It's always fun to find posts like this, right at the point in the early evening when your energy is starting to fade and you find yourself craving a cup of java for a temporary brain boost. Considering my daily...
"A series of highly publicized incidents involving Muslim women have reinforced popular perceptions that an intolerant, sexist brand of Islam is taking root in France - home to Europe's largest Muslim community. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA that Muslims and experts...
Caracas, Venezuela, 20 July 2008. Today, thousands of Colombians have gathered all over the world to celebrate their independence day. Bogotá Bolivar Square has been packed with demonstrators. Most notably, French...
The Fondation Cartier presents a major exhibition of the work of French sculptor César on the tenth anniversary of his death. Jean Nouvel—the Fondation Cartier’s architect and a close friend of the artist—has...
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Update july 18 2008Second case of nuclear contaminated ground waterOpinion nuclear industry, rough translation F/E/ Ten days after the radioactive leak at Tricastin ( Vaucluse France), in a factory belonging to...
" The French government on Thursday ordered an investigation into the water table around all of France’s 58 nuclear reactors in an effort to dispel fears raised by a leak from a treatment plant run by Areva in...
A year ago a certain person - who for the purposes of this piece prefers to remain nameless, but let's just for the sake of argument refer to him as Sonny Jummerton - wrote elsewhere about the launch of Velib in...
Paris has been known as the refuge for real and wannabe artists over time, be it jazz musicians, poets, painters, writers and others.Isobel Scott covers some New Cafés Littéraires for Globespotters.Amongst them Tea and Tattered Pages "with its second hand English books from...
Emulating the European Union model 43 countries in Middle east have come together and formed a Mediterranean Union. Although unlike European countries many of these countries don't have great relations with each other. "French President Nicolas Sarkozy launched a...
The Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hinted his willingness to sign peace with Israel. However, President Bashar al-Assad also discounted any regional solution under the current Republican administration. Instead, he suggested peace could be achieve in a next US...
Another Sarkozy story, Mr Nicolas is again in the spot light but this time on a peace agenda between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders. " Mr Sarkozy said the role of Europe and France was to help achieve peace through economic development, political initiatives...
French President Nikolas Sarkozy has opened the first summit meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean. Similar to the EU but with a looser grouping, the body will focus on energy, security, trade, and immigration...
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Sarkozy is starting to get serious on issues he was employed to do. " Lebanon and Syria broke off diplomatic ties after former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri was assassinated in 2005. Beirut accused Syria of involvement. Mr Assad's welcome in Paris marks his return to...
During his historical visit to France, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with Lebanon. Under the invitation of French hospitality, Bashar al-Assad met with Lenabnee President. This diplomatic move of French President Nicolas...