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| | Michel Rocard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Michel Rocard (born August 23, 1930) is a French Socialist politician, former French Prime minister, and currently a member of the European Parliament. | | | 22-23 June 1988 - Michel Delebarre succeeds Mermaz as Minister of Transport and Le Pensec as Minister of Sea. | | | 22 February 1989 - Michel Delebarre succeeds Faure as Minister of Housing and Equipment, remaining also Minister of Transport. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rocard
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| | TIME Europe France TIME Trail: May 23, 1988 - Holding Most of the Cards |
| | The novelty is provided by a limited number of non-Socialists, including Centrist Senator Michel Durafour as Civil Service Minister, Supreme Court Jurist Pierre Arpaillange as Justice Minister and Businessman Roger Fauroux as Industry and Foreign Trade Minister. | | | Rocard's Cabinet, the Fifth Republic's first minority government, will stay in place during the short campaign. | | | In France last week, the vanquished paid homage to the victor during a tense nine-minute ceremony in a brocaded Louis XV-style study of the Elysee Palace, in which Jacques Chirac tendered his resignation as Premier to the adversary who had beaten him at the polls two days before: re-elected President Francois Mitterrand. |
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http://www.time.com/time/europe/timetrails/france/france880523.html
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| | israelinsider: diplomacy: Former French PM: Israel's creation a "historic mistake" |
| | Rocard, who served as prime minister of France between 1988 and 1991, is a front-running candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament, EUobserver.com reported last week. | | | Former French prime minister Michel Rocard said last week that the 1917 Balfour Declaration leading to the establishment of a sovereign Jewish state had been an "historic mistake." | | | Former French prime minister Michel Rocard said the 1917 Balfour Declaration leading to the establishment of a sovereign Jewish state had been an "historic mistake." |
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http://web.israelinsider.com/bin/en.jsp?enPage=ArticlePage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article^l3768&enZone=Diplomacy&enVersion=0&
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| | Bonjour Tristesse |
| | Michel Rocard, the aging Socialist heir apparent, is desperately fighting to preserve his chance of succession. | | | This formation would naturally serve him as a platform in his bid for the presidency. | | | François Mitterrand, the old republican monarch, is still clinging to his throne. |
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/19930405/singer
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| | HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results |
| | French President Francois MITTERRAND and his Prime Minister Michel ROCARD, as part... | | | (French president Francois Mitterrand, Prime Minister Michel Rocard) | | | installed a new centrist government with a popular fellow Socialist, Michel Rocard, as Prime Minister, in place of his defeated conservative... |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?q=Michel+Francois&refid=kunstnet
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| | French official: Israel’s establishment a mistake - Jerusalem Newswire |
| | During a lecture in Alexandria, Egypt on June 16, Rocard referred to Israel as a state based on racism that “continues to pose a threat to its neighbors until today.” | | | At the weekend, newly appointed French Foreign Minister Michael Barnier decided that during this week’s visit to the region he would stop in on PLO chief Yasser Arafat, knowingly making himself unwelcome in Jerusalem. | | | He said the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which led to Israel’s eventual rebirth in 1948, was an “historic mistake.” |
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http://www.jnewswire.com/library/article.php?articleid=247
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| | Bad News for French Socialists |
| | He was soundly defeated at the 1979 Socialist Party congress in Metz, and when Mitterrand was elected President, in 1981, Rocard and his followers, had to eat humble pie. | | | Rocard, his political clothes stolen, no longer knew how to act. | | | He was politically silenced until he resigned from the government, in April. |
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http://www.thenation.com/doc/19851130/singer
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| | Michel Rocard Biography / Biography of Michel Rocard Biography Biography |
| | Michel Rocard (born 1930) was one of the most respected politician on the French left in the period from 1965 into the 1990s. | | | Michel Rocard was born on August 23, 1930, in the outskirts of Paris. | | | prime minister · ois · parisian · algeria · nuclear physicists · party leaders · socialist party · cabinet officials · enthusiasm · french war · democratic socialism · french left · president charles · national secretary · ena · psu · michel rocard |
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http://www.bookrags.com/biography-michel-rocard
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| | News & Events - News Releases |
| | Rocard was Prime Minister of France from 1988 to 1991, and earlier served President François Mitterand as Minister of Regional and Economical Planning, and as Agriculture Minister. | | | Events: Former Prime Minister Michel Rocard of France | | | Responding will be Mark Lilla, professor at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago. |
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http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=779
