frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
On a day like today Frogsmoke wants to pay homage to all those poor creatures who were separated at birth — and never found each other again: Ed & Fernandel Contandin Jim & Nicolas Sarkozy Probo & Gerard Depardieu Wally & José Bové Jock & Jacques Chirac Lenny & Leo Ferré
Funtasticus.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
For those who don’t have too much time to spend on reading, here are the upcoming best-sellers that you should look out for and they require only a fraction of the time to get through! Coming to a bookstore near you. FRENCH WAR HEROES by Jacques Chirac HOW I SERVED MY COUNTRY by Jane Fonda MY BEAUTY SECRETS by Janet Reno MY [...]
Berry Deep France (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
In France this weekend, you could have . . . Gone to see Madonna at her two concerts in Paris Gone to visit all those monuments which are normally closed to the public. It has been French National Heritage weekend Madonna is getting to be a historic monument herself, and even though Jacques Chirac awarded her a "cultural legion of honour" back in the late eighties, when he was Mayor of Paris, Madonna...
CubeMe (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Thank to Neotorama to find this great video of the French prankster Rémi Gaillard in the “kangourou” costume. He’s famous in France for wearing national sports teams’ uniforms and slipping by security to join the teams on the pitch, at victory parties, in audience with President Jacques Chirac, etc. - all for the benefit [...]
The Economist (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
The French relax their prickly hostility to the English language DEFENDING the French language from the creeping invasion of English has long been a favourite pastime of France’s elite. In 2006 Jacques Chirac walked out of a Brussels summit in protest at a Frenchman speaking in English. It is a point of national pride to defend l’exception francaise and to protect French music, film, even advertising,...
Asia Times (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Five years on, the "conspiracy of silence" over collapsing commodity prices lamented by French president Jacques Chirac has been replaced by a global concern over soaring prices hitting hard the same group of countries. More than price swings are amiss
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
English is now the lingua franca. Even the Sarkozy government in France sees this. This has made French teachers unions angry. Remember how black jacques chirac stormed out when a man spoke English? Well things have changed quite a bit since then. The unions will have to get over it. I wonder if the Quebec separatists are listening? It is a good idea to learn English. French row over English lessons...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
NEW DELHI -- Four months before India shocked the world by conducting underground nuclear tests in 1998, French President Jacques Chirac visited India, bringing along 100 business leaders and meeting with Indian p olicymakers and industrialists.
France24 (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
After Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's landmark visit to Paris in July, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to travel to Damascus on Sept. 3-4, in the first such visit by a French leader since Jacques Chirac's trip in 2002.
"GroundReport (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
In early August former French President Jacques Chirac joined multimillionaire businessman Francois Pinault for a lunch at the trendy St. Tropez Club 55. Here Chirac and Pinault sit down for their meal in the regional all-white uniform .
Free Frank Warner (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Jacques Chirac avoided the words “liberty” and “democracy” as if they were curses. In fact, all those who opposed the liberation of Iraq seem to steer clear of freedom phrases. I guess they feel guilty and embarrassed for announcing they’d...
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Bill Clinton and Jacques Chirac "personally" blocked plans to arrest the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, a former official of the UN war crimes tribunal has said.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Belgrade - Former US and French presidents Bill Clinton and Jacques Chirac personally blocked plans to arrest the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, wanted for a genocide trial over the past 13 years, a former official of the UN war crimes tribu...
X17Video.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
August 5th, 2008: We spotted the former French President Jacques Chirac and his friend, French Billionaire Francois Pinault (his holding company Artemis S.A. owns among others, Gucci, Christie's, Converse, and Samsonite) on holiday in St. Tropez. The two friends enjoyed...
Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
On the whole, I like Nicolas Sarkozy—compared to his predecessor, Jacques Chirac, I find Sarko hotter than his molten hot wife. But French Jews are still finding the terrorist threats of Israel preferable to the terrorist threats of the banlieues: A record 450 French olim were to arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport Wednesday, on three special [...]
