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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Don’t buy my music
I wouldn’t read this article if I were you. And if you’ve spent any of your own money getting hold of it, then more fool you. Am I being a bit negative? Perhaps, but I’m just borrowing from Elvis Costello, who … Continue reading
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«Un pas en avant», réquisitoire bon enfant contre la corruption des dirigeants africains
Le nouveau film du réalisateur et comédien béninois Sylvestre Amoussou est sorti en salle en France. Un pas en avant, les dessous de la corruption, projeté en ouverture du dernier Fespaco en mars dernier, aborde sous forme de thriller la corruption des … Continue reading
Los cruzados anti-UE avanzan en el norte
En materia de populismo euroescéptico, el partido Auténticos Finlandeses (AF) es la avanzadilla de un nutrido y robusto grupo de formaciones políticas que mezclan hábilmente en su lenguaje la defensa de lo local y la desconfianza o el rechazo hacia … Continue reading
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Youssou N’Dour to enter politics
He is the son of a car mechanic who began by hustling pirated CDs in car parks and went on to become one of the most influential recording artists in the world. Now Youssou N’Dour is putting his music career on hold … Continue reading
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Crépuscule pour les heureux du monde
Vous vous souvenez de Chez les heureux du monde (The House of Mirth, 1905) d’Edith Wharton ? Beau titre français qui devait surtout à son traducteur Charles du Bos. S’il n’était déjà pris, il conviendrait mieux encore au nouveau roman de Thérésa Révay … Continue reading
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Miguel Ángel Moratinos: “El PSOE debe celebrar primarias ‘a la francesa”
Miguel Ángel Moratinos (Madrid, 1951) no es un jubilado de oro. Hace un año que dejó la cartera de Exteriores y no tiene escaño en el nuevo Parlamento, pero mantiene la expectativa de ocupar un puesto internacional —tras perder por … Continue reading
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Laurent Gbagbo flown to The Hague as ICC’s first ex-head of state prisoner
The former president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has become the first former head of state to be taken into custody by the international criminal court. Gbagbo was told at his secluded place of detention in northern Ivory Coast on Tuesday that a … Continue reading
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La dette de la France aux Français? Un sondage discutable
bbb Donc, c’est dit. Les Italiens et les Belges, qui, eux, ont bon coeur, veulent bien souscrire à des obligations patriotiques. Mais les Français eux, ont de la glue dans la poche : seuls 6% souscriraient « certainement » à des obligations d’état, 24% probablement, … Continue reading
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Descomponiendo el mito del salvaje
El exfutbolista Lilan Thuram, uno de los símbolos de la Francia multicolor campeona del Mundo del ’98, descubrió que era negro a los nueve años, cuando llegó a París desde las islas de las Antillas donde nació. “Te conviertes en negro … Continue reading
Day of strikes as millions heed unions’ call to fight pension cuts
The UK is expected to experience the worst disruption to services in decades as more than 2 million public sector workers stage a nationwide strike, closing schools and bringing councils and hospitals to a virtual standstill. The strike by more than 30 … Continue reading
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