SUMMARY

• French Culture Minister visits New Orleans
• Weathering the storms together
• U.N. Security Council approves Syria resolution
• UNESCO adopts Cultural Diversity Treaty
• Syracuse IIIA heralds new era in intelligence capabilities
• First International Networking Forum for Women
• Areva chairman named person of the year
• French to be promoted during foreign languages meeting
• New book explores Sartre and de Beauvoir's relationships
• In depth: Touché! Fencing in France
• EDF to be partially privatized
• French car makers roar ahead: Renault wins F1 title
• Window-shopping... Literally!
• French do it with associations
• French women feel good
• La rentree litteraire: literary prizes galore
• Villepin seeks to rekindle modern arts
• Klezmopolitan fills Paris with modern Jewish tunes
• French contemporary art exposition in Miami
• Claudel and Rodin: fateful love affair, "Fateful Encounter"