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Network name	Radio télévision belge de la communauté française
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Launch date	1930 (radio)1953 (television)
Past names	INR (1930-1960),RTB(1960-1977,RTBF(1977-2010)
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RTBF.be or ''Radio télévision belge de la communauté française'' is the national broadcasting organisation of the government of Wallonia-Brussels, the French-speaking southern part of Belgium, the counterpart to the Dutch-speaking VRT in the northern part of the country. RTBF operates three television channels, ''La Une'', ''La Deux'', ''La Trois'', along with a number of radio channels, ''La Première'', ''RTBF International'', ''VivaCité'', ''Musiq3'', ''Classic 21'' and ''PureFM''.

The RTBF.be headquarters in Brussels are sometimes referred to as ''Reyers''. This colloquial address comes from the name of the avenue where the main building is located, the ''Boulevard A. Reyers'' .

History

thumb|right|The communications tower at RTBF's headquarters in Brussels. Originally named INR – ''Institut national belge de radiodiffusion'' (), the state-controlled broadcaster was established by law on 18 June 1930. On 14 June 1940 the INR was forced to cease broadcasting as a result of the German invasion. The German occupying forces, who now oversaw its management, changed the INR's name to ''Radio Bruxelles''. A number of INR personnel were able to relocate to the BBC's studios in London from where they broadcast as ''Radio Belgique / Radio België'' under the ''Office de Radiodiffusion Nationale Belge'' (RNB) established by the Belgian government-in-exile's Ministry of Information.

At the end of the war the INR and the RNB coexisted until 14 September 1945, when a Royal Decree restored the INR's original mission. The INR was one of 23 broadcasting organizations which founded the European Broadcasting Union in 1950. Television broadcasting from Brussels began in 1953, with two hours of programming each day. In 1960 the INR was subsumed into RTB (''Radio-Télévision Belge'') and moved to new quarters at the Reyers building in 1967. RTB's first broadcast in colour, ''Le Jardin Extraordinaire'' (a gardening and nature programme), was transmitted in 1971. Two years later the RTB began broadcasting news in colour.

In 1977, following Belgian federalization and the establishment of separate language communities, the French-language section of RTB became RTBF (''Radio-Télévision Belge de la Communauté française'') and a second television channel was set up with the name RTbis. In 1979 RTbis became "Télé 2". Along with French channels TF1, Antenne 2, FR 3 and Swiss channel SSR, RTBF jointly established the European French-speaking channel TV5 in 1984. On 21 March 1988 Télé 2 became Télé 21. On 27 September 1989 a subsidiary company of RTBF was set up with the name Canal Plus TVCF, which subsequently became "Canal Plus Belgique" in May 1995. In 1993 Télé 21 was replaced by Arte/21 and Sport 21.

In mid January 2010, RTBF became RTBF.be. The change was made because of the growing importance of new media. The '.be' suffix stresses these new developments. RTBF.be underlines that this change isn't anecdotic and that the internet has gained its place in the media landscape, just as TV and radio have done years ago.

The analogue transmitter coverage

By 2011, RTBF.be plans the analogue systems to be phased out for Wallonia.

''Bye Bye Belgium''

On 13 December 2006, at 20:21 CET (19:21 UTC), RTBF replaced an edition of its regular current affairs programme ''Questions à la Une'' with a fake special news report in which it was claimed that Flanders had proclaimed independence, effectively dissolving the Belgian state. The programme had been preceded by a caption reading "This may not be fiction", which was repeated intermittently as a subtitle to the images on screen. After the first half hour of the 90-minute broadcast, however – by which point RTBF.be's response line had been flooded with calls – this was replaced with a caption reading "This is fiction".

The video featured images of news reporters standing in front of the Flemish Parliament, while Flemish separatists waved the flag of Flanders behind them. Off to the side, Francophone and Belgian nationalists were waving Belgian flags. The report also featured footage of King Albert and Queen Paola getting on a military jet to Congo, a former Belgian colony.

RTBF justified the hoax on the grounds that it raised the issue of Flemish nationalism, but others felt that it raised the issue of about how much the public can trust the press.

