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  FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on FRANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
On the whole, however, France is inadequately provided with natural harbours; her long tract of coast washed by the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay has sqarcely three or four good seaports, and those on the southern shore of the Channel form a striking contrast to the spacious maritime inlets on theEnglish side.
Upper Poitou and the zone of south-western France to the north of the Pyrenees are the chief regions for the breeding of mules.
The minister of justice is notified of the necessity for a conseil de prudhommes by the prefect, acting on the advice of the municipal council and the Chamber of Commerce or the Chamber of Arts and Manufactures.
49.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FRANCE.htm   (16624 words)

  
 Political minister - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Senior ministers are members of the cabinet, usually led by a prime minister or president.
Until the early 20th century, heads of legations were also called ministers, ie: "Minister for Cuba" or "Minister for France." For example, Sir Ernest Satow was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Japan, 1895-1900, then the top British diplomat in Japan.
In Presidential systems of government such as the Unites States and France, minister are appointed by the President, not drawn from the legislature.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Political_minister   (275 words)

  
 France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
France is a democracy organised as a unitary semi-presidential republic.
France is a founding member of the European Union, and its largest member state with respect to land area.
Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the North Sea, and from the Rhine River to the Atlantic Ocean; it is bordered by the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain.
www.yotor.com /wiki/en/fr/France.htm   (2709 words)

  
 President of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The President of France, known officially as the President of the Republic (Président de la République in French), is France's elected Head of State.
Four of France's five republics have had presidents as their heads of state, making the French presidency the oldest presidency in Europe.
The constitutional attributions of the president are defined in Title II of the Constitution of France.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/president_of_france.html   (1026 words)

  
 List of Prime Ministers of France Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
France has 26 ''Région in Francerégions'': 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a "territorial collectivity", not a ''région'', but is referred to as a ''région'' in common speech), 4 are overseas.
France is also the most energy independent Western country due to heavy investment in nuclear power, which also makes France the smallest producer of carbon dioxide among the seven most industrialized countries in the world.
In 2003, France's natural population growth (excluding immigration) was responsible for almost all the natural growth in European population: the population of the European Union increased by 216,000 inhabitants (without immigration), of which 211,000 was the increase in France's population alone, and 5,000 was the increase in all the other countries of the EU combined.
www.echostatic.com /List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_France.html   (3537 words)

  
 Prime Minister of France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Prime Minister of France (Premier ministre de la France) is the functional head of the Cabinet of France.
In the Fifth Republic the chief political figure in France is the President with the Prime Minister having secondary importance.
Rather, one of the government ministers held the semi-official title of President of the Council of Ministers (Président du Conseil de Ministres), and was unofficialy known as the prime minister (premier ministre).
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/p/pr/prime_minister_of_france.html   (186 words)

  
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The Minister of Education was made aware of this point during a meeting with a delegation of CRIF led by its chairman Roger Cukierman in February 2003.
The Minister of Education condemned the rise of demagogy in schools, the partisan use of the Middle-east conflict, the freedom given to the pupils' anti-Semitic speech and the lack of reaction of part of the teaching corps.
France piled up presidential decisions against the war and demonstrators took to the streets at such a pace that one may have thought that the Jewish community would not get away unharmed.
www.adl.org /Anti_semitism/as_france.asp   (3379 words)

  
 IV. Country Narratives: Europe and Eurasia
Croatia is on Tier 2 Watch List due to lack of evidence of sufficient progress from the previous year, especially in supporting the National Committee for the Suppression of Trafficking in Persons (the Committee), and in victim identification.
France is a destination country for trafficking victims, primarily women from Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, for the purposes of sexual exploitation and domestic servitude.
France passed comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in 2003 and arrests for trafficking offenses rose during the reporting period, but convictions under new trafficking legislation were not yet finalized and enforcement could not be measured.
www.state.gov /g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2004/33192.htm   (16241 words)

  
 France - Gurupedia
Hugh Capet, Duke of France and Count of Paris, was crowned King of France.
Today, France is at the forefront of European states seeking to exploit the momentum of monetary union to advance the creation of a more unified and capable European political, defense and security apparatus.
They continue to use the French Pacific Franc as their currency, which was unaffected by the French franc's replacement by the Euro in 2002.
www.gurupedia.com /f/fr/france.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Immigration Policy in France   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
France's Socialists, reluctant to appear lenient on migration, called for a firm response to the Kurdish immigrants in order to deter further arrivals.
France, when it held the presidency of the European Union in the fall of 2000, made a series of proposals to harmonize sanctions against carriers and facilitators of illegal migration.
France and the European Union today are witnessing the same perverse effects that the US experienced along its Mexican border, where new restrictions in some states only redirected flows to others, and raised the price of illegal passage.
www.brookings.edu /fp/cuse/analysis/immigration.htm   (1800 words)

