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		<title><![CDATA[Dos & don'ts of French manners]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/dos-and-donts-of-french-manners-11605-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tips from the school of etiquette and protocol]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-11-14</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[You need to die in Paris to get here]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pere-lachaise-cemetery-busiest-graveyard-world-11607-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Père Lachaise is the busiest graveyard in the world, with two million visitors each year]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-11-14</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Developing the French Riviera]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/developing-the-french-riviera-11608-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Paca region will see schemes of national and international importance taking shape in the coming years]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-11-14</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laid-back bistro among world's best]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/laid-back-paris-bistro-among-best-in-world-11593-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A relaxed Paris "néobistrot" elbows aside Michelin-starred restaurants to be voted best in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-11-12</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France has lived beyond its means]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-living-beyond-means-austerity-aaa-rating-simon-heffer-comment-11546-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-10-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Greek bailout: we are all losers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/greek-bailout-greece-wins-eurobillions-we-all-lose-out-euro-crisis-simon-heffer-11547-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-10-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heritage is world-renowned]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-heritage-unesco-world-list-11552-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As doors open across France for the Journées du Patrimoine, we look at the sites on the Unesco World Heritage List]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-10-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rugby giants are bad for the game]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/Beaumont-England-France-rugby-giant-Lions-11545-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[English rugby legend Bill Beaumont says he fears the game's basic 
skills are being sacrificed for muscle]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-10-07</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The French dream without the hassle]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/advertorial-seniors-homes-villa-charente-maritime-sponsored-article-11536-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sponsored article: Are you looking to downsize in France? Seniors Homes has the property solution just for you]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-08-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Being a journalist in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/john-lichfield-interview-independent-correspondent-paris-11520-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Independent's reporter in Paris, John Lichfield, on British and French journalism and the 'Froglit' culture]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-21</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Manet: the father of impressionism]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/edouard-manet-exhibition-musee-d-orsay-paris-11522-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last chance to see this new look at Manet's work, until July 3 at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-21</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Saint-Sulpice in all its beauty]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/saint-sulpice-church-renovation-work-completed-tower-11523-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[After 11 years of having its north tower hidden from view by scaffolding, renovation project is completed]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-21</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's involved in dubbing work?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/us-tv-shows-dubbed-in-french-operation-what-is-involved-11514-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Untold hours of work go into adapting US television series into programmes that can be broadcast in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[To the French, I am Michael Caine]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/dubbing-french-films-voiceover-michael-caine-dominique-paturel-11513-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When French movie-goers hear Michael Caine speak, they are listening to the voice of French actor Dominique Paturel]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's added to your wine?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-wine-additives-whats-in-your-bottle-11517-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Healey, author of The Wines of Roussillon, looks at a controversial trend in modern French wine-making]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Parisian chic with British legs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/parisian-chic-british-legs-bluebell-girls-cabaret-lido-behind-scenes-11515-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bluebell Girls' magic still going strong at the Lido... but behind the scenes is a lot of hard work]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chef takes revenge on crêpes Suzette]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/michelin-starred-chef-alain-dutournier-cooking-influences-food-11516-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Michelin-starred chef Alain Dutournier presides at one of Paris's top restaurants, the two-star Carré des Feuillants]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do your bit to save swallows]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/swallows-disappearing-how-to-save-them-animal-welfare-11518-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are fewer and fewer swallows to herald the arrival of the good
weather, warns wild animal charity Aspas]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's a MAM supposed to do?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/whats-michele-alliot-marie-supposed-to-do-private-jet-comment-simon-heffer-11504-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-11</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The hidden harm in a divorce]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/hidden-harm-to-children-in-a-divorce-11505-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[While their parents may be happier, the majority of their offspring are not, discovers a new study]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-11</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Learning language of tennis court]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cross-table-conversation-language-brushing-up-french-social-11507-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Before I join the new club, I'm brushing up my French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-11</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Live in someone else's chateau]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/how-to-live-in-a-chateau-home-help-eco-tourism-11509-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[People are willing to pay thousands for a night in a luxury chateau. Here's how you can do the same on a budget]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-11</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Vidéoprotection' ...or Big Brother?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cctv-video-surveillance-protection-paris-nice-france-privacy-11499-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[President Sarkozy wants to treble the number of CCTV cameras around France, arguing that it is not a political issue]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[English rose at home in Paris]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/kristin-scott-thomas-profile-english-rose-at-home-in-paris-11500-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Scott Thomas has adopted French nationality, and France has adopted her]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-06-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Summer city family breaks]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/Summer-breaks-for-families-Washington-London-Vancouver-11497-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Advertising feature: Vancouver, London, Washington are top cities to visit for green, exciting family breaks]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-05-12</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solving mystery of the French Blue]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/mystery-french-blue-crown-jewel-solved-11528-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Oliver Rowland traces the story of France's missing crown jewel]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-05-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pussyfooting Sarko may pay price]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/simon-heffer-pussyfooting-sarkozy-may-pay-price-11603-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-05-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[There is no right to death]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/mp-jean-leonetti-there-is-no-right-to-death-interview-11604-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[MP Jean Leonetti is one of Frances most influential politicians on medical ethics]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-05-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Duke of Windsor's French home to let]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/duke-of-windsors-french-holiday-home-to-let-11448-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The converted 18th Century millhouse at the Moulin de la Tuilerie acquired by UK trust]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Le Pen could end up in the Elysée]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/simon-heffer-far-right-marine-le-pen-could-end-up-in-elysee-11539-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer, the renowned political commentator and historian, turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[They can't both become king]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-pretenders-throne-claimants-royal-family-11540-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[France has several claimants to the throne]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mont Blanc has got it all]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/sir-chris-bonington-french-alps-mont-blanc-mountaineering-11541-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Chris Bonington has climbed mountains worldwide, but his early triumphs were in the French Alps]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Explorers led the way from France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/explorers-led-the-way-from-france-11555-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the epic adventures of Jacques Cartier, who, in 1534, was the first to explore the Gulf of St Lawrence]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hat-trick for polar adventurer]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/hat-trick-for-polar-adventurer-jean-louis-etienne-11556-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jean-Louis Etienne was the first man to ski solo to the North Pole]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Screwcaps have failed in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/wine-screw-caps-have-failed-in-france-11559-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A decade on, is the screwcap revolution over?