French Central Bank Workers Strike Over Job Cut Plans - NYTimes.com

What a great opportunity to compare a piece of France with a piece of the US!

Le Figaro - Conjoncture : Le débat sur « la faillite » de la France relancé

Both France and the US need a way for ordinary citizens, even of the reasonably intelligent sort, to be able to really understand issues like this. It should not be left for so much variation and uncertainty. Reasonable judgment is needed in order to promote some core understanding, in my view.

France - Striking a Blow for the Mother Tongue - NYTimes.com

Pourquoi les prix des trains ou des avions varient d’une minute à l’autre | SOS conso

Smell of Gas Causes Alarm in Northern France - NYTimes.com

Marseille | Marseille : les bureaux de tabac vont-ils réellement partir en fumée ? | La Provence

Breil-sur-Roya, un village menacé de disparition | Nice-Matin

'Paris vs New York': French Graphic Designer Vahram Muratyan's Take on Two Iconic Cities | PRI's The World

France’s National Library Hopes to Buy Sade’s ‘120 Days’ - NYTimes.com

The French Way of War - NYTimes.com

Johan Clarey Sets Downhill Speed Record but Finishes Fifth - NYTimes.com

Marseille | Rafles de 1943 à Marseille : la responsabilité de la France enfin reconnue | La Provence

François Hollande Surprises France With Firm Stance - NYTimes.com

French Soldier Killed in Somalia Commando Raid - NYTimes.com

French Troops Help Mali Halt an Islamist Advance - NYTimes.com

Unions Back Labor Law Revisions in France - NYTimes.com

‘Paris 3D,’ a Digital Model of the French Capital - NYTimes.com

France Debates Gay Marriage Law - NYTimes.com

Top Kurdish Militant Is Among Three Slain in Paris - NYTimes.com

Marseille | Marseille : la vidéoverbalisation commence aujourd'hui ! | La Provence

International Health Data

Americans Under 50 Fare Poorly on Health Measures, New Report Says - NYTimes.com

Flu Season Has Boston Declaring Health Emergency - NYTimes.com

France - Budget Minister Faces Inquiry on Foreign Bank Account - NYTimes.com

Hollande Details Plan to Put French State on Diet - NYTimes.com

Bid for Stardom by Uzbekistan's 'Single Most Hated Person' Aided by Depardieu - NYTimes.com

Metropolitan Diary: For New York, From Paris, With Love - NYTimes.com

Info France et actualité France - Actualités et infos - TF1 News

Interesting piece here tonight on how many French are using the web as a means to carry out person-to-person transactions directly for everything from food to lodging.

Ant Study Deepens Concern About Plastic Additives - NYTimes.com

Reviving the French Economy - NYTimes.com

French Screen Diva Threatens to Join Russia Exodus - NYTimes.com

Lance Armstrong Said to Weigh Admission of Doping - NYTimes.com

L'économiste française Esther Duflo dans la "team" Obama

France - Basque Party to Disband - NYTimes.com

Casey B. Mulligan: Why 49 Is a Magic Number - NYTimes.com

L'aéroport de Nice franchit le cap historique des 11 millions de passagers en 2012 | Nice-Matin

So the rough comparison is that RDU in NC and Nice Airport in France see about (ballpark) the same number of passengers every year. Nice is above 11,000,000 for 2012, an 8% increase. For RDU, the last year of complete numbers is 2011 with about 9,200,000, as reported here.The numbers posted for 2012 so far suggest no huge change in this. To be more specific, Nice seems to be about 15% higher than RDU.

France's Less Joyous New Year's Tradition - NYTimes.com

French Panel Overturns 75 Percent Tax on the Very Rich - NYTimes.com

Selling Made in U.S.A., but Very Carefully - NYTimes.com

French Cultural Institutions Turn to Crowdfunding - NYTimes.com

France’s 2013 Budget Proposal Approved - NYTimes.com

Interesting comparison/contrast with the US on this very day.

