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Anniversary of France's liberation heightens emotions
August 29, 2004  By France.com 

PARIS – Free at least, the Champs-Elysees was awash with wild joy on Aug. 25, 1944. But deep in the heart of France the war raged on, with Frenchmen killing Frenchmen to aid a desperate Germany.

And now, 60 years later, the people who suffered most are among the staunchest supporters of a new Europe in which France and Germany are, essentially, just two members of a 25-nation super-state.

“This is the great triumph of the 21st century,” said Jean-Marie Delabre, 81. “Peace is accepting the idea that you must live with others and forge natural differences into something stronger.”

He added: “I don’t think I’d have said that a few years after the war.”

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France seeks release of journalists
August 29, 2004  By France.com 

An anxious France has scrambled to obtain the release of two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.

The kidnappers from the Islamic Army in Iraq, the same group which killed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni after taking him hostage, gave Paris a 48-hour ultimatum to meet its demands, Qatar-based Arabic-language Al-Jazeera television said citing “our own sources in Iraq.”

The channel identified the kidnapped Frenchmen as missing journalists Christian Chesnot of Radio France Internationale and Georges Malbrunot of Paris daily Le Figaro and said it had received video footage of the two newsmen.

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Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq
August 28, 2004  By France.com 

The journalists, Christian Chesnot with Radio France International and Georges Malbrunot with the newspaper Le Figaro, were reported missing the morning of August 21. It was not know where they were being held.

According to Al-Jazeera, the kidnappers are demanding that the French government overturn a recently passed law that bans Muslim students from wearing headscarves in French public schools.

The ban was passed by the French parliament in the spring and is expected to go into effect in September. French lawmakers judged wearing religious attire to public school to be a violation of the constitutional separation of church and state.

France, a county of 60 million, has a Muslim population of 5 million.

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Which city should I not go to, or which cities should I go to?
August 26, 2004  By France.com 

Hi ya’ll!

I’m planning on teaching french in about 1 year and a half, and I was wondering if you guys could give me some pracitcal information about some things.

Firstly, which cities have the most diverstiy that you guys can tell me of? As a mixed Black American, I need to know which cities I should watch out for, and which cities seem to be more welcoming to foreigners.

The reason I ask this is because when I lived in Germany, no one told me of where not to go and where to go, and I ended up in some pretty sticky situationss.

I don’t want to create a forum on race, I just want some honest answers.

Also, which cities in France strike your fancy?

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Need French Pen Pal!
August 26, 2004  By France.com 

Bonjour,

I am a male teacher in Texas, USA who will be taking an introductory French class beginning in September. Please reply if you would like to correspond with me. I can write to you in either English or Spanish, as you wish.

Merci,

Larcas

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WWII
August 25, 2004  By France.com 

Hello Everyone. I am new to this board and it seems like an interesting one. I am from the U.S. and I spent a semester in France (in the ’80’s) and kept in touch with friends there for awhile but have fallen out of touch with them. I lived with a French family while attending school and had a very positive experience. I had a difference of opinion with some co-workers recently regarding how the french view the ending of WWII in France and their participation in it. My co-worker recently went to Paris on a short vacation, she also doesn’t speak french. She stated she saw some very large posters on a wall which she interpreted to mean the french had a very different view of WWII than we do.

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If u the girl at Club Palm Bay(Sri Lanka)
August 21, 2004  By France.com 

The french girl I saw at club Palm Bay (Sri Lanka) for the home coming party of Dinesh and Milinda on 17th August 2004.If you are reading this PLEASE send me a e-mail.Don’t ignow.I like to keep company with you.

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If u the Girl at Palm Bay Hotel (in Sri Lanka)
August 21, 2004  By France.com 

The french girl I saw at club Palm Bay Hotel(Sri Lanka) for the home coming party of Dinesh and Milinda on 17th August 2004.If you are reading this PLEASE send me a e-mail.Don’t ignow.I like to keep company with you.

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i need french pal
August 21, 2004  By France.com 

i like france
i like french
but iam not good at it
would a french friend help me ??
salutsun@yahoo.com.cn

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Lille In Sept 2004
August 19, 2004  By France.com 

I’m going on exchange this fall to Lille and am wondering what the best places to go to are. Any good clubs, restaurants, bars?

Has anyone heard of the residence hall "Franciscaines de Lille" (spelling may be off)?

Thanks, Nuno.

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