France
November 20, 2009
- FIFA has rejected the possibility of a replay between Republic of Ireland and France. France's Thierry Henry's controversial handed ball led to an equalizer. The reason why FIFA declined another playoff between Ireland and France for the World Cup 2010, in South Africa, it's because they believe that the result cannot be changed. This outrageous for as a football fan who also ...
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November 19, 2009
- The celebration of Les Bleus looked fogged as the Irish soccer team complain to FIFA about what they see as cheating. The Irish feel that they have been cheated by FIFA who probably will not listen to their complaints. When France played Ireland last week, they won by 1-0 and on November 18th, Ireland lead 1-0 against France, before Thiery Henry s controversial handed ball to William Gallas and ...
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November 3, 2009
- I left France and went in the Republic of the Congo, when I was a kid. When I came in the Congo, I felt something was different from my native country, France like the climate, the way of life and joy that I saw in people, the music and the cuisine. There were certain things that I didn’t look differently from France like in the city life and the school system. I was living in ...
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October 24, 2009
- My favorite city is not a city, it's a tiny village with 900 inhabitants--more a large family than a metropolis. It's Auvillar, where I go to commune with the poplars and the Garonne River, to interact with my dear friends the villagers, who are so welcoming. I go to eat well (the crepes, the olives, the prosciutto), where the wine makes me swoon. The place is laced with poems--they are ...
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October 22, 2009
- For years I have been telling myself and my friends that my favorite city is Paris, France, but the fact is I have never been there. Yet I have this strange memory--as false as a five-dollar bill with a grinning jack-o-lantern where Abraham Lincoln's noble beard should be--that likes to surface every now and then and insist it is real. The memory is of a cool day early in May 1946. ...
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October 8, 2009
- As if this morning's news were not nauseating enough, apparently Nico Sarkozy - yes, him of the model wife and high heeled shoes fame - found Mitterrand's tell all "autobiographical novel" with lurid details of paying Thai boys for sex and orgasmic descriptions of being turned on by the "slave market" (Mitterrand's terms) not only acceptable but also: "courageous and ...
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October 5, 2009
- I should have titled this "Writing Paradise for Less." If you're thinking about going with me to Auvillar, France, this May (17-24), don't delay in making a deposit. We'll keep the workshop small (under twelve), and several people have made commitments already. The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is offering discounts for writers who enroll before February first, but ...
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August 30, 2009
- "A Gift from Brittany," Price's recent memoir, will be presented this fall at several locations in and around the New York City metropolitan area. For more information about the author, visit her Redroom profile or visit the events page. Monday, September 14 RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, Connecticut
7:00PM Tuesday, September 15
Cheshire ...
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August 27, 2009
- To introduce the next of my Palestinian crime novels, THE FOURTH ASSASSIN, my friend videographer David Blumenfeld filmed in New York (where the book takes place). His montages are mainly from Brooklyn's Bay Ridge and Coney Island sections. He then recorded me, looking sweaty and frankly a bit doped up, in my favorite seedy cafe in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter. You can view it here, and if you ...
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August 27, 2009
- Although we've been coming to Lille for a decade, we've never actually been during the summer, usually choosing to visit in December when the Christmas market is here, along with the Ferris wheel, decorations, and the festive music ringing out across the Grande Place. Whatever the season, Lille is always an excellent place to do a spot of shopping. Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Kenzo, and a multitude ...
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