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cuckoos have strange habits]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cuckoo-strange-habits-spring-france-11560-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing reminds us spring is here as much as the call of the cuckoo]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Montpellier is a real boom town]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/montpellier-is-a-real-boom-town-11561-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A young, cosmopolitan, high-tech and avant-garde city]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drink to the future of wine]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/drink-to-future-of-languedoc-wine-11562-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Languedoc-Roussillon region has roughly a quarter of France's vineyards]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Laicism' is good deal for Church]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/laicism-in-france-origins-good-deal-for-church-11563-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The state pays for the upkeep of all pre-1905 cathedrals and churches]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The forgotten human zoo]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/forgotten-human-zoo-paris-11564-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1907, Paris played host to an expo in which colonial natives were put on show: one million people came to look]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Languedoc: the true south]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/languedoc-roussillon-profile-region-true-south-of-france-11565-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Languedoc-Roussillon stretches from the Massif Central to the Pyrénées and is subdivided into five diverse departments]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oliver farmers' daily grind]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/nice-riviera-olive-farmers-daily-grind-11584-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice on the Riviera is unique in having three appellations contrôlées for its olives]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Should I adopt a French name?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/should-i-change-my-name-to-a-french-one-11588-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Connexion reader Sally Hales comes face to face with the amount of paperwork she will have to furnish]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US guide to filing French tax forms	]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/USA-paying-taxes-in-France-11442-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Connexion launches first step-by-step guide to French income tax forms aimed at US citizens]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-03-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For tougher financial times]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/MBNA-Platinum-Visa-Credit-Card-11443-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When searching for monthly cost savings, one area seldom looked at is the best credit card deals]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-03-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marine Le Pen is credible FN leader]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/marine-le-pen-simon-heffer-front-national-right-wing-11420-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The far right has found a dangerously credible figurehead, says Simon Heffer]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pairing wines with good food]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pairing-wines-with-good-food-11421-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Champagne and cinnamon toast is not my cup of tea]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why the interest in 35-hour week?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/why-the-interest-in-35-hour-working-week-11422-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The renewed debate on something that doesn't exist probably means that bigger reforms are in the pipeline]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Writing headlines in the sun]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/connexion-100th-issue-celebration-11423-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Founder and managing editor Sarah Smith tells of Connexion's early days and life in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France faces loneliness problem]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-faces-loneliness-problem-11424-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Abandoned women grab the headlines, but the problem goes much deeper]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Henri IV: not so 'bon' after all?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/henri-iv-not-so-bon-after-all-king-france-11427-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Are the French right to hold the king in such reverence?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Take better care of the frogs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/taking-care-of-frogs-breeding-wildlife-11428-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wild animal charity Aspas explains how to improve their odds of survival]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reasons to look on the bright side]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pessimism-france-reasons-to-look-on-bright-side-11426-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The French have won the dubious honour of being crowned the world's most pessimistic people]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Loves and losses of an ageing idol]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/alain-delon-profile-loves-and-losses-ageing-idol-11429-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Alain Delon's looks took him into acting and his talents turned him into one of Frances leading stars]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[100 things to do in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/100-out-of-the-ordinary-things-to-do-in-france-11430-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This is not a list of the best tourist sights in France, but suggestions for expats looking to do something different]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Something cooking in the book world]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cook-book-trend-france-11431-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[People used to learn to cook at their mothers knee; now many are turning to cookbooks instead]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['France has no African policy']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/ivory-coast-relations-france-sarkozy-refuses-intervene-africa-11432-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Why does Sarkozy refuses to intervene in the Ivory Coast?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Megaliths and mega-myths]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/legends-of-brittany-knights-round-table-11433-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Carnac, King Arthur and Brittany's sights of the Round Table]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French medics save lives worldwide]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/medecins-sans-frontieres-saving-lives-worldwide-11434-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Médecins Sans Frontières was started in 1971 and now has 18 centres worldwide]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France gives Hollywood ideas]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-films-inspire-hollywood-directors-11435-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Alice Cannet looks back over the many blockbusters that started life in another language]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steps to becoming half-French]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/becoming-half-french-dual-nationality-sally-hales-11320-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Connexion reader Sally Hales, with her husband and daughter, have decided to apply for dual nationality]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Victim for her own success]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/front-national-new-leader-marine-le-pen-profile-11355-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marine Le Pen's policies and personality could redraw French politics]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Only DSK can stop Nicolas Sarkozy]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/only-dsk-can-stop-nicolas-sarkozy-11356-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Heffer turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How do new year addresses compare?