The French government has decided to grant subsidies to French expats who have had to leave Ivory Coast, following last month's anti-French riots ( Read more... )

Came across two cool shorts on www.ifilm.com:

- A very funny behind-the-scenes mockumentary with Alanis Morissette called "We're with the band". I believe it will be turned into a TV series next year.

- A weird but cute short about a doughnut artist, featuring the gorgeous Shannyn Sossamon.

Interesting...

You scored as Buddhist.

Buddhist
80%
Anarchist
70%
Jewish
55%
Cult
50%
Christian
45%
Catholic
15%
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French Police Misplace Explosives on Jet

"Police at Paris' top airport lost track of a passenger's bag in which plastic explosives were placed to train bomb-sniffing dogs."... "The bag may have gotten on any of nearly 90 flights from Charles de Gaulle"

Following the re-election of W, quite a few Americans decided to apologize to the rest of the world:

http://www.sorryeverybody.com

And the rest of the world appreciated their gesture:

http://www.apologiesaccepted.com/

Apple launched the iTunes Music Store in France last week. The problem is that their catalog pretty much lacks anything vaguely resembling independent music, because they apparently failed to cut deals with indie labels. There goes all the cool electronica I was hoping to be able to download legally... Even small, edgy labels that are part of big ( Read more... )

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