EU Elections: Desperate French Opposition

Wed May 20, 2009 3:30 PM EDT

Between 4th and 7th June 2009, the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) will hold its 7th European Parliament elections. About three quarters of the 736 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will be elected on Sunday 7th June.

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Brittany's Bright Future (part 1 – A Short History Of Brittany)

Sun May 17, 2009 8:24 PM EDT

On 19th May, all the Bretons in the world will celebrate "Gouel Erwan" (or St-Yew's day, i.e.

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Don't you judge anyone too quickly!

Sat Apr 18, 2009 7:09 PM EDT

Against all odds Susan Boyle is this week the subject of everybody's conversation. Everywhere in the world. She got into fame after her remarkable (outstanding!) appearance on last week's Britain's Got Talent, on ITV1.

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The Art of blunder, or how to be a failure at work and still get rewarded!

Fri Apr 10, 2009 6:01 PM EDT

No one would ever imagine that the UK terror chief could, deliberately or not, show off an ultra-confidential and ultra-sensitive piece of information to the press about a current anti-terrorist operation, which, if disclosed, could actually jeopardise the whole of the operation …

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Obama-Sarkozy: The War of the Worlds

Mon Apr 6, 2009 3:49 PM EDT

At the end of the G20 summit last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a press conference that he was « happy » with the accomplishments made by the 20 leaders, mainly with the new international financial system regulation, which « goes even beyond what we could have …

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President Sarkozy's new style presidency

Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:04 PM EST

As it is the custom in France, French president Nicolas Sarkozy attended the annual farming fair in Paris, last Saturday.

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40 years of Big Mac... and so what?

Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:59 PM EST

In 1967, Ray Kroc the owner of the fastfood restaurants McDonald's, launched the Big Mac.

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Rio: symbol of Brazil's violence

Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:48 PM EST

This morning, volunteers of the Rio de Paz movement ("River of Peace") made up a cemetery of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro's beach.

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Sarkozy, or the man who has been told he is fashion!

Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:45 PM EST

On 31st July 2007, the acclaimed American magazine Vanity Fair decided to publish a ranking in which Nicolas Sarkozy (yes, the French president!) was to be the most controversial entry.

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