SUMMARY

• France hosts international conference on support for Lebanon
• First Lady Laura Bush joins Bernadette Chirac in the fight against child abuse
• France and U.S. pay tribute to Art Buchwald
• French National Police train with Los Angeles Police Dept.
• A Taste of France in Palm Beach, Florida
• French Jazz Festival benefits Katrina victims
• Message in a bottle
Alliance Française organizes national writing contest
• "I think, therefore I Blog"
• Research out of this world
• Initiative to launch an environmental organization at U.N.
• Fertility rate In France reaches 2.0
• New tourism campaign turns heads
• New networking web sites
• Musée d'Orsay celebrates 20^th
anniversary
• King’s Cake: bringing in the new year with taste
• "No Promises" promises to please
• Picture Paris through the National Gallery of Art
• Masterpieces of French jewelry on display in San Francisco