"Sept associations éducatives méditerranéennes pour aviver "la mémoire de l'eau""

"Writers and Intellectuals on Cruise for Dialogue" - ANSAmed

European Neighborhood Policy - Euromed - Eurojar

www.figaromedias.fr

"Mediterranean Tourism Could Bear the Brunt of Climate Change"

"Mediterranean countries agree to boost digital learning" - Magharebia.com

ARCHITECTURE - "Q&A: Architecture in Spain, Portugal and Morocco" - In Transit Blog - NYTimes.com

TURKEY - "Turkish Media Group Critical of Government Is Fined $2.5 Billion" - NYTimes.com

"Italian Editor Is Latest Berlusconi Casualty" - NYTimes.com

"La voiture d'un journaliste plastiquée en Corse" - Société - Le Monde.fr

"”Le Monde” du 4 août interdit au Maroc" - France 3

"Celebrating Turkey in the Heart of Paris" - Globespotters Blog - NYTimes.com

"History, Along With Books, at an Istanbul Library" - Globespotters Blog - NYTimes.com

"Having Fish and Eating It Too" - NYTimes.com

"Buyer's Market in Croatia, but No One's Buying" - NYTimes.com

"Big harvest boosts Moroccan economy" - GlobalPost

"Spain's Cyclists Don't Include Average Spaniards" - NPR

This would make a great Mediterranean story - comparing and contrasting the use of bicycles all around the Med.

I wonder how the low usage of bikes in Spain, for example, compares with use in France. Nice has just launched a city-wide bike rental service called VeloBleu. It will be interesting to see what statistics on bicycle usage that program generates.

"Israel Cuts Palestinian Tragedy From Textbooks" - NYTimes.com

Israel can be seen many days fearing its own shadow.

"Conseil Constitutionnel - Décision n° 2009-580 DC du 10 juin 2009"

"Le temps de parole du chef de l'Etat désormais décompté" - Le Figaro

"Ban on Al-Jazeera Operations in West Bank Lifted" - NYTimes.com

"Italian bloggers strike" - GlobalPost

"How Paris booksellers make a go of it" - GlobalPost

"Tunisia: Academic sentenced to eight months in prison" - Pro Bono Net

"Egypt: Editor sentenced to six months behind bars" - Pro Bono Net

"Marseille, la nouvelle capitale méditerranéenne des croisières" - La Provence

"Cairo hosts 3rd Mediterranean Study Day" - Greenplanet.net

"Green Inc. Column - Europe Looks to Africa for Solar Power" - NYTimes.com

"al-Sahafiyeen : Israeli sitcom by Arab citizen is breaking the misconceptions by challenging the divisions head-on"

"Italy's Berlusconi hit by female escort allegations" - Reuters

"Cairo Journal - Penned-In Egyptians Find Peace in City’s Din" - NYTimes.com

And what role do the media play?

"Women Take On Sexist Image in Italian Media" - NYTimes.com

"MEDITERRANEAN AWARD FOR JOURNALISTS ASSIGNED IN BARI" - ANSAmed

"EGYPTIAN-ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON FOOD SAFETY TO KICK OFF" - ANSAmed

"GALASSIA GUTTENBERG OPENS TO FOOD AND CULTURE " - ANSAmed

ANSAmed

"Minuets, Sonatas and Politics for Palestinian Musicians in the West Bank" - NYTimes.com

"Vatican Radio to air advertising" - BBC News

"4th Mediterranean Academy of Forensic Sciences Meeting"

"Egypt Overturns Exiled Dissident's Jail Sentence" - NYTimes.com

"France Approves Crackdown on Internet Piracy" - NYTimes.com

"Lancement du projet européen Sostenuto"

"Google Street View cars banned from Greece" - guardian.co.uk

"Memo From Cairo - Egypt to Be Center Stage in Obama’s Address to Arabs" - NYTimes.com

"Israel Closes Media Center, Upsetting Palestinians" - NYTimes.com

"Media inflated Malta-Italy row, ambassador claims" - timesofmalta.com

"The modern incarnation of Egypt's ancient Library of Alexandria"

"Implacable Adversaries: Arab Governments and the Internet" - The Initiative For an Open Arab Internet

