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Le Journal - Les Malgré-nous/Massacre d'Oradour - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Oradour-sur-Glane massacre took place over a half a century ago, but France still remembers.

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Le Journal - Les Malgré-nous/Massacre d'Oradour - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Malgré-nous (Despite Ourselves) are the roughly 130,000 young Alsatians from Lorraine, many of them recruited by force, who served under the Nazis during World War II.

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Amadou et Mariam - La réalité

Difficulty: Beginner

Senegal

Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia are joined together by their love for music and each other. The pair met at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako, the capital of Mali.

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Nâdiya - Et c'est parti - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Nâdiya, a champion athlete, has switched gears to become a chart-busting R&B/hip-hop artist. She is fast becoming a major urban act featuring a great blend of lyrical and instrumental innovation. In t...

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K-Maro - Femme like U

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Cyril Kamar, who later appeared on the music scene as K-Maro, was born in Lebanon. While still a child, he and his family fled to Paris, but finally settled in Quebec.

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Château Flight featuring Bertrand Burgalat - Les antipodes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

DJ Gilb’R and I:Cube, a unique duo, are the key ingredients of Château Flight. Their innovative electro-fusion beat, with hints of everything from pop to soul, is demonstrated on their album, The Meal...

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Le Journal - L'Institut du goût

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Students at the Institute of Taste must carefully imbibe the finest of champagnes, delicacies, and other gourmet specialties.

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Le Journal - Les Restos du Cœur

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In 1985, ten million meals were served by Restos du Cœur. By 2004, that number had skyrocketed to sixty million.

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Le Journal - Un sportif handicapé

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Tanguy de la Forest is ready to fly off to the Paralympic Games.

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Le Journal - Le sida

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The mortality rate for people with AIDS in France is one fifth of what it once was. Not only that, but modern medications are much easier to schedule.

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Le Journal - Manifestation de paralysés

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Public transport has not always been easy for those who use wheelchairs, but the SNCF (French National Railway Company) has been making changes that make for a much more pleasant trip.

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Le Journal - Concurrence des routiers étrangers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the US, many American truckers don’t want Mexican drivers on the road. A similar situation is brewing in France where drivers from other countries will do the same work for half as much pay.