Table des matires

PART 1. News from English into French

Janvier 2013

7 9 9 12 12 15

Their cup runneth over

Fvrier 2013

How to be British
Mars 2013

The
Avril 2013

Sequester1

Dees Economic Good Sense

15 18 18 21 21 24 24 27 27 30 30 33 33 36 36 39 39 42 42 45

Margaret Thatchers funeral was a political stunt1

Mai 2013

Protect ghters before its too late

Juin 2013

Revelations on US Spying Operations Anger European Allies

Juillet 2013

Britains Royal Baby Bump

Aot 2013

Americas overcrowded prisons

Septembre 2013

Holyrood1 debates independence with one year to go

Octobre 2013

Why the young are dim1, and the middle-aged keen2

Novembre 2013

Gun Violence in American Movies Is Rising, Says New Study

Dcembre 2013

Nelson Mandela: a leader above all others

Janvier 2014

Bill de Blasio

Inaugurated1

as 109th Mayor of New York City

45

PART 2. News from French into English

Janvier 2013

49 51 51 55 55 58 58 61 61 64 64 68 68 71 71 74 74 78 78 82 82 85 85 88 88 91 91

Le Premier ministre britannique veut un rfrendum

sur le maintien du Royaume-Uni dans lUE.

Fvrier 2013

Scandale viande de cheval :

perquisitions au Royaume-Uni, enqute Paris

Mars 2013

Royaume-Uni :
nouveau budget daustrit malgr une conjoncture sombre

Avril 2013

Lglise anglicane refuse de bnir les couples homosexuels

Mai 2013

Tornade sur Oklahoma City :

24 morts identis, 237 blesss

Juin 2013

Grande-Bretagne :
57 arrestations Londres lors de manifestations anti-G8

Juillet 2013

Naissance du bb royal :
William et Kate ne pourraient pas tre plus heureux

Aot 2013

Gibraltar : Londres menace Madrid qui menace Londres...

Septembre 2013

Culture : Tempte londonienne

autour de la mmoire de Diana

Octobre 2013

En Australie, un gigantesque incendie

menace la rgion de Sydney

Novembre 2013

tats-Unis : ptroliers, leveurs et cologistes

ensemble contre les biocarburants

Dcembre 2013

Le Royaume-Uni reconnat la scientologie

comme une religion

Janvier 2014

Grande-Bretagne :
des dputs veulent un droit de vto sur les lois de lUE

PART 3. Analysing newspaper articles

January 2013

95 97 97 101

Obamas encore must show more than pragmatism

February 2013

How can such poverty, corruption and inequality

endure in the worlds largest, most diverse democracy? Come on India! 101

March 2013

105 105 109 109 113 113 117 117 121 121 125 125 129 129 134 134 138 138 143 143 147 147

Over the Rubicon A cross-party deal to regulate

the press is quickly dissolving

April 2013

A Billion-Dollar Gift Gives the Met a New Perspective (Cubist)

May 2013

What Made the Boston Bombers Do It?

June 2013

Lincolnshire libraries face 2m cuts and 170 job losses

July 2013

Celebrating liberty
August 2013

For many, two years is plenty

September 2013

Snooping1

does not keep us secure

October 2013

Nuke it
November 2013

The British are actively hostile towards young people

December 2013

Husband of pregnant woman wants her off life support

January 2014

Camerons Hard Rhetoric on Migration Will Only Make

EU Negotiations Tougher

PART 4. Reading and learning from the news

January 2013

153 155 155 158 158 161 161 165 165 169 169 172 172 175 175 178 178 181

Coke Blinks
February 2013

The State of the Union A House divided

March 2013

GM crops and carbon emissions

April 2013

Women and work

Girl talk

May 2013

Chinas Brutal One-Child Policy

June 2013

Home and education

July 2013

Royal baby: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge name their son

George Alexander Louis

August 2013

The future of advertising agencies

September 2013

Sorry, Jeff Bezos, the news

October 2013

bundle1

isnt coming back

181 184 184 188 188 191 191 194 194

The business end of Obamacare

November 2013

There Are Only Three Kinds of Jobs

Where Women Earn More Than Men

December 2013

Nelson Mandela, Feminist

January 2014

Can mighty Wall St. bull1 keep charging in 2014?