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/heads-of-state-tv-address-christmas-new-year-11357-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Each year the heads of state of the United Kingdom and France address their respective subjects and citizens]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cholera made Paris what it is today]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cholera-made-paris-what-it-is-today-11306-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An epidemic in 1832 that killed 19,000 finally persuaded the city fathers to act, reports Molly Guinness]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France - as seen from the sea]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-seen-from-the-sea-photographer-coastine-11307-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marine photographer Philip Plisson has spent almost two years travelling the length of the French coast]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Humans are ruining the environment]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/yann-arthus-bertrand-interview-eco-activist-photgrapher-france-11308-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Photographing the world's most beautiful places from the air led to a passion for the planet for Yann Arthus-Bertrand]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Only a fur coat to keep you warm]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/aspas-winter-animals-hibernation-wildlife-11311-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wild animal charity Aspas explains how animals cope with winter and offers tips on how to help the hibernators ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My take on the ideal French meal]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/marc-veyrat-the-perfect-french-meal-unesco-gastronomy-11309-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With Unesco recognising French food in its world heritage list, Connexion asked top chef Marc Veyrat for his dream meal]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wine gadgets that are worth keeping]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/wine-gadgets-which-to-keep-which-to-sell-accessories-11310-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Received an arsenal of wine accessories for Christmas? Some of them are best offloaded on eBay]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fancy a holiday from yourself?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/retreats-in-france-take-a-break-holiday-from-yourself-11317-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year can inspire a bout of introspection. Lucy Stubbs examines what is on offer at French retreats]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New-look port for Marseille]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/lord-foster-redesign-marseille-vieux-port-city-centre-11318-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lord Foster has been chosen to redesign Marseille's Vieux-Port area in a bid to boost the citys image]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Writers take lead in DIY publishing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/diy-publishing-print-your-own-books-france-11319-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech-savvy publishers are realising that writers are starting to have the upper hand when it comes to getting books made]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Creating an image  of bande dessinée]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/Angouleme-International-Comics-Festival-director-Benoit-Mouchart-talks-to-Connexion-11305-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Comics are far than Snoopy says Angoulême Festival director Benoît Mouchart, but at 60 he still deserves celebration]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French astronaut's aim to visit stars]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-astronaut-in-waiting-thomas-pesquet-hopes-to-visit-space-11296-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aeronautics engineer and former Air France pilot Thomas Pesquet, 32, is France's astronaut-in-waiting]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-05</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Caring for winter wildlife]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/caring-for-winter-wildlife-in-your-garden-11297-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wild animal charity Aspas explains how to attract animals to your garden to help them through this harsh period]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-05</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pastry champ's favourite recipes]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-pastry-champion-christophe-michalak-11298-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[World champion pâtissier Christophe Michalak dreamed of being an artist]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-05</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Singing in English makes our songs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-bands-singing-in-english-pony-pony-run-run-music-11299-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pony Pony Run Run say their influences range from The Human League to world music - but always in English]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-05</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where to find best skiing in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/best-ski-resorts-in-france-beginner-intermediate-expert-11261-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[France has such a wide choice of ski destinations that it is hard not to become spoilt for choice]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I had to become a snail farmer]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/why-i-had-to-become-only-british-snail-farmer-in-france-11289-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A former jeweller was forced to become Frances only British snail farmer in order to earn a living]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Life at Provence's smallest vineyard]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/best-vintage-ever-for-smallest-independent-vineyard-in-provence-11260-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Briton Lindsay Phillips is celebrating an exceptional harvest at what he reckons is the smallest vineyard in Provence]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pupils test new school routine]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/new-school-timetable-france-pupils-test-out-11288-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[New school timetables are being tested out that give heavier classes in the mornings and sports in the afternoon]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What's it like to live in a cave?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/living-in-a-cave-troglodytic-homes-in-france-11293-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A growing number of people are turning troglodytic caves into family homes]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The ugly side of  the île de beauté]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/corisca-the-ugly-side-to-the-ile-de-beaute-11295-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The violence of Corsican nationalism has not vanished, but the movement has integrated itself into island politics]]></description>
		<pubDate>2011-01-04</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Men, relationships and infidelity]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/men-france-love-relationships-infidelity-family-life-11220-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Controversial French psychologist Maryse Vaillant on why cheating on your wife can sometimes be for the best]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Acting in English gives me freedom']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/clemence-poesy-french-actress-interview-harry-potter-acting-english-11221-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[French actress Clémence Poésy enjoys international success for roles in both her native language and English]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Language is no barrier for stars]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bilingual-film-stars-french-english-language-no-barrier-11222-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With an Oscar and a Cannes best actress, Juliette Binoche could take Hollywood by storm. So why does she always say Non?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Food and homes for winter friends]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/feeding-squirrels-hedgehogs-winter-animals-home-garden-11223-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wild animal defence charity Aspas urges people to be careful when tending their gardens in winter]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bringing Anne de Bretagne back]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/briging-anne-de-bretagne-back-to-life-11224-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Finest names in folk-rock music from the UK and France are gathering to perform the rock opera Anne de Bretagne]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A wet chicken - and other idioms]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/youre-a-wet-chicken-and-other-useful-french-idioms-11225-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning French is not all about getting to grips with perfect text-book grammar]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where to go for  taste of history]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/gout-taste-sites-history-france-locations-11226-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sites Remarquables du Goût combine ancestral gastronomic savoir-faire and locations with special interest to visitors]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Normandy: so close but so different]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/where-we-live-our-guide-to-normandy-property-jobs-sightseeing-11227-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Normandy has been a favourite British destination for decades. We look at the region, jobs and property]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-10</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taking the fight to the Germans]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/behind-enemy-lines-major-john-farmer-special-operations-resistance-war-germans-11206-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Major John Farmer was parachuted into France as an agent of the Special Operations Executive in 1944]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Surviving life in Another