"Welcome to the RETE website"

"Report - Turkish Airspace Closed to Israel" - NYTimes.com

"Le site de la Caravane Méditerranéenne"

Turkey - "Next Stop - Peace, Love and Views in Turkey’s Kabak Valley" - NYTimes.com

Italy - "Tuscany as Henry James Knew It" - NYTimes.com

Italy - "Abuse Loosens Church’s Culture of Silence in Italy" - NYTimes.com

France - "Le Monde : Bergé, Niel et Pigasse remercient les salariés" - Média - Nouvelobs.com

Egypt - "Femmes du Caire (2009)" - AlloCiné

Palestine - "AFP: Iran cancels aid ship to Gaza: report"

France - "Folio - Les collections de poche de Gallimard"

France - "Un journaliste dit avoir été giflé lors d'une visite de Sarkozy" - LExpress.fr

If a reporter or anyone else wants to take a picture of a President in a public place, that ought not require permission and, if asked, should never ever be refused in a democratic state. I love France, but this is way over the line.

"Magazine Preview - Tuna’s End" - NYTimes.com

"Newspapers: Creating a Sustainable Online Revenue Stream" - Editor & Publisher

Palestine - "Fearing Expulsion, Palestinians Stay Home" - NYTimes.com

Turkey - "On Location - In Istanbul, From Ransacked to Revived" - NYTimes.com

Egypt - "Egyptian journalists on trial over criticism of tax law" - Committee to Protect Journalists

Greece - "Vacationers Rethink Greece Amid Debt Crisis" - NPR

France - "Literary Luminaries Hold Forth at Storied Paris Bookshop" - NYTimes.com

Egypt - "How to keep up on the Middle East"

Turkey - "Abroad - Soap Operas in the Arab World Yield Their Own Soft Power" - NYTimes.com

Italy - "Libertà di impresa, arriva la responsabilità personale|" - Il SecoloXIX

"Israel says it will ease Gaza land blockade" - latimes.com

Lebanon - "Lebanon Prostitution | Beirut Tourism | Beirut Prostitutes"

Rose d'Or

Looking back over the past 5-6 years of award winners at this event, I find that there are only two from France and one frm Spain within that group. In addition, the link to the program for this year's event appears to be broken.

Italy - "OSCE Press release - OSCE media freedom representative urges Italy to amend bill on electronic surveillance"

Monaco - "TV Festival 2010 : 2010 Awards listing"

France - "French Protest of Israeli Raid Reaches Wide Audience" - NYTimes.com

Palestine - "Gaza, Through Fresh Eyes" - NYTimes.com

Lebanon - "Book Review - The Ghosts of Martyrs Square - An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle - By Michael Young" - NYTimes.com

"New Approach Sought as Pressure Grows to End Gaza Embargo" - NYTimes.com

Law - "CPJ calls for Turkey to overturn journalist’s 15-month sentence" - Committee to Protect Journalists

"FRCC, French Riviera Cruise Club"

"Israeli Military Boards Gaza-Bound Aid Ship" - NYTimes.com

Italy - "Abroad - When in Rome - Newsstands as Mini-Malls" - NYTimes.com

"Egypt Opens Border With Gaza Strip to Allow Humanitarian Aid"