What are the French doing in current events?

Do you know where and why the French are intervening militarily in a foreign country?

Well, attached are two links to the BBC and one France 24 about France's military intervention into Mali, a west African country that was once a colony of France. The French are not there for conquests, but rather to help Mali regain territory lost to Islamic terrorists.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21054946

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21041460

http://www.france24.com/fr/20130115-onu-affiche-son-soutien-intervention-militaire-francaise-mali-hollande-ledrian-bamako-djihadistes

In two of the links above, the first and third one, you can also find reporter's videos on the developments in Mali. Enjoy!

 Joyeux Noel!  Preparez pour notre Saviour.

Qu'est-ce que les francais font chaque Noel? Est-ce que Noel similaire en France? Ce sont des questions typique et sous est un site avec plusieurs reponses. Lisez l'histoire par le BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/christmas/french/

Below is a link to a video montage of the Strasbourg Christmas Market. Each year, the Alsatian city celebrates Christmas/Noel with a large market and decorations across the Medieval city. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUN-J7b3wPA

Le 11 novembre

Chaque année, les françaises et les autres pays qui étaient les allies pendant le première guerre et deuxième guerre mondiale, commémoré tous les soldats et citoyens qui sont morts pendant les guerres violent et dans des autres conflits. Pour cette post, j’ai un article par France 24 sur le cérémonie de commémoration des guerres.  Le post prochaine aura des histories de chaque guerre et comment les guerres ont changé la France et les françaises.

( Each year, the French and the other nations that were the allies during the first and second world wars, commemorate all the soldiers and citizens who lost their lives during the violent wars as well as in other conflicts. For this section, I have an article by France 24 news on the commemoration ceremonies held for the wars. The next post will have short histories of each war and how they changed France and the french people.)

http://www.france24.com/fr/20111111-11-novembre-nicolas-sarkozy-grande-guerre-projet-loi-1914-1918-soldats-patrie-france-allemagne

Lisez cette article par le journal francais Le Monde.(Read this article by the french newspaper Le Monde)

It is all about UNESCO declaring French food to be a protected tradition under their guidelines. This is the first time ever a nations culinary tradition has been given protected status by UNESCO. One more reason not to squirm when you see that delicious plate of escargots in front of you. The French culinary tradition is not only ancient(The Gauls who inhabited present day France before the Roman invasion around 50 B.C.  were highly advanced at agriculture and said to have excellent food by Caesar himself.) France is also diverse with a warm Mediterranean climate in the south to vast fertile lands in the center and north that allow the French to grow a variety of agricultural products. Food has always been and will forever continue to be not only a neceissty to life for the French but Joie de Vie.

Enjoy the article and yes it is in French.

http://www.lemonde.fr/aujourd-hui/article/2010/11/16/le-repas-gastronomique-des-francais-inscrit-au-patrimoine-de-l-humanite_1440921_3238.html

Beginning of the French language's influence upon the English Language

In 1066, the Normans under Guillaume le Conquerant (William the Conqueror) defeated the Anglo-Saxon army of Harold Godwinson. Thus commenced the French speaking Normans rule over England for centuries. Powerful and rich, they'd forever place their mark on English history, culture and language.
The link attached is a chronicled history about the events leading up to and following the Norman conquest by various history professors for the BBC. (a much better source of historical information than Wikipedia)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/