Le Soleil (French newspaper) newspaper passed first to Ambroise Rendu and then to Louis Numa Baragnon "fils", who tried in vain to retain its old readers. Ambroise Rendu was a Paris municipal counsellor. In 1901 he bought "Le Moniteur Universel". "Le Soleil" became a popular daily newspaper, costing only 5 centimes, but displeased many royalists by the tone of its articles. The newspaper closed down during World War I, in June 1915. Citations Sources Le Soleil (French newspaper) Le Soleil ("The Sun") was a French daily newspaper. It was founded in 1873 and run by the journalists Édouard Hervé and Jean-Jacques Weiss. "Le Soleil"
Cité Soleil force. During the mid-1990s, the city's population was terrorized by armed gangs which drove the local police out; this situation prevented officials aid workers from intervening to provide help. In 1999, Cité Soleil was set on fire by a gang and at least 50 shacks were burned. By 2002, the violence escalated as the gangs began warring with each other in addition to preying on ordinary people. Many inhabitants had temporarily left to escape the turmoil. In a series of operations from 2004 to 2007, UN peacekeepers tried to seize control from the gangs in Cité Soleil and end the