SUMMARY

• Barnier calls for renewed NATO relationship
• Chirac inaugurates world's tallest bridge
• Gaymard named new Finance Minister
• Paris Club relieves Iraqi debt
• Library of Congress awards French philosopher Kluge prize
• New Pasteur Foundation exchange program
• "French America"
• Statue of Liberty photo exhibit in Paris
• In depth: nuclear energy in France
• Promising AIDS vaccine developed
• Smelly computers?!
• European probe proves promise of electric propulsion
• "Right to die" draft legislation passes
• Christmas postcards from the City of Lights
• 30th anniversary of abortion rights
• "Louvre II" brings hope to Lens
• Gallic war treasures unearthed in southern France
• Tribute to Robert Capa, the father of photojournalism
• Celebrating Fauvism
• Tribute to the Duke of Burgundy