Country]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/another-country-photography-british-expats-france-11207-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Three subjects of a book of photos featuring British expats in France explain why they took part in the project]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We had every right to strike]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/we-french-had-every-right-to-go-on-strike-11244-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Alice Cannet on the latest wave of social unrest in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The reshuffle has failed already]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-government-reshuffle-has-failed-already-comment-sarkozy-11246-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If the reshuffle was supposed to boost Sarkozy, it has failed already, says Peter Hawkins]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A hug for the  enfant terrible]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/michel-houllebecq-author-prix-goncourt-profile-11247-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[France's most famous living author, Michel Houellebecq, has won the Prix Goncourt]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legend and fantasy brighten Christmas]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/legends-and-fantasy-brighten-christmas-11248-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A study shows that people are watching the pennies carefully this Christmas, but even so there will be plenty to enjoy]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-12-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Life and death of a Jew in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/life-and-death-of-jew-wartime-france-felix-nussbaum-11169-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The harrowing works of Felix Nussbaum go on show in Paris. RFI's Amanda Morrow reports]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-11-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reform pensions  or face penury]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/simon-heffer-reform-pensions-or-face-penury-11171-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting this month, renowned political commentator Simon Heffer turns his gaze to France and the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-11-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What will Bernard Kouchner do next?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/profile-bernard-kouchner-foreign-secretary-11172-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ex-foreign secretary, co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières, his past is glorious. What now?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-11-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Architecture is a frame of mind]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/jean-nouvel-profile-frances-leading-architect-11173-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Jean Nouvel has but one ambition: to become the greatest architect of the 21st century]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-11-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French schools' 'climate of fear']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/peter-gumbel-author-book-french-schools-climate-of-fear-interview-11100-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter Gumbel has written a new book denouncing French schools as cheerless places that 'break' children's confidence]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It just looks like we strike a lot]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/strikes-france-culture-it-just-looks-like-we-strike-a-lot-11103-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sociologist Guy Groux, author of La Grève, says the French strike nowhere near as much as they used to]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Would French vote for Strauss-Kahn?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/dominique-strauss-kahn-profile-11104-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Opinion polls give the IMF boss a massive lead over Nicolas Sarkozy]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The bac: 203 and still going strong]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/baccalaureat-bac-exam-france-school-what-is-involved-11126-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It is the lynchpin of French education, often mooted as a replacement for A-levels, but what is really involved?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When US jets patrolled France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/when-american-jet-fighters-patrolled-skies-of-france-11138-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1949, US military personnel returned to France under the aegis of Nato. One ex-serviceman looks back]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Organic wines are taking off]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/organic-wines-are-taking-off-in-france-11139-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wine-makers are becoming more concerned about the effect of chemicals on their grapes]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drawing real life in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/riad-sattouf-drawing-real-life-in-france-11140-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Award-winning French-Syrian cartoonist and film director Riad Sattouf talks to Oliver Rowland]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Moebius skills honoured at expo]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/moebius-exhibition-cartoonist-paris-11141-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Exhibition in Paris bringing together the work of celebrated French comic strip cartoonist Moebius]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Var: from sea to perched villages]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/where-we-live-our-guide-to-the-var-property-jobs-sightseeing-11142-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Var is a large and attractive department with plenty of stunning natural features]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ken Livingstone on Paris and London]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/ken-livingstone-paris-and-london-interview-11143-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ken Livingstone, Londons former mayor, on what the city has to do to keep ahead of European rivals such as Paris]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sunday hunting in the firing line]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/sunday-hunting-france-animal-wildlife-protection-11144-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Wild animal defence charity Aspas calls for a ban on Sunday hunting to protect nature lovers as the season begins]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meet the 'world's best bartender']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/colin-field-ritz-barman-interview-11145-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The man serving drinks behind the Bar Hemingway in the Ritz Paris is Briton Colin Field]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-10-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What exactly does a préfet do?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/prefet-france-what-do-they-do-11032-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no job security for the men and women charged with looking after both jobs and security in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France: new home of bull-fighting?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-new-home-of-bull-fighting-as-catalonia-votes-for-ban-11031-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[While Catalonia has voted to outlaw the sport in the region, the corrida is going from strength to strength in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Starting school for the first time]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/starting-french-school-for-the-first-time-11065-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting school again after the summer holidays is a tall order when you are not used to the French school system]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Our guide to life in Aquitaine]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/where-we-live-aquitaine-region-things-to-see-property-market-11075-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Local residents' experiences, things to see and do, and a look at the region's property market]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Celebrate the wine harvest]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/wine-harvest-underway-in-france-vendanges-celebrate-11077-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking part in the vendanges, which are under way this month, can be a chance to meet people from around the world]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The crossroads for bird migration]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-crossroads-for-migrating-bird-flocks-11078-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Twice a year, the skies are alive with hundreds of different varieties that use France as a stopping-off point]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Help stop birds being injured]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/birds-injured-window-collisions-killed-how-to-help-11079-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fatal collisions with windows is one of the biggest bird protection issues in our urbanised world]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A century of pioneering cinema]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-a-century-of-pioneering-cinema-films-11080-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cinema started in France with the Lumière brothers, and the country has seen great directors and films ever since]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Passion for films: Bertrand Tavernier]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bertrand-tavernier-french-film-director-interview-my-passion-for-cinema-11081-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the French cinema greats talks to Kirsten Stroud about his love of French  film]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Build yourself a cool pool]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cool-pools-starting-planning-now-for-summer-11003-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Start planning now if you want to cool off in your pool in next summer's heatwave - we show you how]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Why Le Monde is still a must-read]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/le-monde-newspaper-must-read-10975-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded after the war as a journal of record, it has maintained a spirit of independence lacking elsewhere in the media]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Budget cuts hit eco tax rebates]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/budget-cuts-threaten-eco-home-tax-rebates-10983-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Time is running out for the tax credit scheme for eco-friendly home improvements]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Go on, take to the skies]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/go-on-take-to-the-skies-flying-lessons-11002-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Open up a whole new world of adventure by taking some flying lessons]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France's top female chefs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/frances-top-female-chefs-11006-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Only four women have held three-Michelin stars, but a new generation has them in their sights.