See also

List of television channels in Belgium

References

External links

Official Site

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name	Moncef Marzouki
office1	President of the Congress for the Republic
term start1	July 24, 2001
predecessor1	''First President''
office2	President of the Tunisian League for Human Rights
term start2	March 12, 1989
term end2	February 5, 1994
predecessor2	Mohamed Charfi
successor2	Taoufik Bouderbala
birth date	July 07, 1945
birth place	Grombalia, French Tunisia
alma mater	University of Strasbourg
party	Congress for the Republic
profession	Politician, physician
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Moncef Marzouki (; born 7 July 1945) is a Tunisian human rights activist, politician and physician.

Education and early human rights activities

Born in Grombalia, Marzouki studied medicine at the University of Strasbourg. Returning to Tunisia in 1979, he founded the Center for Community Medicine in Sousse and the African Network for Prevention of Child Abuse, also joining Tunisian League for Human Rights. In his youth he had travelled to India to study Mahatma Gandhi's peaceful resistance. Later, he also travelled to South Africa to study its transition from Apartheid.

Human rights/political career

When the government cracked down violently on the Islamist Renaissance Party in 1991, Marzouki confronted Tunisian President Ben Ali calling on him to adhere to the law. In 1993, Marzouki was a founding member of the National Committee for the Defense of Prisoners of Conscience, but he resigned after it was taken over by supporters of the government. He was arrested on several occasions on charges relating to the propagation of false news and working with banned Islamist groups. He subsequently founded the National Committee for Liberties. He became President of the Arab Commission for Human Rights and continues as a member of its Executive Board.

In 2001, he founded the Congress for the Republic. This was banned in 2002, but Marzouki moved to France and continued running it.

Following President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's departure from Tunisia and vacation of the Presidency during the 2010–2011 Tunisian protests, Marzouki announced his return to Tunisia and his intention to run for the presidency.

External links

Official website of Dr. Marzouki

References

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Name	Lara Fabian
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Lara Crokaert
Birth date	January 09, 1970
Origin	Etterbeek, Belgium
Occupation	Singer, songwriter, musician, actress
Genre	Pop, French pop, pop rock, adult contemporary, acoustic, dance
Instrument	Vocals, piano, keyboards
Years active	1986–present
Label	Polydor Sony Music Universal Music Group
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Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert, January 9, 1970) is a Belgian-Italian international singer who also holds Canadian citizenship. Multilingual, she sings in French, Italian and English. She has also sung in Spanish, Portuguese, Russian (e.g., "Любовь похожая на сон", or "Love Resembeling A Dream"), once in Hebrew on Israel's 60th Independence Day celebrations and in German in 1988 for a version of "Croire" (ger.: "glauben" eng.: "believe"), although she speaks neither language fluently. She also speaks a little Dutch (Flemish). She has sold over 18 million records worldwide so far. She is a lyric soprano with a vocal range that spans four octaves from E-flat 3 to G#6. She can belt up to A5.

Early life

Born to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother in Etterbeek, Belgium, she spent her first five years in her mother's hometown of Catania in Sicily before moving back to Brussels, Belgium. She began singing, dancing and taking piano lessons at a very young age and began formal music lessons at age eight. She began writing and performing her own songs during her ten years of formal study. Fabian's songs were greatly influenced by both her classical vocal and music theory training and by contemporary artists such as Barbra Streisand and Queen.

Music career

1986-1993: Early music career

During the 1980s, Lara Fabian entered a number of European competitions and won several prizes. A consequence of winning one of these contests in 1986 was the release of her first single, "L'Aziza est en pleurs" / "Il y avait". Both were written by the Belgian composer Marc Lerchs as homage to the deceased French singer Daniel Balavoine.

In 1988, the RTL TV channel in Luxembourg invited Fabian to represent the country at the 33rd Eurovision Song Contest, held that year in Dublin, Ireland. The song presented to Fabian was a composition made by Jacques Cardona and Alain Garciac entitled "Croire" (Trust) and reached a respectable fourth place that night. The winning song that year was titled "Ne partez pas sans moi" and launched the career of its performer, Fabian's fellow francophone artist, Céline Dion, who sang on behalf of Switzerland. Fabian's "Croire" became a hit single that year in Europe selling nearly 500,000 copies.