After Toulouse Killings, an Area’s Anger Runs Deep - NYTimes.com

France Details Plan to Shrink Banking Risk - NYTimes.com

Challenging France to Do Business Differently - NYTimes.com

Circulation difficile vers Marseille en raison d'un mouvement des taxis | Nice-Matin

French Court Continues Strauss-Kahn Sex Investigation - NYTimes.com

France Opens the Door to a Right to Die, but Not Now - NYTimes.com

Director of Louvre to Step Down - NYTimes.com

Depardieu's Cri de Coeur, Translated into English - NYTimes.com

Gérard Depardieu Called ‘Pathetic’ for Leaving France - NYTimes.com

Declared Loser Proposes New Election Within French Party - NYTimes.com

Getting The Royal Treatment En Route To Versailles : NPR

Lumière | France's Trouble With Money - NYTimes.com

Pompidou Center Reaches Across Atlantic for a Curator - NYTimes.com

The Frenchwoman Fraud - C’est Fini, Fifi - NYTimes.com

France and NATO - NYTimes.com

French President Inaugurates a Louvre in the Post-Industrial North - NYTimes.com

France’s Floating Generation

Young and Educated in France Find Employment Elusive - NYTimes.com

Two Opposite Education Systems Ranked on Top - NYTimes.com

US 17th, France 25th.

Few Places to Hide as Taxes Trend Higher Worldwide - NYTimes.com

At Elite French University, One Hurdle After Another - NYTimes.com

Mazarine Pingeot, Mitterrand Daughter, Looks Back - NYTimes.com

Devoted to Cars That Haul a Bit of French Charm - NYTimes.com

French Court Overturns Convictions in Concorde Crash - NYTimes.com

Paris Play Re-Imagines Encounter Between Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a Maid - NYTimes.com

Labor Dispute Pits France Against ArcelorMittal - NYTimes.com

Marseille | Tous ces pays qui veulent leur "vitrine" marseillaise | La Provence

In France, ‘In Bed With Media’ Can Be Taken More Literally - NYTimes.com

More Than a Skateboard, Less Than a Car - NYTimes.com

Quebec’s Rules on Signs Not in French Lead to Lawsuit - NYTimes.com

Sarkozy in Court Over Suspicions of Illegal Donations - NYTimes.com

Why We Eat Turkey: The Buchwald Explanation - NYTimes.com

France Asks Russia to Review 'Ostentatious' Paris Church - NYTimes.com

Old-Car Owners Bristle at Proposed Ban - NYTimes.com

Vote in France Stokes Fears of Party Exodus - NYTimes.com

francetv pluzz - voir, revoir et partager les programmes de France Télévisions en direct ou à la demande

This is all we can see from France Televisions in the US?

Newcomer to Ratings Game Gives France a Dim View - NYTimes.com

French Downgrade Focuses on Failure to Compete - NYTimes.com

Moody's Cuts France's Rating From Triple-A - WSJ.com

French Opposition Vote Comes Up Too Close to Call - NYTimes.com

French Opposition Vote Comes Up Too Close to Call - NYTimes.com

Can Hollande Bring the Changes France Needs? - NYTimes.com

French Estrangements - NYTimes.com

The Economist : une longue tradition de «une» choc sur la France, Actualités

Nudists Challenge Ordinance Limiting Nudity in San Francisco - NYTimes.com

How Immigrants Come to Be Seen as Americans - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

France’s Nutty Socialism - NYTimes.com

François Hollande of France Defends His Record - NYTimes.com

France Grants Its Recognition to Syria Rebels as U.S. Waits - NYTimes.com

Un Azuréen fait 1 million de vues sur Youtube avec sa chanson "Sarko revient" | Nice-Matin

Journée de la gentillesse : et vous, comment êtes-vous au volant ? | La Provence

350 journalistes à la conférence de presse de Hollande, le double pour Sarkozy en 2008 - L'EXPRESS

Les titres du 20h du 11 novembre 2012 - Le journal du Week-end - Replay

Great stories tonight on the challenge of deliveries in Paris, parking in France and bloggers in Lyon!

Parson to Re-Open Campus in Paris - NYTimes.com

Can a 'Buy French' Campaign Save French Jobs? - NYTimes.com

Susan Mary Alsop - a Two-Continent Hostess - NYTimes.com

Le non cumul des mandats proposé par Jospin met le Sénat en ébullition - 20minutes.fr

France Obesity | America Obesity | France Food

French obesity rate noted tonight on television news in France at 15%, as in 2009. Is that right?

Bons Mots - NYTimes.com