French Guiana News

Police and troops on Christmas Day put down a riot and looting rampage in Albina, a Surinamese town bordering French Guiana, in violence which wounded 13 people, a government minister said.

On December 18, 2009, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar orbit.

A FULL house doesn't quite describe what Lecsinel Jean Francois' town centre home will look like over Christmas.

The delayed French observation satellite Helios 2B was finally launched atop Arianne 5 rocket into space on Friday by Arianespace center from Kourou launch site in French Guiana, Southern America, the live broadcast reaching here showed.

France launched a military spy satellite on Friday, space officials said, part of a boost in spending on independent surveillance.

In a few days, Katie Spotz, a 22-year-old woman from Ohio, will be undertaking a challenge to row across the Atlantic Ocean.

An Ariane-5 carrier rocket with the French defense ministry's reconnaissance satellite will be launched on Thursday from the Kourou launch site in French Guiana The launch, initially scheduled for December 9, was postponed due to a malfunction in the liquid helium subsystem on Ariane 5's cryogenic main stage several hours before the launch window.

From 8-10 December Hyperbola travelled to French Guiana for the Arianespace Ariane 5 GS launch of the French military's Helios 2B reconnaissance satellite.

Every time we hear something about the Amazon rain forest devastation we feel kind of guilt for that piece of furniture we have at home, or maybe even for the whole home itself: for example Brazil export specially treated wood to European countries for the construction of houses.

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ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy.

A handout picture released by European Space Agency on Aug. 22, 2009, shows the launching of Europe's spaceport Ariane 5 rocket the day before in Kourou, French Guyana.

There must be a sufficient number of prison staff in the detention areas to be able to properly exercise their authority and supervision functions, the committee said in the report published in Strasbourg.

French oil company Total has taken a 25% stake in Tullow Oil's Guyane Maritime Permit in French Guiana.

NAME LATEST CHANGE 0.58 0.01 AIB 1.40 -0.12 BoI 1.55 -0.06 CRH 17.86 -0.21 DCC 18.35 -0.27 Elan 4.29 -0.06 Glanbia 2.62 -0.10 Grafton 3.08 -0.04 Greencore 1.47 0.00 0.10 0.00 ILP 3.60 -0.17 Ryanair 3.06 -0.03 2.15 -0.02 Total joins Tullow's oil hunt in Guiana Tuesday, December 08 09:08:18 Energy major Total has joined the Tullow Oil consortium ...

Shoreham Resources Ltd. , a Canadian exploration company dedicated to the exploration of advanced precious metal and polymetallic deposits in South America and Canada, is providing this update to announce further developments regarding planned alluvial gold production at its Marudi Mountain Gold Project in Guyana.

If visions of sugar plum fairies are dancing in your head, it must be the holiday season, awash with Nutcrackers, "Christmas Carol" productions, and stockings full of holiday music concerts.

Nine South American countries that share the Amazon basin said Saturday rich nations must provide aid to help poorer ones preserve the rain forest.

Preliminary corruption charges have been laid against France's former Tourism Minister.

FRANCE, Martinique - A French judge has filed preliminary corruption charges against former Tourism Minister Leon Bertrand and placed him in custody on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the prosecutor's office in Fort-de-France said.