SUMMARY

• "Transatlantic dialogue USA-France-Germany"
• Baker meets Chirac for Iraqi debt
• Former French president “immortalized”
• Chirac proposes law to uphold secularism
• Entente cordiale reasserted
• France fights AIDS and discrimination
• Air France, American Red Cross unite to combat measles
• Louisiana Purchase re-enacted
• "The Triplets of Belleville" delights American film critics
• In depth: Christmas in France
• Welcoming business to France
• TGV celebrates one billion users
• Airbus takes lead in aircraft market
• Record amount raised by Telethon to help afflicted children
• Government launches internet education campaign
• The court of the future
• Lille, 2004 Euro Culture Capital, spruces up
• Bicentennial of Berlioz's birth
• Louvre reform marks new era
• Kennedy Center kicks off new year with "Festival of France"