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FOOTBALL - Germany opened a probe Thursday into allegations that French football star Franck Ribery knowingly paid for sex with an underage prostitute, in Munich in 2009. France has also opened investigations on the footballer Related articles by Zemanta Ribéry charged over underage prostitute (ballhype.com) You: French footballer Ribery charged in under-age sex probe (nation.com.pk)

They are supposed to protect the citizens of their country, but instead France's police force is facing multiple allegations of brutality and racism. Amnesty International say that French authorities failed to investigate numerous allegations of unlawful killings, racial abuse and excessive use of force. One of those cases was a 69-year-old Arab man who died in police custody. Al Jazeera's Estelle Youssouffa meets his friend, who says he will not rest until justice is done. Related articles by Zemanta Man convicted of insulting Sarkozy (calgaryherald.com)

If it were up to the French, Barack Obama would win the US elections with a landslide. Recent surveys in France put him well ahead of John McCain in the popularity stakes. Mark Seddon reports from Paris.

NEWS: After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's landmark visit to Paris in July, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to travel to Damascus on Sept. 3-4, in the first such visit by a French leader since Jacques Chirac's trip in 2002.