EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: STIGMA ARE STILL VISIBLE

EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI: STIGMA ARE STILL VISIBLE
Les survivants du seisme installes au milieu du quartier historique de la capitale d'Haiti, Port-au-Prince

On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake caused the death of about 230,000 people in Haiti and left millions homeless in Port-au-Prince the capital and provincial towns.   A story…

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE: VOTERS’ VOICES

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE: VOTERS’ VOICES
12 French voters with various background, located in Paris area, in south-west of France and in Belgium share their electoral expectations

A few days before the second round of the presidential election in France, several polls have suggested a likelihood of a significant voter transference to incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron. However,…

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BETTING ON THE RIGHT HORSE

BETTING ON THE RIGHT HORSE
The winegrower Simon Ribert participating in a traditional vineyard ploughing session with horses

In southwest of France, on the outskirts of Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a promising young winegrower, Simon Ribert, has called on Gilles Fougerousse, from the French Riviera, South-East, who came…

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MURDERED BY AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST, 3 TRIBUTES TO STÉPHANIE

MURDERED BY AN ISLAMIST TERRORIST, 3 TRIBUTES TO STÉPHANIE
26 April 2021: in presence of young Muslims, Imam Chalghoumi, a Rabbi and the writer Marek Halter, ceremony to pay tribute to Stéphanie Monfermé, administrative officer of Rambouillet police station murdered a few days earlier by an Islamist terrorist, Rambouillet, France

"Keeping silent does not help Muslims…. Fighting extremism is not fighting Islam. To the contrary, it defends it." Salman Rushdie, 22 July 2015, In L'Express Three ceremonies paid tribute to…

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FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY

FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY
Francois Breton sculpting a statue for his project of calvary, Penn Enez en Plougerneau, Finistere, Brittany

We are in Brittany, on the coast of legends. A man is cutting a block of granite. This man is François Breton, sometimes called Fañch. Fañch is building the Calvary of the…

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