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• Obama and Rouhani at the UN: decoding the rhetoric

  

  28 Sep 2013:

  Kory Stamper: Diplomacy is often the art of deft circumlocution and constructive ambiguity. So how we do know when an entente is cordiale?

• Don't follow France's burqa ban. It has curbed liberty and justice

  

  21 Sep 2013:

  Nabila Ramdani: There's a sorry parade of women being fined for wearing the veil – and the people who attack them

• When it comes to youth beauty pageants, France 'ne comprend pas'

  

  19 Sep 2013:

  Delesia Watson: I competed in my first pageant at 15. France's plan to ban child pageants won't address the real issues of overly sexualised girls

• Full-face veils aren't barbaric – but our response can be

  

  17 Sep 2013:

  Maleiha Malik: The veil is a perfectly proper subject for debate in a liberal democracy – so long as Muslim women are not excluded

• Are Americans happy?

  9 Sep 2013:

  The UN ranks the US a satisfactory but hardly euphoric 17th out of 156 countries in its latest World Happiness Report. Happy?

• In praise of … grinning and bearing it

  

  5 Sep 2013: Editorial: Politicians are no different from the rest of us in being sensitive about their appearance

• Syria is François Hollande's toughest test yet

  

  4 Sep 2013: Pierre Haski: Since the surprise British vote and the consequent US decision, the French president has been on the defensive

• What's the best city in the world?

  

  4 Sep 2013: Ben Page and Simon Atkinson: New York comes out on top, but London and Paris are a close second in an Ipsos Mori survey with plenty of surprises

• Syria intervention: after the UK vote France's next move is crucial

  

  30 Aug 2013:

  Philippe Marlière: François Hollande seemed ready to back Britain and the US, but a lack of public support may force him to reconsider

• The Great British Bake Off is patisserie minus the beauty, taste, elegance …

  

  27 Aug 2013:

  Agnès Poirier: The first episode of the new series was hilarious and outrageous. Pastry à l'anglaise is all about comfort, not art

• How the maverick Christiane Taubira is transforming French politics

  

  14 Aug 2013: Agnès Poirier: You told us: From fighting for same-sex marriage legislation to reforming the law as justice minister, she has blazed her own trail

• Breastfeeding for hire to gay couples – what's not to like?

  

  7 Aug 2013: Joanna Moorhead: Feeding someone else's baby is not new or distasteful, so bonne chance to the Parisian mother advertising her services

• Has the Publicis-Omnicom merger created a marketing monster?

  

  29 Jul 2013: Arwa Mahdawi: The merger of two advertising giants into the world's largest advertising company is likely to stifle competition and creativity

• France needs to start facing up to Islamophobia

  

  26 Jul 2013:

  Valérie Amiraux and Marwan Mohammed: The Paris riots over the arrest of a veiled Muslim woman reveal the ongoing tension between the police and minority populations

• Bertrand Cantat is back. But should music fans boycott him?

  

  25 Jul 2013: Jessica Reed: The French rock superstar who killed his girlfriend has a solo album on the way – should his past dictate our response?

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