France has announced its intention to create the first international French-language news channel, a veritable French CNN to be known as CFII (Chaîne française d'information internationale --> French channel of international information) and launched by the end of next year.
Source: Reuters
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1 - Eric Olsen
Thanks LK, and welcome!
2 - Natalie Davis
Ooh, the Chirac News Channel -- the one place where a European leader isn't treated disrespectfully for engaging in the continental (if chauvinistic) custom of kissing a woman's hand.