http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Johnny+Summerton World Affairs Johnny Summerton Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=284398&ca=World+Affairs And if the case of the recent discovery of the body of a 70-year-old man in his apartment in the town of Aix-les-Bains in southeastern France is anything to go by, he had anything but "good neighbours." While there's nothing too unusual perhaps in the report of an elderly person's death going unnoti... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=284399&ca=World+Affairs It's a question that has preoccupied many here in France over the past month, and sadly made the headlines far too often. It's also one to which it's difficult to provide an answer. Over the past four weeks there have been three separate incidents of young children or babies - being left alone in lo... Politics Johnny Summerton Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=280198&ca=Politics It's never easy following through on an electoral pledge, and if any politician knows how difficult it is, then it must be the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. So far he has failed miserably on last year's major presidential campaign promise to increase the purchasing power of the average man and... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=278750&ca=World+Affairs Hardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination. But there again when it comes to institutional reform and changes to the constitution, the subject matter is hardly guaranteed to instill much enthusiasm. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting constitutional reform on two fro... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=275207&ca=World+Affairs There was an end of a television era here yesterday as Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, affectionately known in this country as PPDA, made his final broadcast as anchorman on TF1's prime time news slot. Think of a news anchor in your own country, someone who has been around for donkeys years and at a certain... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=275208&ca=World+Affairs This is a political piece that by its very definition can only be filed under "Strange" on any website. It concerns last year's defeated candidate in the French presidential elections, Ségolène Royal, and her claims that she is paying the price for comments she made recently about the French preside... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273847&ca=World+Affairs Since the dramatic rescue last week of 15 hostages held by Colombia's leftist rebel movement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, much of this country's attention - if not the world's - has been focused on Ingrid Betancourt. Finally though one of France's leading national daily newsp... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273985&ca=World+Affairs He was bored, the poor man. You could see it in his eyes and his body language. Miles away from home in a country he's not madly keen on, talking the talk and little else with a bunch of other G8 leaders. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, didn't really enjoy himself at this year's G8 yak-fest i... Pets Johnny Summerton Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=273997&ca=Pets She first came to our attention after we had visited a local show at the village hall organised by a nearby refuge for abandoned dogs and cats. At the ripe old age of eight Poppy, we were told, had been "rescued" from owners who had over time collected more than 30 dogs, many the result of interbree... World Affairs Johnny Summerton Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=274357&ca=World+Affairs So it's official. The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be attending the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing, After a "productive" 30-minute meeting with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, Sarkozy's office officially released the news on Wednesday that it had already leaked to the French me...