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| | LWN: French ex-PM condemns Software Patents |
| | Rocard is one of the most senior and influential figures in the EU parliament's Social Democrat group, PSE, and wrote the official opinion on swpat of the parliament's Culture committee. | | | Michel Rocard MEP, former prime minister of France, today | | | But Rocard's position is diametrically opposed to that of another member of the PSE, the UK Labour party's |
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http://lwn.net/Articles/38460
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| | University of Chicago: Cultural Policy Center |
| | After a position as advisor to former Prime Minister Michel Rocard, he served as a senior advisor to the Deputy-Prime Minister, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Martine Aubry, in the government of Lionel Jospin. | | | He is a writer, journalist and scholar who has conducted research in sociology at l'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris. |
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http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/news_events.html
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| | INCORE : About :Specialist Units |
| | Mr Rocard spoke on the dynamics involved in conflict resolution – referring to the specifics of his own diplomatic experience. | | | Rocard chaired the negotiations which led to the Matignon Accords, designed to bring an end to violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. | | | On May 8 2003, Michel Rocard, Prime Minister of France from 1988-91, delivered a lecture on conflict resolution at the Magee campus. |
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http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/about/specialist/TON/rocard.html
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| | ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Palestinian election monitors report only minor incidents |
| | Rocard confirmed that there had been two main complaints, one concerning the supposedly indelible ink which voters had stamped on their thumbnails to prevent double-voting and another over voting in east Jerusalem. | | | Rocard said that there had also been complaints among voters trying to cast their ballots at a post office in east Jerusalem who were prevented from doing so even though they appeared to have the right to do so. | | | A spokesman for the central elections commission confirmed that there had been problems with registrations in east Jerusalem but added that the issue was ironed out after the intervention of former US president Jimmy Carter who is also among the observers. |
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http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/57c37e0790013d8bc1256f84004f6636
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| | Having briefed the delegation on these key stumbling blocs to the holding of free and fair elections PCHR staff expressed the hope that Mr. | | | Rocard met with the Director of PCHR, Raji Sourani and the Director of PCHR's Democratic Development Unit, Hamdi Shaqqura at PCHR's main offices in Gaza City. | | | Michel Rocard, Chief Observer of the EU Election Observation Mission – West Bank and Gaza 2005 |
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http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2004/159-2004.htm
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| | Le Parti socialiste unifié |
| | The PSU's rank and file could make a decisive choice between revolutionary or reformist political stances. | | | In the 1969 Presidential elections, Rocard received 3.7% of the vote in the first round. | | | This continued to be a problem as Michel Rocard took over the party in 1967. |
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http://reds.linefeed.org/psu.html
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| | PON : Film Series Continues With US Premiere of "Mediators of the Pacific" |
| | There will be an introduction by the director, Charles Belmont, and Alain Pekar Lempereur, Professor at ESSEC and Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. | | | This event is free and open to the public. | | | After the screening, there will be a discussion with Former Prime Minister Rocard. |
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http://www.pon.harvard.edu/news/2002/mediators_of_the_pacific.php3
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| | European Parliament JURI Committee votes for restart with massive majority |
| | The European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevy, had in the morning assured the JURI Committee that the Council would finally adopt its beleaguered Common Position text. | | | Former french prime minister Michel Rocard MEP, PES (FR/PS), gave a very strong speech at the meeting with the Commissioner. | | | Apart from noting several "inelegancies" by the Commission, such as not taking into account any of the Parliament's substantive amendments in its recommendation to the Council, he also took issue with the Dutch and German governments ignoring their respective parliaments and the attempted ratifications of the political (dis)agreement at several fishery Council meetings. |
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http://wiki.ffii.org/Restart050202En
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| | Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Distinguished Guests |
| | Veteran French politician and former Prime Minister of France, Michel Rocard, was the guest of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 16 June, 2004, where he delivered a lecture entitled Europe, America and the Middle East. | | | Mahathir concluded his visit by holding a press conference on 7 September at Alexandria University. | | | Vinton G. Cerf, chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and widely known as one of the "Fathers of the Internet" was the guest of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on 30 May, 2004, where he delivered a lecture entitled "All the World's Libraries at our Fingertips". |
