Today is the anniversary of what John Fowles calls "one of the most famous private thunderbolts in the history of love," to which one would have "almost to go back to Dante and Beatrice to find its equal."
Today is the anniversary of what John Fowles calls "one of the most famous private thunderbolts in the history of love," to which one would have "almost to go back to Dante and Beatrice to find its equal."
In the Libyan conflict, skilled mediators must look beyond a mere ceasefire and political solution to the underlying structural problems.
EBay founder Pierre Omidyar is known for the "venture philanthropy" of his Omidyar Network, which has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to support...
In this collection inspired by the imaginary world of Balzac, Dumas, Maupassant, de Vigny and Flaubert, Rachel and Benoit Convers, the design team, pay tribute to the theme of Secrecy.
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How vulnerable is the internet to such a break-down? It's already gone down twice.
It's too soon to tell if Spain will manage to pull out of the current crisis. Its large banks are still holding up. But this fun-loving nation is staggering under a mountain of debt accumulated during its credit binge.
Conservative republicans may feel more sympathetic towards Netanyahu's leadership style, but it would be foolish to lose liberal Americans by playing up partisan differences by publicly undercutting Obama's call for direct negotiations with Abbas.
The DSK scandal so far has not driven a wedge between France and the US and not resuscitated the age-old reflexes of anti-Americanism. For those who tried to exploit it, it did not pay off. French anti-Americanism ain't what it used to be!
A real man can control himself and a real woman knows her own power does not come from being seductive. But until adults start acting like adults and the Machiavellian nonsense behind the scenes stops, we are going to keep heading in the wrong direction.
In this ancient fortress city on the Mosel River that stands guard on the traditional invasion route into France, one is surrounded by the ghosts of great wars past -- and the often cruel myths that still linger.
With regards to Roman Polanski and Dominique Strauss-Kahn , why not do what happens when one government holds a prisoner another government wants to see released: a prisoner exchange?
The worst thing about the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal, besides its extraordinarily salacious nature, is the fact that it perpetuates one of the most enduring clichés about the French.
Brazil's biofuel drama is a reminder that solutions packaged in green wrappers fail to scale with billions facing starvation in the Americas, Africa and Asia.
The possible murder of Princess Diana. Bad jokes about the Final Solution. The uprising in Egypt. Those are just some of the many social issues that have punctuated and defined the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The unrest in Tunisia and Libya have turned Lampedusa into a makeshift Ellis Island. Several thousand have arrived from Tunisia, and there's a growing wave from Libya. No one knows when they'll be allowed to leave, or who will accept them.
Mohammed El Senussi is the opposite of Muammar Gaddafi: he's soft-spoken, nuanced, dresses in business suits and is also Gaddafi's main rival.
Being a housekeeper doesn't exactly put you on equal footing with the wealthy and powerful when you are in "their" space. So when you're stuck in a bedroom with them, what are your defenses?
The recent events surrounding Dominique Strauss Kahn are a tragedy and will have a major impact at many levels. From my perspective, I see several levels of consequences:
If Dominique Strauss-Kahn's political career is cut short, that would be a true loss for France. His defining role in globalization is vital to a world that is still trying to sort out what form of capitalism it can live with.
Père-Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris at 118.6 acres and is said to be the world's most visited home to the dead. It was with some surprise that while taking a stroll there, we came across a memorial to the victims of Air France Flight 447.