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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
English teachers in
Provence will be keen to
find out who the mystery boy
is who translated J K
Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows’.
The unnamed 16-year-old
made headlines last month
for his “near-professional”
translation of the final Harry
Potter instalment; he is sure
to be the talk of the
playground, but the secrecy
surrounding him has
confused the world’s press.
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
Louis Klein’s sunflower has now reached four metres – more
than 13 feet. Klein, a retired cabinetmaker from Lembach,
Alsace, planted the seed on the site of a former manure heap.
“Normally sunflowers reach about two metres as a crop and
exceptionally four metres,” commented an agricultural expert.
The world record is held by a Dutchman whose plant grew to
7.75716m but under competition conditions.
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
Behind all the media ballyhoo and speculation, how is he really doing?
The French President’s
approval rating dipped
by five points during
August, from heights
previously reached only by
Général de Gaulle.
The latest opinion polls
show 71% approval for his
presidency and achievements
so far. But there is a huge gap
between the 75% who
approve of what he has done
“to improve France’s place in
the world” and the 28% who
approve his actions “to
increase spending power”.
Despite all the media sniping,
61% think he is sincere.
Over-exposure in the
media could partly be to
blame for the five-point fall in
his rating. His holidays in the
States and visit to Bush
attracted huge attention.
Sarkozy did say he would
improve relations with the
USA and has wasted no time
in doing so.
The Parisian media
wondered whether his wife
Cécilia really helped the
release of the Bulgarian
nurses from a Libyan jail or
whether her role was just PR.
Replying to accusations that
various contracts for arms
and a nuclear plant were used
as a ransom, Prime Minister
Fillon pointed out that
France, unlike the USA and
UK, was the only major
supplier of these goods to
wait until the nurses were
free before trading with
Colonel Gadaafi.
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