"Italy Premier’s Drama Unfolds in Press" - NYTimes.com

"Breaking taboos and freeing your ‘Jasad’" - Kippreport

"Italians Look to Small Screen" - NYTimes.com

"Celebrity Cruises and Bon Appétit Pair Up to Present Palate-Pleasing Mediterranean Experience"

"Mediterranean Journalist Award launched during the UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum" - Fonds Pascal Decroos

"Babel Med Music du 26 au 28 mars 2009 à Marseille" - France 3

"PAGE Cooperative Turns 25 Today"

"Italian Magazine Tries to Narrow Gap With Muslims" - NYTimes.com

"5ème rencontres Internationales Monaco Méditerranée : Le futur de l'eau se conjugue au passé ?" - Portail info Monaco

"Abroad - In France, a Different View of Colonialism in Algeria" - NYTimes.com

"Blogging The Middle East" - European Journalism Centre

"It will be the year of the Mediterranean" - Greenplanet.net

"Mediterranean Partner Countries Crop Production Up" - ALARAB ONLINE

"MEDITERRANEAN UNION: SECRETARY GENERAL TO BE NAMED BY APRIL" - ANSAmed

"French TV protests tax laws"

"Magda Abu-Fadil: Mediterranean journalists back investigative work, FOI, training and women's equal rights"

"French websites blacked out to protest piracy bill" - EUobserver

"The Dubai International Advertising Festival" - Kippreport

"Journalists unions in Maghreb form online network" - IJNet

"MED: SEARCH FOR DIALOGUE GETS UNDERWAY IN GENOA" - ANSAmed

"Ve Rencontres Internationales Monaco et la Méditerranée"

"opening of a dialogue between mediterranean countries"

"Morano veut mettre fin aux insultes sur Internet à son égard" - Le Monde.fr

"Waltz With Bashir"

"Pompeian, Inc. :: Two Mediterranean Olive Oil Families Form an Alliance"

"TV hostess escorts Italians to Facebook" - European Journalism Centre

"For God’s Sake! Another Jordanian E-Journalist Gets In Trouble at The Black Iris of Jordan"

"Algerian journalist provisionally released, facing jail term" - Committee to Protect Journalists

"New Internews Study and Trainings Focus on Developing Sound Business Practices" - Internews

"2nd Regional Forum on Investment Climate in Southern Mediterranean and ME"

"Over 225 Years of Spanish Journalism Now on The Web" - Tech2.com India

"Naples to develop film studio"

"BNP Paribas develops retail banking in the Mediterranean basin" - The Financial

"Will Mediterranean Union survive?" - Saudi Gazette

"Un site internet pour rapprocher entreprises italiennes et algériennes"

Here is the site.

"Med-Mem veut créer la cybermémoire audiovisuelle des deux rives"

"Freedom of Expression Under Attack"

"Espace Numérique Ouvert Pour la Méditerranée"

"Mediterranean Sea level could rise by 61 cm" - Science Centric

"Daniel Riot: 'In France, journalists are almost indoctrinated'" - Cafebabel

"Annual report says press freedom deteriorating in the Middle East" - IJNet

"Lebanese newspaper channel launched online" - IJNet

"Watch your language" - KippReport

"Marseille Journal - Melting Pot of Melodrama Enthralls French Nightly" - NYTimes.com

"Protection of the Mediterranean Ecosystem"

"Cooperating for better ’Med’ Representatives"

"Mediterraneo, le 28 février 2009" - France 3

This covers the event in Menton in January.

"Kurd’s Speech Defies Turkish Taboo" - NYTimes.com

Freedom of speech includes choice of languages in my book.

"An Nahar launches web TV" - Media Helping Media

It is great to see this newspaper continuing to innovate.

"Musical Show of Unity Upsets Many in Israel" - NYTimes.com

The complexities should not diminish the importance.

"Les Français ont passé en moyenne 3 heures 25 par jour devant la TV en 2008" - TV5.org

And how much time with their newspapers?

"Arab, international newspapers again circulated in Libya" - IJNEt

Let's hope that this is a sign of much more openness to follow.

"Palestinian online newspaper to be launched soon" - IJNet

This appears to be a very positive development.