Like many French of his generation he was appalled by France's quick defeat, but was equally defensive of France's greatness.
An editorial by Pierre Rousselin in France's centre-right Le Figaro suggests that the events in Algeria provide additional justification for France's intervention in Mali.
There has been a three-year decline in sales in the U.S., France's second-biggest export market, partly because of the backlash to France's stance in the Iraq war.
Earlier, France's Gilles Simon defeated James Blake of the United States 3-6 6-1 6-4, while Blake's compatriot Robby Ginepri progressed with a 6-4 6-4 victory over France's Michael Llodra.
It was signed by some of France's most high-profile chief executives, including Christophe de Margerie of oil firm Total, Frederic Oudea of bank Societe Generale, and Air France's Jean-Cyril Spinetta.
In November, rating agency Moody's downgraded France's debt from Aaa to Aa1, and kept its negative outlook, meaning the rating could be cut again, because of France's "persistent structural economic challenges" .
Mr Kouchner visited Baghdad last week to promote France's role in efforts to solve the Iraq crisis and mend relations with Washington damaged by France's opposition to the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
In 2008 France's main marine research institute, Ifremer, set up a crisis team to find out why 40 to 100% of oysters aged 12 to 18 months were dying in all but one of France's breeding areas.
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Opinion pollsters say that France's re-elected president, Jacques Chirac , and his alliance of the mainstream right, gained ground after the president stalked out of a football stadium when the Marseillaise, France's national anthem, was booed by supporters of a Corsican team.
And although both Spain and France have smaller deficits than the UK, they will have to borrow comparable amounts to the UK in total - more than Britain in the case of France (according to Bloomberg data) - because so much of Spain's and France's debt is short-term, and needs repaying next year.
But even more crucial were Germany's and France's efforts later in that decade, under Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy respectively, to push through economic reforms.
Germany's and France's leaders met on Sunday and proposed "important changes".
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On a trip to France, Russia's president, Dmitry Medvedev, started formal talks on the sale of up to four Mistral-class warships, while France's GDF Suez gained a 9% stake in the Nord Stream pipeline.
Europe's internal challenges are immense, particularly the EU's expansion from 15 members to 25 and Germany's and France's need to find the will to initiate fundamental, Margaret Thatcher-like reforms to revivify their stagnant economies.
Second, interest rates are already going to come down in the euro area: by January 1st, as rates in Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain converge on Germany's and France's current 3.3%, the average euro rate will be half a point lower than it was at the end of September.
America's patience with France's foot-dragging in the alliance, never great, is now just about exhausted.
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Oscar hopeful Amour (Love) is up for 10 prizes at this year's Cesars, France's prestigious annual film awards.
Britain's Mirror, France's Paris Match, Germany's Bild and Italy's Corriere della Sera have all bought first serialisation rights.
Carlos Ghosn, the chief executive of both Japan's Nissan and France's Renault, is still interested in having an American pillar to his alliance.
On the short list of likely bidders for the 158-year-old investment bank are Britain's Barclays, France's BNP Paribas, Germany's Deutsche Bank and Charlotte, N.
Acquisitions in Slovakia and Serbia made USS the largest integrated producer of flat-rolled steel in central Europe, serving automakers like Germany's Volkswagen and France's Peugeot.
The All Blacks dominated the first half but only had Luke McAlister's try to show for it, with Lionel Beauxis's penalty being France's lone score.
The Sunday tabloid published a survey on Greece that it had commissioned with Italy's Corriere della Sera, Spain's ABC and France's Le Journal Du Dimanche.
Lisandro's arrival in France's culinary capital was no knee-jerk reaction to the departure of the home-grown Benzema - it was a transfer two years in the making.
Goldman Sachs' Jernej Omahen has "Buy" ratings on Spain's BBVA, Britain's HSBC, Italy's Unicredit and France's BNP, with predicted upsides of 45% or more for all four banks.
Israel's prime minister has also arranged to meet Germany's chancellor and France's president, and has sent envoys around the world to persuade people that his peacemaking zeal is sincere.
Mr Rodriguez Zapatero, who thinks his party should edge more in the direction of Britain's left than France's, had previously talked up the Spanish Socialists's own so-called Nueva Via, or New Way.
Wenger was incensed, thinking the pass had been accidental, and was even allowed a prolonged conversation with referee Martin Hansson - the same official who missed Thierry Henry's handball in France's win against the Republic of Ireland last year.
Although, average cement prices in Brazil are low, and foreign giants such as Switzerland's Holderbank and France's Lafarge have recently bought cement plants in the country, Votorantim can charge more than its competitors: it has a stranglehold (critics call it a monopoly) over the business in Sao Paulo, the largest and most profitable centre.
TiVo has increased research and development by 36% in the past six months to ensure it can handle the software licensing deals it's been rapidly signing with smaller cable firms such as RCN, Charter, Spain's Ono, France's Canal and Suddenlink, all of which want to use TiVo to leapfrog into the world of advanced television.
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