In 1990, Fabian travelled to Canada to promote her third single ''Je Sais'' and fell in love with the province of Quebec. In 1991, with two suitcases and $1,000 in her pocket, Fabian and her friend and musical collaborator, Rick Allison, moved to Montreal, Canada to embark on a career in North America. They began their own music label and publishing company, Productions Clandestines. Rick first met Fabian in a jazz bar in Brussels some years previously and was impressed by Fabian's vocals on George Gershwin's "Summertime". The pair worked steadily on writing and recording songs.

In August 1991, Fabian's self-titled French-language debut album, ''Lara Fabian'', was released in Canada and sold over 100,000 copies. This debut album went on to be certified ''Gold'' in 1993 and then certified platinum the following year. The success of the album's upbeat Dance-pop singles such as "Le jour où tu partira", "Les murs", and "Qui pense à l'amour" gave Fabian the radio exposure she needed. She received several nominations at the 1993 ''ADISQ awards'' and a poll published around that time revealed that she was considered Quebec's most promising singer.

1994-1996: Breakthrough album: "Carpe diem"

Fabian's constant touring in Quebec helped her 1994 album ''Carpe diem'' to become her breakthrough album. The album went ''Gold'' less than three weeks after its release, and spawned three hit singles: "Tu t'en vas", "Si tu m'aimes", and "Leïla". The following year, the album went ''Triple Platinum'' and Fabian's SRO tour attracted more than 150,000 fans. The success of ''Carpe diem'' was recognized at the 1995 ADISQ gala. Fabian received two Félix awards: Best Show Of The Year and Best Female Singer Of The Year (a category that is voted upon by the public).

In January 1995, Serge Lama requested that Fabian join him on the stage of the Paris venue Palais des Congrès to perform "Je suis malade", which she had recorded on ''Carpe diem''. Impressed by the audience's response to their duet, Lama immediately asked Fabian to sing the song once more on her own, this delighted the audience.

In 1996, Walt Disney Studios immortalized Fabian's voice when they asked her to voice the character of Esmeralda in the French version of the animated feature ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. Disney also included Fabian's French version of the song "Que Dieu aide les exclus" (God Help The Outcasts) on the film's English soundtrack album beside Bette Midler's version. This was a unique move for the company.

1997-1999: Mainstream international success: "Pure" and first "Live"

After the success of ''Carpe diem'', Fabian signed a contract with the French Polydor label for several albums and ''Pure'' was released in June 1997. ''Pure'' sold over two million copies in France alone and the album went platinum in less than two weeks. The album spawned several hit singles: "Tout", "Je t'aime", "Humana" and the anti-homophobia anthem "La Différence". "Tout", "Je t'aime" and "Humana" each sold more than one million copies. Fabian was again bestowed with awards, being awarded a Félix for Popular Album Of The Year at the 1997 ADISQ gala and was also nominated for two Juno Awards in the Best Female Singer and Best Selling French Album categories.

In January 1998, Fabian sang a duet with Johnny Hallyday at a benefit concert given for the Restos du Coeur in France. The pair would later perform this duet again at the Stade de France in front of 240,000 fans as part of Hallyday's concert tour. Fabian's own tour during this time had two sold-out shows at L'Olympia (France). A month later, on that very same stage, Fabian was given the Discovery Of The Year award during the Victoires de la Musique Gala. Also in 1998, Polydor released Fabian's Canadian hit album ''Carpe diem'' in Europe and her international popularity was secured, as exemplified by the decision of the famous Grévin Wax Museum to unveil Fabian's wax effigy, as a Quebec City museum had already done. This made her the first female Canadian singer ever to be honoured by the Paris institution.

Fabian spent most of fall 1998 in France, where she embarked on an extensive tour of 24 cities including Paris, Lyon, Marseilles, Geneva and Monaco. During this sold-out concert tour, Fabian performed for audiences of more than 150,000. In November 1998, Fabian received the Félix Award for ''Artist With The Most Recognition Outside Quebec'' at the ''ADISQ Gala''. In December, Fabian was chosen Revelation Of The Year by the magazine Paris Match, which put her on its cover to mark this occasion.