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http://www.bibalex.org/English/lectures/other.htm
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| | EU prefers 'computer-aided' patents - Printer friendly - ZDNet UK News |
| | "Overall, the compromise amendments proposed by Mr Michel Rocard MEP ensure that Europe can keep all of its future options open," said Maebe. | | | Now, Michel Rocard, the rapporteur for the EP's Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), has drafted amendments to the directive which, if agreed by the committee next week, will be voted on by MEPs in a plenary session of the European Parliament in July. | | | Some of the proposed amendments revert to the changes introduced by the European Parliament in the first reading, which were later removed by the EU Council. |
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http://www.zdnet.co.uk/print?TYPE=story&AT=39203722-39020651t-10000022c
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| | Techworld.com - EU set for fight on software patents |
| | His appointment to draft the response was welcomed by Holger Blasum of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure in Munich. | | | However, Mingorance doubts that Rocard will be able to impose his views on the rest of the committee and the Parliament. | | | Rocard, who drew up the Parliament culture committee's report on the legislation in 2003, declared himself a "supporter of free software" in a newspaper interview in July 2003, saying "the patentability of software is likely to create a terrifying financial and legal threat, weighing down on software creators." |
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2362
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| | CivWorld Interdependence Day Website |
| | Monday, September 12: Interdependence Day celebration of global democracy and gala Mayor’s Banquet at the Hotel de Ville hosted by Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, former Prime Minister Michel Rocard, Benjamin Barber and President Milan Kucan, chaired by Ambassador Stephane Hessel, and with keynote addresses from Harry Belafonte and Dominique Strauss-Kahn. | | | Saturday, September 10: NGO leadership colloquium on the role of civil society in strengthening cultural interdependence and global governance, held at the American University of Paris, chaired by Bernard Kouchner and Lord Frank Judd, and involving NGO leaders from around the world. | | | The plenary will feature political and civic leaders including Adries van Agt, Ruth Dreifuss, Adam Michnik, Faouzi Skali, former Chinese Deputy Premier Qian Qichin, UN Undersecretary Olara Ottunu, and Palestinian Ambassador Laila Shahid. |
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http://www.civworld.org
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| | European Union Election Observation Mission West Bank & Gaza 2005 |
| | Michel Rocard was born in 1930 in Courbevoie, France. | | | Mr Rocard served as minister of planning and regional development from 1981-83 and then as minister of agriculture from 1983-85. | | | He became a leader of the Unified Socialist Party, serving as its national secretary from 1967-73, and has been a member of the Socialist Party executive bureau since 1975. |
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http://www.eueomwbg.org/chief_obs.htm
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| | Consultcover |
| | Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France, co-chairs |
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http://www.geocities.com/eminentpersonsgroup/Consultcover.html
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| | Showdown looms over patenting bill - Boston.com - Technology - Business |
| | Rocard, a former Prime Minister of France, was not immediately available for comment. | | | Full parliament is due to vote on the bill next month. | | | It's a political decision," Laurence van de Walle, who advises the Greens on the bill, said on Friday. |
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http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/06/17/showdown_looms_over_patenting_bill
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| | Terrorism and the New US Foreign Policy: Views from Abroad - Council on Foreign Relations |
| | Michel Rocard, the former prime minister of France, is on the far left. | | | I think the United States will reserve to itself the right to take unilateral military action in the short term. | | | SK: I think the main sense of the coalition is the coalition of wills, of major states to stand up to these new threats. |
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http://www.cfr.org/publication.html?id=4107
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| | Michel Rocard, the former Prime Minister of France. | | | The commision endeavors to advance elements of a comprehensive plan of action to curb illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons. |
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http://geocities.com/eminentpersonsgroup
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| | heise online - Critics of software patents nominated for "European of the Year" |
| | Rocard has been nominated for "MP of the Year"; Müller, as " Campaigner of the Year." | | | Once the proposed directive had failed, the reporter stated that the EU Council and the EU Commission were at fault for not taking up the Parliament's critical stance toward software patents. | | | Florian Müller, founder of the NoSoftwarePatents.com campaign, and Michel Rocard, who covered the failed EU software patent directive in the EU parliament have been nominated for the "European of the Year" awards. |