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breeding pigs for the chop]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/breeding-pigs-for-the-chop-11007-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Raising your own pig can surely qualify you as someone steeped in country life]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When do you tutoie someone?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/using-tu-vous-france-which-one-language-11008-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Making the right choice between formal vous and casual tu is important to avoid social faux pas in France. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-08</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A little piece of France in India]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pondicherry-a-little-piece-of-france-in-india-10948-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Writer Sophie Bignall visits Pondicherry]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The battle to save wild animals]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/saving-wild-animals-aspas-welfare-wildlife-france-10955-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aspas, the Association pour la Protection des Animaux Sauvages, is marking its 30th anniversary]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Men and women who built France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/journees-patrimoine-men-and-women-who-built-france-11038-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Events looks at the men and women behind the chateaux, canals, churches and transport network of France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rentrée: enrolling buses and meals]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/rentree-enrolling-buses-vaccination-meals-back-to-school-france-11067-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[School starts again for schools across France on Thursday September 2: the rentrée scolaire.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Child silence is perfectly normal]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bilingual-children-silence-period-11076-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Speech therapist Sarah McKeown says bilingual children go through stages as they learn to talk]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-09-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Roger McGough: my love of languages]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/roger-mcgough-french-literature-language-poet-10914-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Poet Roger McGough didn't study English at university. He opted for French instead.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where we live: Poitou-Charentes]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/poitou-charentes-where-we-live-10921-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Things to do, dishes to try and a run down of property prices]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bakers fight to stay off breadline]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bakers-fight-to-stay-off-breadline-10922-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality counts in the battle for your tastebuds]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-31</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lavender's unique colour and smell]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-lavender-smell-colour-provence-producers-10912-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[France produces over 50% of the worlds lavender - although production has nearly halved in the last 10 years]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-30</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France's best theme parks]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/best-theme-parks-france-safari-parks-circus-family-days-out-10913-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Theme parks, safaris, scientific discovery, circus days, you don't have to look far to find a family treat]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-30</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Vichy builds a new image]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/wartime-capital-vichy-builds-new-image-france-history-10897-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vichy has built a new life since June 1940 and its role as the wartime capital of France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-08-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dita Von Teese on life in Paris]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/dita-von-teese-exclusive-interview-living-in-paris-erotic-performer-10874-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Erotic performer loves to explore the capital from her new apartment - now if she can just master the native tongue]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-07-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[2CV power for Tour de France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/2cv-power-for-tour-de-france-10946-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Drivers rally round plan to drive across the country]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-07-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Breaking free from colonial past]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-colonies-breaking-free-50-years-independence-10947-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[50 years ago France gave its African colonies independence. Colonial historian Nicolas Bancel examines how they fared]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-07-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My night at the Crazy Horse]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/my-night-at-the-crazy-horse-10960-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[In its 60 years over 6m people have watched shows at the Crazy Horse. Alice Cannet went to see what the fuss is about]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-07-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bringing up bilingual children]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bringing-up-bilingual-children-in-france-10961-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[While learning a second language like French may seem a daunting task it is important to remember bilingualism is normal]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-07-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Riviera is picture perfect all year]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-riviera-where-we-live-our-guide-property-prices-10833-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With year-long sunshine and stunning views, property prices in the Riviera really know no bounds.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Our man in Paris, Peter Westmacott]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/british-ambassador-france-sir-peter-westmacott-interviews-10835-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sir Peter Westmacott was appointed UK ambassador to France in 2007. Connexion met him at his official residence in Paris]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[David Lynch's French connections]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/david-lynch-interview-france-paris-film-director-10832-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[David Lynch's films are often dark but on his latest France visit the director wants to bring peace through meditation]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to stop the dream going sour]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/how-to-stop-the-dream-going-sour-moving-to-france-10834-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Janice Moody has lived in France for almost 20 years and looks at offers advice on how to survive difficult times]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Do's and don'ts of apéritifs]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/aperitifs-dos-and-donts-making-friends-with-neighbours-10836-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An invitation for an apéro is a well-known way to break the ice with neighbours, but what are the do's and don'ts?