PART 5. Hitting the headlines

January 2013

199 201 201 202 203 204 205 205 206 207 207 208 208 209 210 210 210 211 211 212 212 213 214 214 215 215 216 216 216 217 217 218 219 220 221 221 221 222 222 223

Cameron sounds off about Europe January 20th Obama sworn in for second term Lance Armstrong admits doping in Oprah Winfrey interview Britain assumes G8 presidency

February 2013
USA - The State of the Union speech and gun violence Polarized Politics in the US Congress North Korea test of a nuclear weapon Cybersecurity and privacy The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Legalizing gay marriage The Middle East

March 2013
Venezuela - The death of Hugo Chvez Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new Pope China - Xi Jinping as Chinas new president Continued Partisanship in US politics Gun control in the U.S. The Supreme Court and individual rights Soak the rich European Union Economies Purging corruption in France Fighting obesity The Middle East Brinkmanship in North Korea Referendum in the Falkland Islands Technology and regulation

April 2013
Margaret Thatcher - The End of a legend April 15th Reports of Bomb blast at the Boston Marathon Controversy as building collapses in Bangladesh April 23rd 2013 France Becomes 14th Nation to Approve Same-Sex Marriage

May 2013

Britain: Savage killing reignites the security debate Aftermath for Race Relations Anti gay marriage rally attracts huge crowds. May 26 In Turkey Protests grow against government intransigence On the defensive

June 2013

224 224 225 226 227 227 228 230 230 231 233 233 235 235 236 236 237 237 238 239 240 241 242 242 243 243 244 244 245 246 246 246 248 248 249 250 250 250 251

The Wild, Wild Mideast The NSA ngered as Big Brother The whistleblower: Edward Snowden The US Supreme Court and Civil Liberties Marriage Equality Race Equality and Afrmative Action

July 2013

Political crisis in Egypt The Zimmerman trial: Trayvon Martin and race relations
in the US Detroit declares bankruptcy Immigration in the US Immigration in the UK A royal birth

August 2013
Manning and Snowden: the fate of whistleblowers Greenwald, The Guardian and Mirandas rights US scrambles to allay NSA concerns Cracking down on nance and banking fraud Reforming the US criminal justice system and law enforcement tactics 50th anniversary of the March on Washington Jeff Bezos buys The Washington Post

September 2013

The Syrian Crisis - Beleaguered Diplomacy The Gun control debate embroiled in further controversy (Sept. 10) US Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Washington D.C.
Navy Yard Shooting (Sept. 16)

Greece : The arrest of far right member of Golden Dawn

for racist murder

Republicans Going to any lengths to block Obamacare US Government Heads Toward a Shutdown (Sept. 30)
October 2013

The US Government shutdown The Obamacare rollout Royal Mail up for sale The US spies on allies (surprise!): damage control Change of heart on climate change? Death on Europes shores Civilian drone deaths US raids strike terrorists Growing US Saudi tension

November 2013

252 252 253

Taliban Leader Killed in Pakistan (Nov. 1st) Nairobi Kenya: Trial of four terrorists charged
with shopping centre attack

Powerful tornadoes swept through the US Midwest,

destroying buildings and overturning vehicles in the states of Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky. November 18th Unusual Weather pattern? Snowden blows the whistle on UK and US deal to spy on citizens
253 253 254 256 256 257 259 260 260 261 262 262

December 2013

Protests in Kiev The world mourns the end of Madiba Bulgaria hits back at Camerons robust speech
on European migrants

January 2014

Freak weather in Europe and the US Freezing temperatures bring chaos to the US What about climate change? US diplomacy edges nearer to progress over Iran nuclear programme