  
 Selected UNESCO Documents in Education
The future-oriented education approach compels a continuous scrutiny and appraisal of the existing educating systems and institutions and calls for the development of new kinds of educational institutions as well as new ways of educating.
And, higher education institutions should be diversified so as to take into account their functions and duties as centres of knowledge, as places of professional training, as the crossroads for learning throughout life and as partners in international co-operation.
Four principal themes: the general participation of women in education, the extent of their involvement in higher education management, including impediments to their advancement, the development of strategies to surmount these career limitations and the particular contribution of women to the management of higher education.
www.unesco.org /education/pdf/pdf_l_e.htm   (7433 words)

  
 Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1589, the four French Secretaries of State became specialized, with one of the secretaries responsible for foreign affairs.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs became a Minister of Foreign Affairs' in 1791.
For a brief period in the 1980s, the office was retitled Minister for External Affairs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Foreign_Ministers_of_France   (173 words)

  
 February 2002 Newsletter - Americans in France
With people still thinking in Francs and the Euro only a few weeks old most merchants where forced to list four prices on their sale goods.
In France after the first round of voting, if no candidate receives more than fifty percent of the popular vote, then there is a second round with the top two candidates.
The commentator cited the fact that French ministers were appointed despite their past actions.
www.americansinfrance.net /Newsletter/Letter_Feb_2002.cfm   (787 words)

  
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The list of participants is influenced by major challenges in achieving EFA (HIV/AIDS in Africa, child labour in South Asia, etc.) and the perceived ability of individuals in contributing to an informed and inter-active debate on the issues under consideration.
The participants included 15 Ministers of Education and Development Cooperation, six representatives of multilateral and bilateral agencies, and four representatives of civil society organizations.
The Development Cooperation Ministers of France and Norway, the current co-chairs of the Donors Group, are invited to attend the HLG in India, besides other Ministers from donor countries.
www.unesco.org /education/efa/global_co/policy_group/HLG3_note.doc   (1126 words)

  
 The world's top france 1 websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Large tracts of fertile land, the application of modern technology, and subsidies have combined to make France the leading agricultural producer in Western Europe and, even after the loss of Algeria in the sixties, the French economy remains one of the most important and influential economies in the world.
France also has a leading aerospace industry and is the only European power, after Russia, to have its own national space center.
The 2003 CIA World Factbook lists the religion of France as: Roman Catholic 83-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim (North African workers) 5-10%, unaffiliated 4%.
dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/france_1   (2103 words)

  
 Woman Premier Ministers
Born Margaret Hilda Roberts, she was MP 1959-90, Parliamentary Secretary of Pensions and National Insurance 1961-64, Secretary of State of Education 1970-74, Shadow Minister of Environment and Housing 1974-75, Shadow Special Minister of Finance and Public Expenditure 1975, Leader of The Conservative Party 1975-90, Leader of Her Majesty's Opposition 1975-79.
Minister of Environmental Protection 1974-79, Deputy Leader 1975-81, Deputy Parliamentary Leader1980-81, Leader 1981-93 and Parliamentary Leader, Parliamentary Leader of Arbeiderpartiet, Labour, 1980-81 and 1989-90 Chairperson of the Foreign and 1989-90 of the Finance Committees, From 1998 Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations.
She was appointed Acting Prime Minister upon her designation, which was vetoed by the parliament at the 30.7 and about one month later the parliament also rejected President Kim Dae Jung's nominee as her successor.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Premier_Ministers.htm   (2293 words)

