With hopes of a comeback in jeopardy, the former president is accusing magistrates of a vendetta, writes Alexandria Sage

Calls of back-stabbing and betrayal further soured the political atmosphere of France, already heavy with dirty tricks allegations, after the centrist leader’s decision to vote for a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.

France will rewrite a much-contested law that requires textbook publishers to put an upbeat spin on France’s colonial past, President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday.

AN appeal by Israel’s leader for French Jews to flee for their safety prompted an outcry in France yesterday, with lawmakers and Jewish groups urging Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to mind his own business.