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Editorial by M. Philippe Douste-Blazy, minister of Foreign Affairs

Feature: Studying the French way

  Studying in France: a passport to success
  French, more an asset than an obstacle
  Studying in France: how to set about it
  The MAE: playing a major role in academic cooperation
  Asia: rapidly expanding co-operation
  Overview of the Grandes Écoles
  Networks of excellence
  French universities abroad are proving attractive

Business life

• They have chosen France: Mumtaz Teker
• Guaranteeing clean and safe nuclear power

Society

• 2006: year of equal opportunities
• Imagination in the service of social housing

Environment

• In brief

Culture

Arts diary

• Exhibitions
• Now showing

Cinema

• They have chosen France: Diane Kruger & Danis Tanovic
• Ozon true to his name

Fashion

• Mohamed Dia, the king of "streetwear" in France

Visual arts

• The first Museum of Contemporary Art in the Paris suburbs

Music & Dance

• They have chosen France: Brisa Roché

Photography

• Regards des photographes arabes contemporains

Science & technology

• Yves Chauvin: Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Literature

New books

• Sempé, Goude

Contemporary writers

• The metamorphoses of Marie Darrieussecq

Social sciences

• The Interview
  Jean-Didier Vincent: "The human being only develops with the aid of others"

Seen from Europe

• The advance of Europe...
• The first link of space-industry Europe

World solidarity

• Development aid takes off

French presence in the world

• The French People of Silicon Valley