SUMMARY

• Iran referred to U.N. Security Council
• Congress goes provençal to celebrate year of Cézanne
• Chirac reaffirms value of nuclear deterrence
• France proclaims may 10 slavery abolition day
• Young U.S. artists get fresh take on France
• Benjamin Franklin's tercentenary celebrated
• Pinch of stardust for French Laboratories
• Safran donates Ariane 4 engine to Smithsonian
• In depth: Winter sports
• Women linked to cave paintings
• Madame la Présidente?
• France: 63 million strong and still growing
• Mitterrand mania
• "Francofffonies!" celebrates diversity
• Two modern art museums reopen their doors
• Record year for La Cité des Sciences
• Celebrating Cézanne at the National Gallery