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	Belgianfries.com
		Belgian Fries are worldwide known as French Fries and they must be one of the most popular foods.
		I read in todays (June 8th 2007) newspaper that a museum dedicated to the Belgian Fry will be opening in Brugge soon...
		There must be a lot of material on fries (Belgian or French), no doubt about that.
	www.belgianfries.com (746 words)

	16. Belgian and French Ale - BJCP Style Guidelines
		All of these beers share somewhat higher levels of acidity than other Belgian styles while the optional sour flavor is often a variable house character of a particular brewery.
		Related to the Belgian Saison style, the main difference is that the Bière de Garde is rounder, richer, sweeter, malt-focused, often has a "cellar" character, and lacks the spicing and tartness of a Saison.
		History: Unique beers of small, independent Belgian breweries that have come to enjoy local popularity but may be far less well-known outside of their own regions.
	www.bjcp.org /styles04/Category16.html (2459 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Belgian Second Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Eupen (French: Néau) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège, 10 miles from the German border (Aachen), from the Dutch border Maastricht and from the nature reservation Hohes Venn (Ardennes).
		Kortrijk (French: Courtrai) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
		Roeselare (Roulers in French and English) is a municipality in the province of West Flanders, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Belgian-Second-Division (1055 words)

	Belgian French
		Belgian French is the dialect of French spoken in the Francophone part of Belgium, alongside the Walloon language.
		Belgian French and standard French are mutually intelligible, but there are differences in vocabulary, which have several causes:
		One notable difference between Belgian and standard French, is the use of the word septante for seventy, as opposed to soixante-dix (literally 'sixty-ten') and nonante for ninety, as opposed to quatre-vingts-dix (literally 'four score and ten').
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Belgian_French (371 words)

	Belgium: Background and History
		When shopping for dinner, a Belgian will happily go 20 minutes out of her way if it means her family will enjoy a better loaf of bread or a more tender bunch of asparagus.
		Belgians are definitely a nation of meat lovers, consuming large quantities of pork, beef, veal, chicken, and rabbit.
		Belgians have a very well-developed sweet tooth; I think it is fair to say that we have unparalleled cravings for chocolate.
	www.globalgourmet.com /destinations/belgium/backgrounder.html (897 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Belgian French (French: franÃ§ais de Belgique) is the variety of French spoken by the French speakers of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages like Walloon, Picard, Champenois and Gaumais.
		Belgian French and the French of France are almost identical and hence mutually intelligible, but there are distinct phonological and rare lexical differences.
		Many speakers were bilingual in both French and Walloon; Walloon thus had a large influence on the development of Belgian French.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Belgian_French (974 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Belgacom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, pronounced ; French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and often by non-Belgian speakers of French; German: BrÃ¼ssel) is the capital of...
		RTT was formed in 1930 by the Belgian government.
		The Union MiniÃ¨re du Haut Katanga (UMHK) is a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Congo Free State, from 1908, Belgian Congo, from 1972, Zaire).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Belgacom (777 words)

	Belgium (09/06)
		A constitutional monarchy was established in 1831, with a monarch invited in from the House of Saxe-Coburg Gotha in Germany.
		The Belgian authorities are, as a rule, anti-protectionist and try to maintain a hospitable and open trade and investment climate.
		The Belgian Government reacted with poor macroeconomic policies to the 1973 and 1979 oil price hikes by hiring the redundant work force into the public sector and subsidizing industries like coal, steel, textiles, glass, and shipbuilding, which had lost their international competitive edge.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2874.htm (5719 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Belgian French
		The writings of French-speaking Belgians, of whom the chief are Maeterlinck and Verhaeren, belong to French literature.
		Waterloo, Battle of (18 June 1815) A decisive battle between French and British and Prussian forces near the Belgian village of Waterloo.
		Belgian serves himself another slice of French restaurant sector.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Belgian+French (755 words)

	First World War.com - Primary Documents - German Request for Free Passage through Belgium, and the Belgian Response, ...
		If Belgium adopts a friendly attitude, Germany is prepared, in cooperation with the Belgian authorities, to purchase all necessaries for her troops against a cash payment, and to pay an indemnity for any damage that may have been caused by German troops.
		Moreover, if, contrary to our expectation, Belgian neutrality should be violated by France, Belgium intends to fulfil her international obligations and the Belgian army would offer the most vigorous resistance to the invader.
		The Belgian Government, if they were to accept the proposals submitted to them, would sacrifice the honour of the nation and betray their duty towards Europe.
	www.firstworldwar.com /source/belgium_germanrequest.htm (887 words)