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tell your left from right wing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-politics-left-right-wing-jean-marie-le-pen-10915-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Lecturer Luc Baranton-Bordas looks at the far-right and far-left parties Jean-Marie Le Pen has left behind]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Old pet cemetery holds stars]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/oldest-pet-cemetery-france-10917-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Alexandre Dumas dog and Rin Tin Tin buried in Paris ground]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shepherds lived  high life]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/shepherds-lived-high-life-flock-10918-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Stilts or échasses were used to get about the boggy marais countryside in Les Landes]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Paris's professor of bread]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/paris-professor-of-bread-10923-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor of bread sorts wheat from chaff in the boulangerie]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frances hottest  boulanger]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/tvs-hottest-boulanger-10924-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[TV chef wants to pass on his passion for the dishiest breads]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Send children on  holiday adventure]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/colonies-vacancies-holiday-camps-children-france-10954-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether your child's passions are artistic, sporting or scientific, there is likely to be an ideal summer camp]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-06-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I choose the films at Cannes festival]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/Thierry-Fremaux-choses-films-Cannes-interview-10736-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Thierry Frémaux has final say on which films are shown at Cannes. He tells Connexion how he chooses]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-05-12</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Take a swing at free golf days]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/take-a-swing-at-free-golf-days-in-may-10859-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have never played golf but fancy having a go, then from May 12-17 you have the perfect chance ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-05-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France invented the strawberry]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/how-france-invented-the-modern-strawberry-10868-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[With cream they are unmistakably British, but garden strawberries originated in France and can be used in many ways]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-05-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Everybody needs good neighbours]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/meeting-french-people-integrating-fete-des-voisins-neighbours-may-26-10719-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Joining in the Fête des Voisins on May 28 can help you integrate, says event's founder]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Making Asterix funny in English]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/asterix-english-translator-anthea-bell-interview-10695-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Anthea Bell has been translating Asterix for 40 years. She talks to Oliver Rowland about what's involved]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-22</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Walking to fitness the Nordic way]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/nordic-walking-groups-france-getting-exercise-seeing-outdoors-10760-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nordic walking is 10 years old in France and is an increasingly popular way of getting exercise]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French: language of laughter]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-comedians-language-laughter-funny-10797-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting the joke is one of the challenges to anyone learning French but there are 
many funny comedians out there]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Remoted, rugged, beautiful Brittany]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/brittany-where-we-live-things-to-see-property-prices-10798-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Brittany is one of the most beautiful and refreshing in France - and nowhere is more than an hour from the sea]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Meet French funny man Franck Dubosc]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/franck-dubosc-french-comedian-exclusive-interview-camping-2-10750-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rapid-fire French comedian Franck Dubsosc is a fluent English-speaker and once appeared in Coronation Street.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[1,000 years of France-UK tension]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/1000-years-of-annoying-the-french-stephen-clarke-interview-10751-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Clarke trawled through 1,000 years of history to better understand the origins of Franco-British rivalry]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A French expat's view of the Brits]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/how-to-survive-the-english-a-french-expats-view-of-london-life-10752-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hortense de Monplaisir is a Parisienne in London who has written a guide on "how to survive the English"]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['English is badly pronounced French']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/selected-quotes-on-franco-british-relations-over-the-years-10753-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Selected quotes on Franco-British relations from Stephen Clarke's new book, 1,000 Years of Annoying the French]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-04-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What do the French think of Brits?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-expats-in-london-what-do-they-think-of-british-10652-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We ask French expats living in the UK what they think of British culture, humour and social behaviour]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-03-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Midsomer writer's dreams of France  ]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/interview-anthony-horowitz-midsomer-murders-foyles-war-10690-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[British writer Anthony Horowitz on how France first embraced his work and continues to inspire him]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-03-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French life still inspires authors]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-life-inspiration-generations-of-authors-10691-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[From tSmollett through to Joanne Harris of Chocolat fame, France has proved an inspiration to generations of authors]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-03-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Broadband attracts new wave of expats]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/broadband-internet-attracts-new-wave-of-expats-to-france-10689-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[High-speed internet has enabled a new generation of young couples to experience life in France while pursuing a career.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-03-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My plan to rebuild our universities]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/valerie-pecresse-interview-higher-education-minister-universities-france-10596-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[France has set aside an extra 19bn for research and higher education. The minister in charge Valérie Pécresse explains]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-02-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How James Bond settled in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/sir-roger-moore-interview-james-bond-star-living-in-france-10597-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Bond star Sir Roger Moore talks to Liz Morgan about filming and living in France]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-02-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We're poorer but happier in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/we-are-poorer-but-happier-in-france-10644-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[What prompts British people to give up jobs in the UK and move to France? We speak to families who made the move]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-02-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Graham Templeton talks to Connexion]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/graham-templeton-warren-dordogne-expat-fraud-jail-exclusive-interview-the-connexion-10574-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[We tracked down the Dordogne conman and asked him why he was not in jail. He has now begun his two-year sentence]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-02-22</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Plantu: The power of press cartoons]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/plantu-le-monde-cartoonist-interview-french-newspaper-satire-jean-plantureux-10526-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Le Monde's cartoonist has opened an exhibition of war and peace drawings in Caen. Connexion spoke to him in 2007]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-01-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tim Rice: France  and the musicals]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/tim-rice-musicals-lion-king-paris-france-interview-10527-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Lion King is the longest running musical in Paris - a victory in a country where such shows struggle, says Tim Rice]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-01-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How do the French stay so slim?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/slimming-france-compared-uk-weight-loss-dieting-10528-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A British slimming expert who lives part-time in France explores the difference in attitudes to food]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-01-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Buying responsibly can lighten life]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/responsible-buying-interview-10561-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Marie-France Corre led consumer body UFC-Que Choisir's testing department for two decades. She talks to Oliver Rowland]]></description>
