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...dust-up began on Jan. 14 when Sylvie Uderzo published an open letter in French daily Le Monde, denouncing her father's decision to cede 60% of the Asterix series' parent company to publishing giant Hachette Livre. That sale was finalized earlier this month by Albert Uderzo and Anne Goscinny, whose father René was co-creator and writer of Asterix from the comic's inception in 1961 until his death in 1977. Since then Uderzo has continued producing the series on his own via the Editions Albert-René publishing company he founded in 1979 - a go-it-alone...
...decision to sell evidently infuriated Sylvie Uderzo, who until recently was the director general of Editions Albert-René, and still owns the remaining 40% stake in it. "Today, I'm rebelling (because) Asterix is my paper brother," began her letter to Le Monde. "[Now] I find myself entering into battle against perhaps Asterix's worst enemies: the men of industry and finance...
...understand this is an exceptionally severe crisis, but we don't understand why the government isn't using exceptional responses to it to protect the majority of French workers who are suffering from it," said Adèle, a Paris region school teacher who gave only her first name as she assembled with other protesters at the Bastille. "More than ever, it's time the government thought about the little people - and take action so as many of us as possible keep our jobs, remain productive, and can keep consuming and contribute economically...
...Euronext, for example, struck to denounce job cuts announced despite the company's double-digit growth in 2008. "Before, the French were deeply shocked by the situation, but didn't want to add to it," Denis Muzet, director of the Médiascopie Institute which tracks public opinion, told Le Monde. "But now there's real anger. Banks have announced positive results for 2008 after the state extended over $26 billion in aid to them - even as some bankers resist government demands for something in return by trying to hang on to their bonuses. That feeds a feeling of profound...
...passionate (and loud) are their loyalties. Wearing T shirts with the red field and white cross of their national flag, the Swiss team rang cowbells and cheered with an intensity matched only by the home-team fans, who alternated between long, deafening horn blasts and belting out "Le Marseillaise." The British, a decidedly smaller delegation, hung T shirts printed with the encouragement "Allez les rosbifs" over the rails. Even South Korea - its fans dressed in chefs' whites, their faces painted with the national flag - managed to send out the occasional deafening cheer. (See pictures of food served in its natural...