	Belgium: What to Eat
		The Belgians are fond of saying that their food is cooked with French finesse—and served in portions of German generosity.
		Belgian cooking also has deep roots in the Middle Ages, reflected in the use of mustards, herbs, and spices in recipes such as Roast Leg of Lamb with Pungent Mustard.
		Belgians grow lots of endive (a well-tended acre will produce 10,000 pounds of Belgian endives in one season) and brew over 300 varieties of beer (their national drink) both of which are key components in Belgian cooking leading to such dishes as sautéed Monkfish on a Bed of Belgian Endives in Beer Sauce.
	www.globalgourmet.com /destinations/belgium/what.html (621 words)

	Language Reference Guide For Belgian French
		French is one of the world's great languages, rivalled only by English as the language of international society and diplomacy.
		In addition, French is the unofficial second language of a number of countries, including Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Lebanon, Syria, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
		French is one of the Romance languages, descended from Latin.
	www.translationdirectory.com /article624.htm (895 words)

	Eurovision Song Contest Helsinki 2007 \| RTBF to promote Belgian French speaking culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		RTBF is appealing to the established professionals and semi-professional artists in the French speaking community of Belgium by informing their record companies and announcing the selections in the magazine for members of SABAM, the Belgian Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers, that will be published on 17th December.
		Belgian French speaking culture to be promoted Since the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, RTBF and Flemish broadcaster VRT have always been taking turns to select the Belgian song for the Eurovision Song Contest.
		French lyrics combined with some phrases in English, an extremely popular and successful combination these days in both Wallonia and Flanders, would be perfectly possible.
	www.esctoday.com /news/react/3465?PHPSESSID=34c (1878 words)

	World: Belgian, French bishops advocate for illegal residents
		With the question of immigration at the forefront of political concerns in Europe, French and Belgian governmental authorities have issued public warnings that aiding illegal residents is a criminal offense.
		Earlier, in France, Bishop Jean-Paul Jaeger of Arras, wrote to the French Minister of Interior Nicolas Sarkozy, to protest the closing of a refugee center in Sangatte, in northern France.
		The Red Cross camp, which is used as a staging post for asylum seekers entering Britain, stopped taking new admissions in November as part of a joint British-French initiative to clampdown on illegal immigration.
	www.ncronline.org /NCR_Online/archives2/2006a/021706/021706t.htm (344 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| US Congress opts for "freedom fries"
		French fries in the House of Representatives' cafeterias will now be known as "freedom fries" as part of a Republican protest at France's opposition to a war on Iraq.
		Republican representative Bob Ney, whose committee is in charge of the eateries, said the action was "a small but symbolic effort to show the strong displeasure of many on Capitol Hill with the actions of our so-called ally, France".
		French toast from now on will be known as "freedom toast".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/2842493.stm (383 words)

	ABC News: Belgium Court Rejects Google Appeal
		The court ordered Google to stop publishing news excerpts and small photos from Belgian, French and German newspapers without first paying them or getting their permission.
		Collins said it was up to the plaintiff Copiepresse, the Belgian association that manages copyright for Belgium's French-language newspapers to decide when the daily fine starts and finishes.
		Belgian law allows the case to begin again with a clean slate in these circumstances as it did at another hearing on Wednesday.
	abcnews.go.com /Technology/wireStory?id=2481776 (390 words)

	New revelations on the assassination of Patrice Lumumba: A belated trial of Belgian colonialism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The murder of Lumumba and two of his ministers, Mpolo and Okito, cleared the road for the crushing of the anti-imperialist uprisings in the Congo and thus laid the foundations for the compradore regime of Mobutu.
		The mineral-rich Congo (a geologist once described the former Belgian colony as a "geological scandal") was plundered for 30 years in the most brutal way by Belgian, French and American imperialism and by the cleptocracy around Mobutu.
		Even the Belgian Communist Party was a supporter of the Belgian presence in the Congo because "socialism in one country" would not be possible in Belgium alone because of the lack of raw materials!
	www.marxist.com /congo-patrice-lumumba190400-2.htm (1429 words)

	insurance Belgian_French - insurance-notes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Enrollment is under way for the state's new insurance plan for the working poor, with benefits slated to start by April 1.
		For example, the word wagon (train car) is pronounced /vagÉ”Ì/ in Standard French, but /wagÉ”Ì/ in Belgian French.
		There are also some words that exist only in Belgian French and that are not of Walloon or Dutch origin, like guindaille (a party, particularly among students), syllabus ("course book"), and the use of s'il vous plaÃ®t to mean voici or, in a question, pardon ?
	www.insurance-notes.com /Belgian_French (1031 words)

	Belgian court orders Google to stop using news links in Google News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Copiepresse, a Belgian association of newspaper editors, which handles copyright matters for the French- and German-language press in Belgium, had sued the search company over use of content in the form of headlines and excerpts as well as photographs in Google News, directing the users to the sites of the concerned publications.
		She said the Belgian newspapers need not have approached the court as Google itself removes the links upon request by the publications.
		The company has been sued in the U.S. by French news agency Agence France-Presse, claiming that Google is violating copyright laws.
	www.earthtimes.org /mobile/8829.xhtml (371 words)