		<pubDate>2010-01-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Peter Mayle: 20 years in Provence]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two decades have passed since Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence was published - but what does he think of it now?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-12-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lean years ahead for oyster farmers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/lean-years-ahead-for-french-oyster-farmers-10488-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Producers hope sales will see them through tough years to come]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-12-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Miss France: glam - but not sexy]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/interview-with-miss-france-organiser-genevieve-de-fontenay-10489-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Organiser Geneviève de Fontenay fears she is fighting a losing battle to protect her 'Cinderella dream' from vulgarity]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-12-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Family-friendly ski resorts]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pick-the-best-family-friendly-ski-slopes-in-france-10493-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[To make sure the whole family has a good time skiing one of the Famille Plus Montagne resorts could fit the bill]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-12-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Miss France is still going strong]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/miss-france-is-still-going-strong-10480-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As Miss Normandy, Malika Menard, is named Miss France 2010, Connexion looks back at the contest's history, characters and controversies]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-11-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Straight talk on immigration]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/straight-talk-on-immigration-10454-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[From 'Britishland' to Iraqi Kurds, in the eyes of French immigration researchers we are all new settlers]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-11-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[One year in very southern France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/one-year-in-very-southern-france-10455-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Adventurer Laurence de la Ferrière has spent the past year working as the 'prefect of the Antarctic']]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-11-20</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Celebrating 15 years of Eurostar]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/celebrating-15-years-of-eurostar-10453-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Eurostar France head of marketing Lionel Benbassat talks to Connexion about Eurostar's 15 years and its future plans]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-11-18</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Preparing for an elderly population]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/preparing-for-an-elderly-population-10421-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Minister Norra Berra is charged with France's response to an ageing demographic. She talks to Connexion.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-10-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will Ryanair keep  free flights goal?]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/will-ryanair-keep-free-flights-goal-10422-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Airline promised 50% tickets to be free by 2010. But what about all the charges? Their Europe spokesman explains]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-10-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dame Vera recalls D-Day landings]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/dame-vera-recalls-d-day-landings-10415-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[From her home on the French Riviera the forces' sweetheart (and recent UK chart topper) tells of her war experiences]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-10-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Olivier Todd on 68 riots and Vietnam]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/olivier-todd-on-68-riots-and-vietnam-10373-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Former BBC journalist Olivier Todd has documented France's highs and lows. Jean-Paul Sartre called him his rebel son]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-09-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Brigitte Bardot at 75: the exhibition]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/brigitte-bardot-at-75-the-exhibition-10375-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[An exhibition has opened to celebrate the life of Brigitte Bardot, the global sex icon turned campaigner who is 75]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-09-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Maud Fontenoy: I rowed the oceans]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/maud-fontenoy-i-rowed-the-oceans-10377-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maud Fontenoy was the first woman to row across both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Now she's fighting to save them]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-09-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Burqa is 'walking coffin'  minister]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/burqa-is-walking-coffin-minister-10349-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Muslim minister Fadela Amara, head of urban estates, says she is fighting a new brand of fascism disguised as Islam.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-08-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When seeing is  not believing]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/when-seeing-is-not-believing-10352-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Trompe loeil paintings are enjoying a revival both inside and outside the home]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-08-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I said no to sex kitten Bardot]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/i-said-no-to-sex-kitten-bardot-10344-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Professional deadlines came before star's invitation to play poker in hotel suite, says film critic Barry Norman]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-07-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Prize bloomers at top garden show]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/prize-bloomers-at-top-garden-show-10345-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The annual International Garden Festival at the Château de Chaumont-sur-Loire is Frances Chelsea Flower Show]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-07-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[6m for Prousts favourite hotel]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/6m-for-prousts-favourite-hotel-10346-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As France introduces its first five-star hotels we look at one establishment aiming for the top]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-07-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cavendish  Brit's top tour finalé]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cavendish-brits-top-tour-final-10338-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Before setting out on the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish, 24, spoke to Connexion about his hopes for the race]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-07-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Channel crossing is mythical']]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/channel-crossing-is-mythical-10329-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Fusion Man Yves Rossy on flying the English Channel with a jetpack ahead the 100th anniversary of first Channel flight]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-06-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The man who binned France's rule book]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/the-man-who-binned-frances-rule-book-10328-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Hervé Novelli who launched the auto-entrepreneur, Frances simplest business scheme, talks exclusively to Connexion]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-06-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Da Vincis French  home renaissance]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/da-vincis-french-home-renaissance-10331-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The last home of Italian inventor, scientist and artist has opened its first ever major exhibition on his French links]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-06-23</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[De Caunes, a life after Eurotrash]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/de-caunes-a-life-after-eurotrash-10326-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Actor presenter and director Antoine de Caunes on the Breeteesh sense of 'umour, academy awards and Monsieur Pingouin]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-05-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A French farmer gives his side]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/a-french-farmer-gives-his-side-10327-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten billion euros of EU subsidies go to French farmers yet still they complain and protest. Here's why...]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-05-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Frost vs Sarkozy - one day maybe]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/frost-vs-sarkozy-one-day-maybe-10321-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Veteran broadcaster would like to add a French president to the eight UK PMs and seven US presidents under his belt.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-04-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Raising bilingual  children  Q&A]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/raising-bilingual-children-qa-10322-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If your children are being raised in France, this will affect the way they learn both languages - how can you help?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-04-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Emblematic beret back in fashion]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/emblematic-beret-back-in-fashion-10309-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Manufacturers Blancq-Olibet have more than doubled production in two years thanks to Ché and bobos]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-03-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Embracing a new mixed France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/embracing-a-new-mixed-france-10310-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Miss France Chloé Mortaud, 19, is the first to carry two passports and one of them is American. