College wine tastings can prevent alcoholism among pupils, believe French advisers DNA India | London: Wine-tasting sessions should be organised at university canteens to prevent youngsters from binge drinking, a government-commissioned report in France has advised. | "Why is there sexual education and not viticultural education? You can learn wine too," the Guardian quoted Jean-P...
Five years on, Lebanon's 'Cedar Revolution' wanes Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, February 12, 2010 | - Powered by | Analysis | Rita Daou | Agence France Presse | | BEIRUT: Five years after the slaying of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, the ensuing “Cedar Revolution” that triggered the pullout of Syria...
French universities squabble over who has rights to Sorbonne The Times | Fights over the Sorbonne, the seat of learning on the Paris Left Bank, usually involve students, riot police and ideology. The latest, however, is among rival chancellors and the city council. This time the stakes are for big money. | The dispute i...
College wine tastings can prevent alcoholism among pupils, believe French advisers DNA India | London: Wine-tasting sessions should be organised at university canteens to prevent youngsters from binge drinking, a government-commissioned report in France has advised. | "Why is there sexual education and not viticultural education? You ca...
Internet piracy becomes national pastime as French students take on computer giants The Times | For hundreds of years southwest France has been celebrated for its gastronomy, scenery and farming communities. Now it hides one of the highest rates of software piracy in the developed world, a study has revealed. | Poitou-Charentes, for instance,...
2010 Summer French Teacher Training Grants The Examiner | View of GrenoblePhoto by Deborah Joyce | The Cultural Services of the French Consulate in Chicago is offering three grants to qualified primary and secondary school teachers of French and one grant to a teacher of elementary French in an immersion ...
We've found the G-spot, say the French (of course) The Daily Mail | Sorry lads, the search is back on again. | Weeks after British scientists announced that the elusive G-spot does not exist, the French have begged to differ. | A meeting of gynaecologists in Paris denounced the British study as fundamentally flawed...
Utah educators sign agreement with France The Salt Lake Tribune Schools » State hopes to exchange teachers with FranceUpdated: 01/25/2010 06:10:41 PM MST | Click photo to enlarge 2010 LEGISLATURE OPENS A group of French educators toured the Utah State Capitol Monday 1/25/2010. At the far left is Jean S...
INTERVIEW - New climate partnership planned to protect forests The Star | OSLO (Reuters) - Governments will seek a new climate partnership in 2010 to protect tropical forests with funds going through the United Nations, the World Bank or bilateral channels, Norway said on Tuesday. People walk on the street with a huge globe in the background in Copenhagen in this December 6, 2009 file photo. (REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski/F...
LK Advani favours compulsory voting DNA India | New Delhi: Observing that voting percentage among the educated section was far lower than that in the lower rungs of society, senior BJP leader LK Advani has favoured compulsory voting as a remedial measure. | "If a survey is taken of the comparative percentage of voting in different sectors of the society, classified education wise, I have ...
