Report of the first day of Russian President Vladimir PUTIN’s visit to Paris: tribute to Russian writers on the occasion of the Book Fair, visit to the Taverny Air Operations Centre (Val-d'Oise) with his counterpart Jacques CHIRAC and meeting with Gerhard SCHRODER (German Chancellor) and José Luis RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (Spanish Prime Minister). Comment on factual images.
Explanations in images of the box needed to receive the DTT, Digital terrestrial TV. Comment on factual images, question to a client (who doesn’t know what the initials TNT mean [it starts badly NDD]) and interview of Jean-Pierre LANZETTI (general manager of sales at DARTY).
Survey of a biologist from a specialised GM booth and an organic farmer at the Paris Agricultural Show on their interpretation of the precautionary principle enshrined in the recently adopted environmental charter. Alternating comments and interviews (Denise GERENTES, biologist, and Jean-Charles NOEL, farmer) on factual images and archival images of genetically engineered plants.
The flowers have their language. Knowing the secret meaning of each can be very useful, especially as we approach Valentine’s Day. Comments on factual images alternating with a micro-sidewalk and interviews with Antoine ISAMBERT, author of "The new language of flowers" and Beatrice MEIGNANT, florist.
Review of the Davos Summit (Switzerland) with the commitment of celebrities for humanitarian causes. Comment on factual images and interviews of the Minister of Economy, Hervé GAYMARD, and the singer of the group "U2", BONO.
Today more and more women are resorting to a medical abortion. Report at the Delafontaine Hospital in SAINT DENIS, in the Paris region, where the IVG Center practices an increasing number of drug Ivgs that must be carried out before five weeks of pregnancy. The example in this report of a 19-year-old patient who chose drug IVG. The first tablet is taken in front of the marriage counsellor, who then gives her tablets that she chose to take at home two days later for the expulsion of the egg. The appointment ends with a advice on contraception. The young woman returned to the hospital three weeks later to verify that the pregnancy had been stopped. Commentary on factual images, alternating with interviews with Isabelle MONTINTIN, caregiver; of the patient (hidden face); and Simone LEMAIRE, conjugal advisor.
A vaccine testing protocol for AIDS is currently being tested. Meeting with Philippe, 49, AIDS patient and volunteer for the test. Commentary on images shot at the hospital Georges Pompidou and interviews with Philippe CASTIER, Centre d'investigation clinique European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris).
Report. In France, 32,000 people die of heart failure. A European study has just been published on the initiative of cardiologists to better inform about this disease, whose warning signs are unknown to the population. Images of tests of efforts and rehabilitation of patients through elliptical bikes, alternating with interviews with Professor Alain COHEN SOLAL, Head of Cardiology Department of the Beaujon Hospital, Catherine ROBYNS, nurse and a patient.
The bioethics act now allows the importation of human embryonic stem cells. Explanations of the technique used by researchers on infographics and interviews of René FRYDMAN, in vitro fertilization unit Antoine Béclère Hospital (Clamart), and Philippe DOUSTE BLAZY Minister of Health and Social Protection. Comments on scientists working in a Clamart laboratory and microscopes views.
Report on women’s views on cars and their criteria for choice. Comment on factual images at the Salon de l'Automobile, and interviews with visitors and Jean-François PONCELA (Chrysler-Jeep France).
Report in Gers devoted to an oragnised demonstration against GMOs in which incidents erupted between activists and law enforcement. The commentary on factual images alternates with the interviews of Alain LIPIETZ, MEP European Green, Philippe MARTIN, President of the General Council of Gers, and Michel SANROMA, mayor of Vic-Fezensac.
At the Château de Sautou, in Donchéry (Ardennes), the investigators will soon begin excavations. Serial killer Michel FOURNIRET should indicate himself where he buried the bodies. Comment on factual images alternating with an interview with Yves CHARPENEL, Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Reims. Tray in position Yann FRONTY.
Portrait of the serial killer Michel FOURNIRET and analysis of the route of his crimes. Comment on factual and infographic images, and interviews of the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Reims, Yves CHARPENEL, of the father-in-law of a victim, Brice LONGHINI, and testimony of a neighbour of the killer in Belgium, Béatrice.
Rwanda: The death of Rwandan President Juvénal HABYARIMANA in an attack on 6 April 1994 comes at a time when the situation is already explosive. The Hutus, the majority ethnic group that holds the power, will slaughter the Tutsis. In three months, 800,000 men, women, children and old men will be killed by machete. Survivors will find refuge in neighbouring countries. The Tutsis will then succeed in taking power. The UN, as it should, is reacting very late... The French humanitarian operation "Turquoise" is launched, but the role of the military remains ambiguous and France is accused, before the genocide, of having trained Hutu extremists, of having armed them and supported them. Michèle ALLIOT-MARIE, Minister of Defence, judges these accusations totally scandalous and unjust. Comment on archival images.
A report on the crisis in the research community, which is demanding more positions and resources from the government. Interview of biologist, Axel KHAN, geneticist of the Institut Cochin in Paris, Alain TRAUTMANN, director of research at CNRS. Story of the events. Alternation of factual images.
In the Pas-de-Calais in Noeux-les-Mines, Sébastien, victim of a homophobic attack, was burned alive in his garden. Back to the facts. Testimonies of Jacqueline NOUCHET, mother of the victim and Patrice JONDREVILLE, companion of Sébastien, with newspaper articles about the ordeal experienced by the homosexual couple for years.
Chicken flu: Europe was a little reassured when it learned that a patient detected in Germany was not a victim of this epidemic, but English researchers are still developing a vaccine and all European experts are gathered in Rome. Commentary on factual images and interviews Joseph DOMENECH (head animal health unit United Nations Organization for Agriculture, FAO) and Doctor John WOOD (National Biology Institute, London).
Report in Bordeaux on the inauguration by Mayor Alain JUPPE of the new tramway, a revolutionary technology. Comment on factual and archival images alternating with an interview with Alain JUPPE, deputy mayor of Bordeaux.
Official visit of the President of the Republic to Niger. Images of the arrival of President Jacques CHIRAC alternate with an excerpt from his speech at the National Assembly in Niamey on France’s aid and solidarity towards Niger. Nigerian micro-sidewalk on France.