  
 Articles - Lionel Jospin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He served as Minister of Education between 1988 and 1992.
While he appeared to have momentum in the early stages, the campaign came to be focused mainly on law-and-order issues, in which, it was argued, the government had not achieved convincing results; this coincided with a strong focus of the media on a number of egregious crime cases.
The Prime Minister was also strongly criticized by the far left for his moderate economic policies, which, they contended, were not markedly different from that of a right-wing government favoring business people and free markets.
www.gaple.com /articles/Lionel_Jospin   (982 words)

  
 friendly dictators
Cedras is now in Panama, the only rival to France as the favorite haven for former dictators -- Juan Domingo Peron of Argentina and the Shah of Iran once took refuge there, and Guatemala's Jorge Serrano is a great success as a racehorse owner.
Turgut Ozal was elected prime minister of Turkey in 1983, after several years of harsh military rule.
Selassie's kindness to his animals was his downfall; he was overthrown when photos of him feeding his dogs during the 1973 famine were circulated among his outraged troops.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /US_ThirdWorld/dictators.html   (9246 words)

  
 English Usage Archives Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Of the 20 prime ministers of the 20th century, 17 had names in the A-M range and only three from the N to Zs, one of whom was Lord Salisbury (family name Cecil).
Education and Culture Minister Pilar del Castillo, the architect of the education overhaul, reacted to the flier by saying, "Students who call demonstrations are the ones who get the worst grades." She has said repeatedly in recent days that Spain's schools are churning out uneducated young people.
She includes a list of examples: e.g., "mental" is non-U, whereas "mad" is so U; "home," as in "they have a lovely home," is horribly non-U, while "house" is fabulously U. When I tested these 50-year-old edicts on Lady G. and Ms.
www.yaelf.com /archives.shtml   (17598 words)

  
 Follow-up to Marriage in France - Americans in France
I don’t think it will work to get married in the US and use that as the civil marriage.
When you arrive to get married in a church in France the first thing the priest or minister will do is asked to see you civil wedding papers.
With regards to not speaking French, perhaps the best plan would be to hire a translator.
www.americansinfrance.net /QAndA/Follow_up_to_Marriage_in_France.cfm   (458 words)

  
 Long Island Press: Long Island Newspaper, News, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds, Automotive, Weddings, Business ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Moscow and Beijing have warned the United States, France, Britain and Germany against stepping up the nuclear standoff with Iran, undermining the Western drive to haul Tehran before the U.N.'s highest body for possible sanctions.
Several diplomats from the European Union's "big three" -- France, Britain and Germany -- told Reuters they had dropped the demand in the interest of getting a unanimous resolution approved by the IAEA board, which meets this week.
In a letter published in the Wall Street Journal, the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tehran had shown no sign of flexibility despite repeated offers of cooperation by the EU.
www.longislandpress.com /dsdsmultimedia/3_ds_192601.php   (702 words)

  
 Education Ministries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This is the fourth volume in a series of publications analysing the education indicators developed by the OECD/UNESCO World Education Indicators (WEI) programme.
The 2005 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators enables countries to see themselves in the light of other countries’ performance.
While catastrophic events and human tragedies cannot be eliminated entirely, there is a role for facility designers, institutional managers, emergency response teams, and post-crisis intervention in mitigating their negative impact.
www.oecd.org /document/21/0,2340,en_2649_33925_2742101_1_1_1_1,00.html   (357 words)

  
 College of Metaphysical Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is meant to be a definitive, educational text and training course on "how to practice spirit mediumship." Without masking our conviction that these phenomena do exist, we attempt to show another side of the coin: the frauds that can be practiced, the legitimate doubts that can be raised.
Most adult education classes are taught by part-time or volunteer instructors who are knowledgeable about the subject but do not have formal teaching training.
Numerology is the study of numbers and their meanings, based on the belief that the name you were given at birth and the day, month, and year you were born influence who you are and what will happen during the course of your lifetime.
www.cms.edu /descrip.html   (16357 words)

  
 Israel news and commentary from IsraPundit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The woman is Rita Verdonk, “Minister of Integration” in the Netherlands.
Her job is, to deal with the disintegration of Dutch society, that follows from the clash between advanced European progressive “multiculturalism”, and the existence of a large, unassimilated Muslim immigrant community from North Africa.
Vaclav Havel, the playwright and former Czech president came in fourth on the prestigious list.
www.israpundit.com   (4250 words)

  
 Policies Relating to Web Accessibility - WAI
If you know of additional legislation or policies in addition to those listed here, corrections needed, or developments related to legislation listed here, please see Submitting Updates to Policies Relating to Web Accessibility.
The Web's emergence as a pivotal form of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) raises interesting questions about application of existing laws and policies to this new medium, and the importance of all members of society, including people with disabilities, being able to access this information medium.
Developed with the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG).
www.w3.org /WAI/Policy   (2195 words)

  
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 All articles available electronically, by Daniel Pipes
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