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...document did get signed, but that doesn't mean the saga is over for good. If the treaty is to take effect in 2009, it's got to be ratified by all member states. And in at least one country, Ireland - and possibly in several others - the new treaty will be put to a public vote via a referendum...
...Rugby has long enjoyed a sizable audience in Britain, Ireland, France, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand and is developing a growing fan base in Argentina and Italy; the numbers of fans tuning in from such World Cup competitors as Tonga, Fiji, Georgia and the U.S. is tiny by comparison, however, so the 4 billion total means a lot more people from a growing number of nations around the world had to be interested enough to tune...
...with soccer, England remains the prime destination of globe-trotting stars: The French team beaten by England in the semifinal included the mainstay of London pro club Wasps, Raphael Ibanez, as well as hirsute lock-forward Sébastien Chabal of Sale. And scores of players from Britain and Ireland play in the French league, where they'll soon welcome among them South African full-back Percy Montgomery, set to join Perpignan. Following the Cup, French fly-half Frédéric Michalak will make the reverse trip to take a job with South Africa's Natal Sharks; while...
...Before getting a Ph.D in modern French history at Harvard, Cork-born Livesey studied philosophy and history at the National University of Ireland, where he said that he “slipped into French history” via philosophy...
...spring, Livesey, whom Higonnet called “very Irish in a bizarre way, although he doesn’t live in Ireland,” will be teaching a class in modern Irish history. He expects the class to be packed, because modern Irish history is rarely offered at Harvard. The last time the class was taught was in 1998 and 1999, when Livesey was a visiting lecturer...