In March 1999, Fabian released her first live album, simply named ''Live'', which debuted at #1 on the French charts. This helped solidify the international buzz around her and she received an international recording contract from Sony Music.

In May 1999, Fabian was honoured at the ''World Music Awards'' in Monaco, where she was given the award for ''Best Selling Record for the Year 1998'' for her album ''Pure''. In July 1999, with over 6 million records sold across Europe, Polydor released Fabian’s self-titled debut album from 1991. This European version of the album contained slight modifications, such as a new album cover and the addition of the hit single "Croire".

1999-2001: Extension of success to the US and Latin America: "Lara Fabian"

In the summer of 1999, Fabian recorded her first English-language album, ''Lara Fabian'', in New York and San Francisco for the Sony label. The songs were written and produced with the help of her partner Rick Allison as well as Dave Pickell, Walter Afanasieff, Glen Ballard and Patrick Leonard.

The Dance-pop song, "I Will Love Again", her first English single, reached #1 on the U.S.A. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play. It also peaked #32 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #10 Adult Contemporary) as well as appearing on several other international charts. A follow-up ballad, "Love By Grace", became a moderate Adult Contemporary chart hit peaking at #24. In February 2001, the title Love By Grace became the theme song of the lead couple in the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Família, broadcast by TV Globo for millions of viewers in Brazil and Portugal. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian and Portuguese radio stations. Love by Grace generated an incredible frenzy around the artist.

The third single, the Dance-pop song, "I Am Who I Am" remixed by Hex Hector became an underground club hit, but did not chart. Meanwhile in Europe, the single "Adagio" charted at #5 on the French singles chart and #3 on the Belgian singles chart.

The album itself debuted at #1 on the Billboard ''Heatseekers'' new album chart, reached #1 on the French album chart and #2 on the Belgian album chart. For the Asian version of the album, Fabian collaborated with American-Taiwanese pop star Leehom Wang on the song "Light of my life".

During this period, Fabian recorded songs for several Hollywood motion picture soundtracks such as "The Dream Within" for the ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'' soundtrack and, "For Always" for the ''AI:Artificial Intelligence'' soundtrack. The "AI: Artificial Intelligence" Soundtrack has two versions of the song "For Always". One version is of Fabian solo, the other version is a duet with singer Josh Groban. Fabian has also ventured into acting, appearing in the film ''De-Lovely'', performing Cole Porter's ''So In Love'' with Mario Frangoulis. This song appears on the movie soundtrack. Also, Fabian's "Givin' Up On You" appears on the soundtrack "Songs From Dawson's Creek, Vol. 2".

2001-2003: "O Canada 2001" and return to French roots: "Nue", "Live 2002" and "En toute intimité"

''Nue'' (Naked) was Fabian's fourth French album and was released in the Fall of 2001 in both Québec and France, making her return to her French singing roots. Her experiences surrounding her first English album were intense and, although critically praised, personally exhausting. "Nue" is the documentation by Fabian and her partner and producer, Rick Allison, of her emotional ride in the preceding few years. It is an album that gave listeners a much more vulnerable and fragile perception of Fabian although presented with an exceptional vocal strength. Her first single released in the summer of 2001 was the anthem "J'y crois encore" which was a top 20 French hit and was followed by the release of the album later that month. The album reached #1 in Belgium and #2 in France but had little impact in Québec. Other singles followed, such as Fabian's personal favourite, "Immortelle", a strong song that remains constantly present in Fabian's live concerts. "Aimer Déjà" was also released as a single and in 2002 "Tu es mon autre" (a duet with fellow Belgian friend and singer Maurane), was nominated for song of the year and reached the top 5 in France. This has become another trademark song in Fabian's career and she has performed it many times with many other artists, including Rick Allison during her 2001/2002 tour. In addition, this album was also released in Portugal and reached the top 10 on the album charts during the Fall of 2001 as a consequence of the tremendous success of Fabian's previous English album.

Also in 2001, she collaborated with David Foster and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to record the Canadian national anthem, "O Canada", for an English version, a French version, and a bilingual (French/English) version, for a promotion of the Government of Canada.

