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Friday 18 July 2008
Happy birthday to France's beloved 2CV
One of the emblematic images of French industry and design, the Citroen 2CV is celebrating its 60th birthday this year, in spectacular fashion. The mythical car is the star of an exhibition and enjoys a cure of youthfulness in the streets of Paris.
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- WORLD UNESCO PATRIMONY
- Mont Saint-Michel celebrates its 1,300th birthday
- Wednesday 16 July 2008
- The most-visited site in all of France, Mont Saint-Michel celebrates its 13th century of life this year. Many festivities, including a photo exhibition honouring pilgrimage to sacred monuments, are planned for the occasion.
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- MUSIC - ROYALTIES
- Brussels ends national music royalty monopolies
- Wednesday 16 July 2008
- Music royalty societies used to make authors and composers buy an exclusive licence to the national royalty society of their own country. But the Commission ended the restrictive clauses on Wednesday, opening up a European market.
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- LITERATURE - THEFT
- Stolen Shakespeare edition found in Washington
- Tuesday 15 July 2008
- The FBI has found a first folio edition of a William Shakespeare book, stolen 10 years ago, in Washington D.C. The 1623 book had been stolen from Durham University, England. A suspect was arrested in Britain.
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- PHOTO FESTIVAL OF ARLES
- Arles, city of photos
- Tuesday 15 July 2008
- The French southern city of Arles welcomes this year's photo festival -- one of the most important in the world. This year's commissioner is fashion designer Christian Lacroix, who has a personal interest of his own in the subject.
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- AVIGNON FESTIVAL
- Avignon, home of theatre
- Monday 14 July 2008
- The French city of Avignon is home to the world's most famous theatre festival. Every year, the city of Popes welcomes dozens of theatre companies, from classical to avant-garde. We met the renowned actor Philippe Caubère, an Avignon regular.
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- THEATRE
- On stage, the cry of a generation
- Monday 14 July 2008
- In "Facehook", the Palestinian theatre troup Al Harra act out their daily lives in the hope of breaking social taboos. They will soon be performing in Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008. (Story: A. Verdian, C. Massé)
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- CELEBRITY COUPLES
- 'Brangelina' proud parents of twins
- Sunday 13 July 2008
- Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Partner Brad Pitt was at her side during the delivery Saturday night at a hospital in Nice.
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- MOVIE - MUSIC
- Batman, a sequel worth waiting for
- Friday 11 July 2008
- In this opus, "Batman, the Dark Knight", Batman encounters his oldest enemy, the Joker. The late Heath Ledger gives an Oscar-worthy performance. Also: Elizabeth Tchoungui speaks with reggae singer Alpha Blondy about his new album.
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- LITERATURE - PRIZE
- Rushdie novel voted best Booker Prize ever
- Thursday 10 July 2008
- The top British literary prize, the Booker Prize, declared Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" the "Best of Booker". This institution has given 41 prizes since it was launched, and "Midnight's Children" was honoured in 1981.
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- WORLD HERITAGE
- UNESCO to better monitor endangered sites
- Thursday 10 July 2008
- The sites of Bordeaux's Port of the Moon, Machu Picchu, Timbuktu and Samarkand, listed as World Heritage sites, have been put under "reinforced monitoring", a mechanism that will increase missions to verify and survey endangered sites.
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- GASTRONOMY
- French gastronomy, a brand or a monument?
- Thursday 10 July 2008
- President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed including French gastronomy in UNESCO's "immaterial heritage" list. The food festival 'Gastronomy by the Seine' may have convinced some - but not everybody.
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- FASHION
- Corsets: the alchemy of desire
- Thursday 10 July 2008
- In 1908, Paul Poiret caused outrage by launching the first corset-free silhouettes. A century later, the corset is back in full swing. With the delicate goal of enhancing without hurting, it pushes the limits of couture to 'haute lingerie.'
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