SUMMARY

• Chirac and Blair celebrate entente cordiale
• U.N. responds to Ivorian crisis
• European leaders sign Constitution
• Armistice Day commemorated
• French-American law conference
• French radio in Miami
• New book sheds light on French fare's reputation
• In depth: Le Beaujolais Nouveau
• Snecma, Sagem announce merger
• Chocolate lovers rendez-vous
• Saving the French cockerel from extinction
• Gay TV channel hits France
• French firms support limited affirmative action
• Napoleon's legacy reinvigorated
• Literary prizes galore
• State-owned contemporary art and design exhibit
• From ashes to art: the renaissance of funeral art
• Art Deco: shaping the future