouédec, the former French international who was the heyday of French club FC Nantes, knows well the Chinese championship for having spent three years between 2002 and 2004. Voted best foreign player in the country in his first season in the colors of Dalian Shide, he agreed to answer questions on FRANCE 24 Anelka's arrival in China.

France 24: Do you have fond memories of your experience as a footballer in China?

Nicolas Ouédec: Excellent. I arrived in 2002. When the offer reached me, I asked many questions. My agent convinced me and I went there. And there I was very impressed with the organization, the atmosphere, the stadium

.

It was in 2002, the year of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan. This also coincided with the first qualification for a World China. There was therefore a media effect. In addition, I arrived at the club Dalian which was number one at the time.

F24 - What was the Chinese public's enthusiasm for football in this period?

N. O. - It was impressive. At that time there were not many foreigners in the Chinese league, so the excitement around us was huge. Personally, I experienced several "riots" around the hotels where we stayed before matches! Football was highly publicized.

F24 - Do you think the arrival of Nicolas Anelka will further popularize Chinese football?

NO - Anelka is the diamond that we will put forward for it shines. After we have to see what will be the clubs that have fewer resources than the club in Shanghai. But I think the arrival of Anelka can make a snowball effect.

F24 - Pressure should be important for players who come to China

.

N. O. - Exactly! There is pressure this well, even more foreign players than local players. Patterns clubs put on you, so they want a return on investment very quickly. I saw some Brazilian or Argentinean players arriving early retirement, which were three games and were sent home.

F24 - How is organized the club in your daily life in China?

N. O. - In terms of lifestyle, there is a big difference between local players and foreign players. The Chinese have them all week. They live in the community training center.

Foreign players, they can live outside the center, as was my case. By cons, the first few months, the staff has tested me. He called me later, around 23 pm or midnight, to see if I was at the hotel and not out in town.

F24 - The Chinese infrastructure quality are they? N. O. - They are impressive, worthy of what can be found in the major European clubs. The training centers are equipped with a great variety of terrain (synthetic grass …).

In addition, the stages are huge, like the country. Fences 50,000 seats are small stages! Generally, players play in stadiums of 80,000 seats. F24 - Do you think that Nicolas Anelka will take pleasure in this championship?

N. O. - The Chinese equivalent of the championship level at the top table of French second division, Ligue 1 deadline for some matches. Anelka is going to really have fun! It is in an exceptional city. I think it will take a lot of fun. In addition, he found a French coach Jean Tigana. It will not have the language barrier.

Communication, it is the only difficulty, for the Chinese players do not like to mix with foreigners. They are to each other and do not share much.

The Footcast is your new weekly event dedicated to football. There is essentially about African football, but also European football. Interactivity is also honored with "The issues of Internet users."

As such, do not hesitate to give us your opinion, ask us your questions on the Facebook page France24/RFI - Sports - FR. We will respond in future issues of Footcast.

Periodically, one of you can also participate in the program and advise on football news.

The program for the fourth issue of Footcast, the terrible affair Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest Saturday on the lawn of Tottenham. The Bolton player, a native of Kinshasa, is still in critical condition.

We also discuss the second round to the African Champions League, including the opening match of the title, Esperance of Tunis, and the Almighty Mazembe of DR Congo .

Finally, we will answer your questions, including those of Patrickken Mukendi, Guelord Kas, Moussa Ba, Lokima Ferguson, and Jean Paul Papiss Drama Mbengue.

The guest, on Monday, is Alejandro Valente, Head of Sports of RFI.

AFP - The health of Fabrice Muamba, who suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle game Saturday, has made "great progress", but the Bolton player remains in intensive care at London Chest Hospital, his family said Friday in a statement.

"While Fabrice has made great progress since two players, he remains in intensive care and will still go through a long recovery period," said the statement signed by Marcel Muamba, the player's father, and Shauna Magunda, his fiancée.

Muamba, 23, collapsed on the pitch at White Hart Lane on Saturday in an FA Cup match against Tottenham. His heart stopped beating for 78 minutes.

After an extraordinary recovery by qualified doctors, the young Englishman from the Congo may have received in recent days visiting friends and family members with whom he could converse.

"We thank God for answering our prayers," said Marcel Muamba and Shauna Magunda in their statement.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday asked the forces under NATO command from their outposts in Afghan villages after the massacre of sixteen civilians Sunday by a U.S. serviceman.

In a statement released almost at the same time, the Taliban have announced the suspension of peace talks with the United States, denouncing the lack of clarity in the American position.

The U.S. military on his side defended the decision to transfer the perpetrator of the killing of Kandahar out of Afghanistan, to a detention center in Kuwait Despite the willingness of Afghans tried to see in their country. 

For Karzai, who met in Kabul with U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, "the international security forces must be withdrawn from outposts in villages and return to their bases. "

The U.S. has relativized the importance of this call Afghan President, saying that no change in the timetable for the withdrawal was for the moment to the agenda and re Kabul ; not proclaim the immediate departure of U.S. troops.

"A transition plan was established safety

and there is no reason that the schedule be amended today. President Karzai did not ask that the current agenda be amended (the meeting), "said a senior U.S. Department of De fense, who accompanied Panetta and not to be named.

The author of the killing of Kandahar in the south, belonged to a special forces unit based in a remote area, similar to many other established within the framework of the strategic ; gy waged against the Islamist insurgency.

Leon Panetta completed a 48-hour visit to Afghanistan to try to limit the consequences of the massacre of Kandahar, which has raised new questions about the relevance of Western engagement in Afghanistan. 

Wednesday, the Pentagon chief said U.S. troops that nothing should distract them from their mission while in Washington, Barack Obama assured that the U.S. strategy to resist the impact of the killings.

"Observe the promises"

He was very satisfied with his meeting with President Hamid Karzai during a news conference Thursday morning. U.S. officials also said that despite some disagreements, the two countries remained aligned on the same strategy.

The U.S. president, who intends to phase out all U.S. troops by the end of fighting in 2014, is to chair 20 and May 21 in Chicago a NATO summit devoted to the & rsquo ; developing a plan of gradual reduction of troops engaged in Afghanistan and to organize the transfer of security to the Afghan army.

But the announcement by the Taliban gel their participation in peace talks is another blow for the Americans, who hoped to expand the contrary exploratory discussions underway. 

The statement in English of insurgésa aired when Leon Panetta left the country.

"The Islamic Emirate has decided to suspend all discussions with the Americans that take place in Qatar (from Thursday) as the Americans have not clarified their position and displayed their desire to fulfill their promises rather than wasting time, "it said in this document.

The Taliban have said that discussions with the Afghan government did not make sense.

The U.S. military justified the sending parallel to Kuwait from the author of the killing of Kandahar. 

General Curtis Scaparrotti, number two in the chain of command in Afghanistan, explained that this would allow the military, who went after sixteen killed Afghan civilians, mostly Women and children benefit from an education and a fair trial.

The General assured that the Afghan government had been informed of his transfer. Relatives of massacred villagers and the Afghan parliament demanding that the American soldier to be tried in Afghanistan. President Karzai has merely request a public trial.

General Scaparrotti also announced the death of an Afghan who tried to attack Wednesday Marines based at Camp Bastion in Kandahar province, at the time of arrival instead of the Pentagon chief.

The officer expressed doubt that this man was aware of the coming of Leon Panetta, although clearly intended to cause casualties. It seems he was carrying with him a kind of jerry can containing petrol.