The Limousin is still France's 'hidden gem'
The Sunday Times recently became the latest source to hail the Limousin as France's "hidden gem", but when will it finally be discovered? >> Page 3
Limousin September 2015 - Issue #71
Passengers foil deadly train attack A group of brave passengers, including 2 offduty American serviceman, have tackled a Kalashnikov-wielding attacker on a packed Thalys train in northern France. Armed with 270 rounds of ammunition, their actions narrowly averted a bloody massacre. radar of the intelligence services when German authorities warned he had boarded a plane for Turkey, seen as a possible sign that he travelled to war-torn Syria. In June, he landed back in Albania, and travelled across Europe before boarding the Amsterdam-Paris train in Brussels. During the journey, El Khazzani visited the toilet, where he removed his top before bursting out carrying the Kalashnikov, 270 rounds of ammunition, a Luger hand gun and a Stanley knife. A French banker waiting outside the toilet saw him emerge and immediately tackled him, pinning the would-be murderer against the luggage rack. During the scuffle, shots were fired before the man entered the adjoining carriage, which
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NEWS - Deaf celebrity set for French Strictly
Sophie Vouzelaud, the former Miss Limouin and Miss France runner-up has been unveiled as a dancer on the upcoming series of Danse avec les stars >> Page 4
NEWS - Pétanque for the Olympics?
The sport's international body is campaigning to have Pétanque included as an Olympic sport by 2024, the year Paris hopes to host the event >> Page 8
Bilingual - The humble "French" croissant
We take a bilingual look at the history of that most French of staples, the croissant, but where exactly does it come from? >> Page 16
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deadly attack was narrowly avoided in August when a group of passengers tackled a Kalashnikov-wielding man on a packed Thalys train in northern France. Ayoub El Khazzani, a Moroccan national, has been charged with attempted murder of a terrorist nature. He was also charged with weapons offences related to terrorism, and “participation in a terrorist association with a view to organising one or several damaging crimes”. El Khazzani lived in Spain for seven years until 2014, where he came to the attention of authorities for making hardline comments defending jihad, attending a radical mosque in the port of Algeciras and being involved in drug trafficking. In May this year, he was again on the
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The Bugle Business Directory
If you visit Limoges Airport this month, you are sure to come across a life-sized elephant called Miss Elly >> Page 5
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