France wins battle in war on English language

In France’s efforts to resist the creep of the English language, score a small win for French.

Tue, 11 Jan, 2005 - 15:50

In France’s efforts to resist the creep of the English language, score a small win for French.

A Versailles court ruled today that a local subsidiary of US company General Electric must by law provide staff with French translations of essential work documents.

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<p>The U.S. military said it killed four men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday (December 4). “Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed,” the U.S. military said in a statement on X. U.S. Southern Command released a 21-second-long video showing the boat being struck. The video appeared to show the boat being hit and erupting in flames in international waters. Screengrab od video supplied by Reuters.</p>

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