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/64219
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| | UNCTAD Press Release TAD/INF/2739 |
| | Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France and President of the Committee of Development and Cooperation of the European Parliament, in a public address at UNCTAD, today laid out the European Parliament’s vision of what a new agreement might look like. | | | This would reverse the braindrain in the ACP countries and allow former migrants to become part of the development solution in their own countries, while easing the immigration problem in the EU. | | | Rocard said that a general waiver for asymmetrical preferences that were subject to annual consideration by the WTO would create instability in each product, inhibiting private investment. |
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http://r0.unctad.org/en/Press/pr2739en.htm
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| | CULT 2002/12 |
| | Rocard's amendments constitute the first counter-proposal of an official EU institution where the content actually corresponds to the packaging. | | | If this term is used, it must be made clear that we are talking about inventions outside the field of data processing, as stated in Rocard's preamble. | | | The patent attorney will say that his "claim as a whole" contains a "scope of technical features" of which the calculation rules are an inseparable part and which (taken as a whole) constitute something new. |
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http://swpat.ffii.de/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/cult0212
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| | News > Symposium, Libreville, Gabon, 18-19 nov. 2004 |
| | Finally, Michel Rocard pointed out that, often, the State is unfortunately held in disrepute in developing countries. | | | Similarly, tariffs must be sustainable and the roles of the various players need to be clarified: public authorities must clearly define public service missions and establish the rights and duties of players on a formal basis. | | | Chairman of the MEDEF International Africa Committee pointed out the need to move away from a symbol to action, notably by encouraging the development of infrastructures. |
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http://www.energiesosfutur.org/pages/eng/pages/4_action/action_gabon_1104.html
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| | UNCTAD - High-level Event of the Trainfortrade Workshop on International Commercial Diplomacy and Policy. Address by ... |
| | Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of the Government of France and President of the Commission of Development and Cooperation of the European Parliament, will deliver an address on the topic of "Cooperation between the European Union and developing countries: New perspectives" on 28 January 1998. | | | Rocard will deal mainly with the new perspectives of cooperation between the European Union and the ACP countries within the framework of the Lomé Convention and after the year 2000. | | | All missions, Geneva-based organizations and UNCTAD staff members are invited to attend. |
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http://r0.unctad.org/en/special/c3t4t.htm
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| | With its inclusion in the new Constitution, an explicit reference to sport has now been made in an EU treaty for the first time. | | | Rocard is a former member of the European Parliament's Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport. | | | In an interview with Michel Rocard, EurActiv sounded out the former French Prime Minister on the future of EU sports policy. |
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http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-128537-16&type=Interview
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| | Spillway Review -- Bio -- Jean-Michel Rocard |
| | Jean-Michel Rocard is retired from the science faculty of the Université de Toulouse. | | | Jean-Michel Rocard is a cousin of Michel Rocard, former Socialist Prime Minister of the French Republic. | | | He is active in philantrophical projects to help the people of Cambodia. |
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http://www.spillwayreview.com/biojmr.html
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| | Plenary III |
| | Rocard has served in numerous public offices, including, Inspector of Finance, Minister of Agriculture, and Secretary-General of the National Accounts and Economic Budgets Commission. | | | Rocard so eloquently spoke about, we have to transcend the undermining influence of mass media culture which leads and indeed pushes humanity in exactly the opposite direction. | | | I would like to suggest to you that to create the culture of peace that Mr. |
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http://members.aol.com/scwpeace/sc6.htm
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| | Kahane.org FORUM |
| | Rocard should know about waging war, considering they were fighting the Nazis from a British bunker in London. | | | Sharon producing "world-wide anti-Israelism": French former PM PARIS: Former French premier Michel Rocard on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of "producing world-wide anti-Israelism", said sources. | | | In a long open letter to Sharon published in the daily Le Figaro, Rocard wrote: "You are producing world-wide anti-Israelism and people like me, who have fought anti-Semitism since they were very young, are powerless to hold back the torrent of anger and hatred to which you have opened the floodgates." |