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-03-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pioneering Minitel in slow decline]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/pioneering-minitel-in-slow-decline-10311-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A decade before the internet, millions of French were logging on to check the weather, buy train tickets and chat online]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-03-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France's biggest uni goes solo]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/university-strasbourg-interview-autonomy-france-10533-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The merger of three universities has made Strasbourg the largest in France - now it is among the first to be independent]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-28</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[We know Dakar Rally dangers]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/we-know-dakar-rally-dangers-10305-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Former competitor Gilles Algay gives insight into desert driving challenge.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-26</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Frenchman who almost outran Bond]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/the-frenchman-who-almost-outran-bond-10304-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Sébastien Foucan is the founder of freerunning- the sport he showcased in the opening of Casino Royale]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Veteran minister Jack Lang speaks]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/veteran-minister-jack-lang-speaks-10295-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If Royal had won the party would have become her election machine says ex-minister and Fête de la Musique founder.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bergerac Airport- the big take off]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/bergerac-airport-the-big-take-off-10296-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Passenger numbers have risen nearly twenty times in six years and 95% of fliers are British.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Just dont call it French mustard]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/just-dont-call-it-french-mustard-10297-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the leading Dijon mustard producer is set to pull out of its home town, we take a look at a bigger mustard misnomer.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-02-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Clive James still Channel hopping]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/clive-james-still-channel-hopping-10284-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[TV presenter and critic loves Paris and the Eurostar but keep him away from the weather in Normandy.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-01-06</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gite owners tips for messy guests]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/gite-owners-tips-for-messy-guests-10285-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many readers responded to a cry for help from one gite owner over a nightmare family. Here are some of the best:]]></description>
		<pubDate>2009-01-06</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[French media -read all about it]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/french-media-read-all-about-it-10276-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[A forum on the press is due to conclude, while public broadcasters strike over funding  we examine the issues.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-11-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My life in France Andrew Neil]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/my-life-in-france-andrew-neil-10277-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[FORMER Sunday Times editor and Daily Politics Show presenter on the Côte dAzur, politics and papers.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-11-27</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Battle for future of wildlife]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/battle-for-future-of-wildlife-10268-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[WWF France celebrates its 35th anniversary this year but what challenges does it face?]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-10-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Finding the right words every time]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/finding-the-right-words-every-time-10269-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As the Collins-Robert dictionary turns 30, we speak to editorial director Dominique Le Fur.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-10-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cordon bleu: world cookery school]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/cordon-bleu-world-cookery-school-10270-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This Paris-based institution is internationally renowned for its top-class training of chefs. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-10-29</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Where communism  meets democracy ]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/where-communism-meets-democracy-10248-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Parti Communiste Français leader Marie-George Buffet believes in ending Europe's dogma of competitivity.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-10-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA["Reduce taxes to help the economy"]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former US presidential candidate Steve Forbes thinks France could build the next Microsoft if it changed its taxes.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-09-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[King Arthur - his role in France]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/king-arthur-his-role-in-france-10240-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The first ever major French exhibition about Le Roi Arthur runs until January in Rennes.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-09-01</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citroën 2CV marks 60th anniversary]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/citron-2cv-marks-60th-anniversary-10215-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[As iconic as the Eiffel Tower, the little car still carries cult status around the world despite the last one rolling out in 1991.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-07-25</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[France leads EU in space race]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/france-leads-eu-in-space-race-10213-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Country started worlds third civilian space programme in 1961 and continues to lead the European Space Agency.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-07-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[I dream of being a Frenchwoman]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely Fabulous star and former Bond Girl Joanna Lumley on her ambitions to improve her linguistic skills.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-07-24</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Formula 1 champ remembers victory]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/formula-1-champ-remembers-victory-10195-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Damon Hill talks to Oliver Rowland on racing for Renault, his fathers Monaco wins and victory at the French Grand Prix.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-06-30</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[My first bullfight and I want more]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/my-first-bullfight-and-i-want-more-10196-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Corrida is typically associated with Spain but across the south of France tens of thousands turn out to watch.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-06-30</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Theyre going to kill French wine]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alain Marty, 41, president of the Wine & Business Club and host of TV and radio shows for wine-lovers on his fears.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-06-30</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Former MI5 boss Stella Rimington]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dame Stella Rimington on the IRA, Libya, being a single mother and her new career as a novelist. By Tony Todd.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-06-02</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[When France was a different place]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Estelle Phillips talks to three British expats who moved to France long before the internet and cheap flights.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-06-02</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oliver Rowland interviews Xavier North, head of language policy for the French Government's Ministry of Culture. ]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-03-03</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ramsay's new F- word is France]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Ramsay's new Paris Restaurant has opened in Versailles. He talks to The Connexion's Estelle Phillips.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-03-03</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A LEADING figure in one of Frances largest  unions, Maryse Dumas talks about the unions fight for workers rights.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-02-14</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The small car that runs on thin air]]></title>
		<link>http://www.connexionfrance.com/the-small-car-that-runs-on-thin-air-10095-news-article.html</link>
		<description><![CDATA[This super-efficient little French car, made near Nice, runs on air, costs just 3,700, and is quietly taking over the world.]]></description>
		<pubDate>2008-02-14</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Asterix creator  on his life's work]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albert Uderzo, the co-creator of of the world-famous Asterix books, talks about the impact of his little Gaulish hero.]]></description>
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