Rose Cantine

Were you glued to the TV over the past week watching Floyd Landis’s unbelievable Tour de France victory? Not only was it an historic win, it was also one of the more exciting finishes to the Tour de France.
Except, today it appears that he has tested positive for testosterone. Screaming headlines on Le Figaro: Landis [...]

Watch this video on the French TV channel, France 2, about the two faces of Beirut: one, where people are shopping, hanging out and eating ice cream; and the other, where the street furniture has been radically re-arranged by the Israeli army’s urban design team.
Click here to go to the France 2 website and go [...]

Amsterdam, like much of Europe, has been suffering from the hottest summer in recorded history. Everyday it has been 30C or so here. Hardly anyone has a fan, let alone airco.
So it’s a welcome change to have thunderstorms. Except of course, just now, the cracks of thunder are shaking the entire house. As we say [...]

What exactly did Materazzi say to Zizou at the World Cup final? A TV interview with Zidane last week that drew a record audience provided few clues about the incident. Zidane claims that Materazzi insulted his mother and sister (from Le Monde):
Il a dit des mots très durs, des mots plus durs que des gestes, [...]

There’s nothing like watching the finals of the World Cup - France against Italy - in a bar in Villeneuve-les-Avignon. The Italians dominated first half of the match. Zinedine Zidane scored on a penalty early in the first half but Italy scored several minutes later. The match slowly turned in favor of the French with [...]

Thanks to the controversy over Minister of Immigration Rita Verdonk’s treatment of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the prime minister of the Netherlands tendered the cabinet’s resignation today. The coalition (Democrats 66 (D66), the Christian Democrats and the VVD) felt apart after D66 decided they’d had it with Verdonk.
How did this happen? A couple of days ago, [...]