French CNN back on agenda

Plans to create an international French television channel along the lines of CNN or the BBC appear to be back on track, following comments by French foreign minister Michel Barnier.

"The goal set in this area by the president of the republic should be maintained", Mr Barnier told a meeting of French ambassadors in Paris on Thursday.

"In the battle of images being played out today - as we see in Iraq - our country must be present", he said, according to AFP.

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