	THE UNIFYING ASPECTS OF CULTURES / Conference 7.-9.11.2003 / Section: Standard Variations and Conceptions of Language ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In any case a rough estimate of the ratio French speakers in France to French speakers in Belgium is 10 to 1.
		On the other hand French is yielding ground to English and as a result is more and more attentive towards the idiosyncrasies of its "marches" or frontiers.
		Linguistic specificities die hard but in the long run Belgian French will amount to private jokes, to a few words that are "better", i.e.
	www.inst.at /kulturen/2003/06sprachen/sektion_muhr_delcourt.htm (342 words)

	EuroNews EuroNews : Belgian TV 'joke' sparks outrage
		Belgian public television announced last night that Flanders, the Flemish-speaking half of the country, had declared its independence.
		It was, of course, just a joke, but many Belgians took it very seriously.
		The RTBF station argued that the fake headline was intended to spark serious debate, a few months before an election in a country with distinct divisions between its French and Flemish-speaking regions.
	www.euronews.net /create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=396083&lng=1 (320 words)

	Living in Belgium, moving to Belgium, Belgian News, Belgium, Expatica
		The bodies of two Belgian soldiers killed while serving in a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon will be returned tonight.
		From getting a Belgian driver's licence to road taxes, here is our updated guide to driving in Belgium.
		Belgian Gwendolyn Lootens speaks Flemish but she finds there are a lot of differences between Amsterdam and her native Ghent.
	www.expatica.com /belgium.asp (428 words)

	Belgian French Ethnicity Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		BBC NewsHallyday Insists Belgian Citizenship Bid 'Is Sincere'Post Chronicle - 20 hours agoReports have suggested Hallyday is eager to be granted citizenship in Belgium to enjoy tax exemptions in Monaco - perks unavailable to French nationals.
		Belgovision.comBelgian group to win French final?Belgovision.com, Belgium - Mar 5, 2007They appeared in the video clip of Mourir à Plusieurs by famous Belgian singer Arno and performed as dancers in the act of Louxor j'adore by the French...
		- Nonprofit organization, whose primary mission is to help Belgians, and others interested in Belgium, meet and get to know each other, at a variety of social and cultural events in the region.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Ethnicity/French/Belgian (390 words)

	Court to hear Google-newspaper fight
		This will be the first time Google argues its case after the Brussels-based Court of First Instance ordered the California-based company to remove Belgian French-language newspaper content from its news index, threatening daily fines of 1 million euros ($1.28 million).
		Google failed to appear at an earlier hearing that led up to that ruling and asked for another opportunity to defend itself against the charges made by Copiepresse, a copyright protection group representing the country's French-language editors.
		Google's French- and Dutch-language Belgian news pages are now empty of much local content, largely containing reports from news agencies, news Web sites and foreign newspapers.
	www.thestate.com /mld/thestate/business/technology/16084184.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp (521 words)

	Discussion: Belgian/Dutch/even just European HPANA'ers anywhere? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		To be honest, I hate French a lot but that's because of some teachers.
		But french people have a bad image...I think french is easier than english.
		I actually think English is much easier than French to learn, but that's because I learned English by having no knowledge of the language and then being moved to America, and go to a school there, so I had no choice but to learn the language!!
	www.hpana.com /forums/topic_view.cfm?tid=59694&p=33 (1610 words)

	DTe - Belgian, French and Dutch energy regulators publish a Roadmap on regional market integration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Belgian, French and Dutch energy regulators publish a Roadmap on regional market integration
		The objective of regional market integration is maximum availability of cross-border capacity and efficient cross border trade, to the benefit of Belgian, French and Dutch consumers.
		This summer, the three regulators organised a consultation of market parties on a wide range of issues, for example allocation of cross-border capacity, market transparency, market power and cooperation between regulators.
	www.dte.nl /engels/news_publications/pressreleases/belgian_french_and_dutch_energy_regulators_publish_roadmap.asp (452 words)

	Belgian History Books and Articles - Research Belgian History at Questia Online Library
		The Belgian people throughout history therefore have supported...experiments of modern political history--the Belgian Monarchy.
		BELGIAN DEMOCRACY ITS EARLY HISTORY BY HENRI PIRENNE Professor of Mediaeval and Belgian History in the...
		Belgian apologists for the old King...to the general movement of history towards the future.
	www.questia.com /library/history/european-history/western-europe/belgian-history.jsp (595 words)

	2007 calendar for expats in Belgium, Belgian News, Belgium, Expatica
		2007 calendar for expats in Belgium, Belgian News, Belgium, Expatica
		Here is our handy guide to national and school holidays and important social and religious dates in Belgium.
		Expatica, Expatica.com and 'I am not a tourist' are registered trademarks of Expatica Communications BV.
	www.expatica.com /actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=24&story_id=26048 (155 words)

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