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http://www.kahane.org/discus/messages/2/1202.html?1019103536
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| | Foreign Affairs - Author Page - MICHEL |
| | Edited by Michel Oksenberg and Robert D. Oxnam. | | | Edited by T.V. Paul, James J. Wirtz, and Michel Fortmann. | | | Balance of Power: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century. |
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http://www.foreignaffairs.org/author/michel
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| | Agence France Presse French: Rocard et Delors à Matignon sur l'action stratégique de l'Etat@ HighBeam Research |
| | Jean-Pierre Raffarin s'est entretenu mercredi avec l'ancien Premier ministre Michel Rocard et l'ancien président de la Commission européenne Jacques... | | | Jean-Pierre Raffarin s'est entretenu mercredi avec l'ancien Premier ministre Michel Rocard et l'ancien président de la Commission européenne Jacques Delors des "grands choix" stratégiques de la France pour les "20 ans à venir". | | | Agence France Presse French: Rocard et Delors à Matignon sur l'action stratégique de l'Etat@ HighBeam Research |
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http://www.highbeam.com/library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:79628421&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf
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| | Project Syndicate |
| | Michel Rocard, former Prime Minister of France and leader of the Socialist Party, is a member of the European Parliament. | | | Weekly Series: The World in Words Thought Leaders: Joseph S. Nye, Castañeda, Rocard, Haass, Ralf Dahrendorf, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Robert J. Shiller, Sinn, Krauss, J. | | | by Michel Rocard, Albert Rohan and Martti Ahtisaari |
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http://www.project-syndicate.org/contributors/contributor_comm.php4?id=519
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| | This report provides an important and timely analysis of the long-term challenges for democratic institution building and good governance facing the Palestinian Authority. | | | Michel Rocard, Chairman; Henry Siegman, Project Director; Yezid Sayigh and Khalil Shikaki, Principal Authors; | | | The report provides an honest and accurate description of the accomplishments and shortcomings of the Palestinian Authority and its institutions and what is necessary to improve them. |
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http://www.brook.edu/rios/data/sources/book/3ed186345f53ff3c786305d3c0a80007.xml
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| | USATODAY.com - Europe Parliament nixes software patent law |
| | Rocard, a deputy for the Socialist group, said patents worth tens of billions of dollars (euros) were potentially at stake and, in terms of impact on businesses, the bill was the most important piece of legislation the assembly has ever dealt with. | | | "You don't patent a mathematical formula, for software is merely a connection of a mathematical formula," said Michel Rocard, the former French Prime Minister who was in charge of steering the parliament debate. | | | They also wanted more clarity on the criteria for what types of software could and could not be patented. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/business/2005-07-06-eupatent_x.htm
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| | Rocard, Yves-Andre -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | More results on "Rocard, Yves-Andre" when you join. | | | "Rocard, Yves-André." Encyclopædia Britannica from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. | | | Rocard received doctorates in mathematics (1927) and physical science (1928) from the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in Paris and took… |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9001199?tocId=9001199
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| | Michel ROCARD, Chairman of the Committee on Culture, Youth, Education, the Media and Sport of the European Parliament ALTIERO SPINELLI - Building Meeting room A 1 G 3 BRUSSELS DRAFT PROGRAMME 15.30 - 15.40 Opening of the hearing by Mr. | | | Michel ROCARD, Committee chairman 15.35 - 15.45 Introduction by Mrs Myrsini ZORBA - Rapporteur on Cultural Industries Where do we stand? | | | Mr Philippe KERN, Managing Director Kern European Affairs, Belgium 17.25 - 17.35 Where is the land of Golden Bears, Lions and Palms? |
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http://www.relais-culture-europe.org/site2002/pdf/induscult_programme.doc
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| | Happy Software Prole » Amazing quotes from Michel Rocard |
| | Charlie McCreevy could still carry on his attempt to steamroller European democracy on this one, but it looks likely that he wouldn’t get away with it now — possibly facing sanctions as a result. | | | Found in a Slashdot comment — an amazing quote from Michel Rocard (former French Prime Minister, now European Deputy), recounting a meeting with Microsoft representatives on the software-patent issue: | | | February 18, 2005 at 8:26 pm · Filed under Uncategorized |
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http://taint.org/2005/02/18/202658a.html
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| | Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Michel Rocard: MAIN |
| | We pick the top 11 movies for every mood, including 'The Squid and the Whale' for those who like witty, funny films about deeply dysfunctional families. | | | Michel Rocard se fait connaître par ses écrits sous le pseudonyme de Georges Servet,... | | | Michel Rocard est le fils d'Yves Rocard, professeur et chercheur. |
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http://movies.aol.com/celebrity/main.adp?sid=236455
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