Also in 2002, Fabian contributed to the ''World Soccer Championship'' CD release with the song "World At Your Feet" written and produced by Gary Barlow.

Towards the end of 2002, Fabian released her second live album, ''Live 2002'', from her latest tour together with a DVD showcasing concerts recorded in December 2001 in Belgium at the Forest National and at Le Zénith in Paris.

By early 2003, Fabian was once again touring. This time the concert was presented in a more intimate and acoustic atmosphere at the Casino de Paris every Monday night. An acoustic set that became her transition towards a new Lara Fabian that the public was on verge of knowing and worshiping. During this tour, Maurane and Daniel Lavoie both appeared as guests, duetting with Fabian on "Tu es mon autre" and "Je suis mon coeur" respectively. These acoustic concerts were released as a live CD and DVD at the end of 2003, under the title ''En toute intimité''.

2004: Second English language release: "A Wonderful Life"

In 2004, Fabian released her second English album, ''A Wonderful Life''. The project was commercially unsuccessful but critically praised. The album did not come close to the success of her previous English debut effort but created a path for a sound and musical change that would trademark Fabian's future musical style. The more organic sound is due to the work of French guitarist Jean-Félix Lalanne, and also working with producers such as Desmond Child, Anders Bagge and the British team True North (composed of Take That singer Gary Barlow and Elliot John Kennedy). The centrepiece of this record, as Fabian stated on a promotional interview for this album, is "Review My Kisses". This song was written by Desmond Child and planned to be recorded initially by Fabian herself. It was recorded by LeAnn Rimes in 2002 for her album "Twisted Angel".

The first single release (though only for radio) was "The Last Goodbye" in the US and most other countries (except France). The video premiered on Portuguese talk show "Herman Sic" one day before the album was released. In the meantime, Fabian decided to release a different song in France, considering that "The Last Goodbye" was too "American" for an audience that was more used to her own songwriting. She released (with a video as well) the song "No Big Deal". Neither of the songs achieved massive or moderate, partly attributable to Fabian's personal decision to withdraw from the project and also due to conflicts with Sony Music. The album was not promoted and its release was cancelled in the United States.

At least one song from the album, "I Guess I Loved You", saw some moderate success when included on a Brazilian soap opera. Brazil is still one of the countries with a strong passion for Fabian's music, and therefore this song was chosen for the soundtrack of "Senhora do Destino" (Lady Of Destiny) almost gaining the same popularity that "Love By Grace" did when similarly chosen in 2001. The song also gained some popularity in Portugal for the same reasons, though it was never officially released or promoted.

For the rest of 2004 Fabian was in almost complete seclusion from the music scene, having left her second English record aside. Newspapers began speculating about a serious disease that had affected her. The drama became so exaggerated that Fabian herself was forced to appear on a short interview in Québec later that year explaining some of the reasons she withdrew from the public eye and also why she had returned to her native Belgium, leaving Québec (where she had lived in Westmount for nearly 15 years).

2005-2006: A new musical direction: "9" and "Un Regard 9"

In March 2005, Fabian re-appeared on the music scene in France (and also in Canada) with her fifth French album, ''9''. This title symbolically resembles ''"a change"'' and ''"a rebirth[...]the end of a period of time in one's life and simultaneously the beginning of another"''. It marked a completely different direction in Fabian's musical and personal life. The album is performed differently, with smoothness, serenity and with a lot of joy, far from the in-depth and dramatic vibes of earlier recordings.

''9'' yielded the hit single "La Lettre", a song co-written by Fabian and composed by her new partner, Jean-Félix Lalanne. He is responsible, along with Fabian herself for the composition and production of the album's 11 tracks. Other singles from ''9'' were "Ne lui parlez plus d'elle", "Un Ave Maria", "Il ne manquait que toi" (a song written by Fabian and inspired by Lalanne) and the gospel-infused "L'homme qui n'avait pas de maison".

The success of ''9'' was cemented by a huge tour titled "Un regard 9". This tour reached France, Belgium, Switzerland, Lebanon, Russia, Quebec, Turkey, Luxembourg, Mauritius, French overseas territories in the Caribbean and Oceania and totalled more than 60 concerts. Fabian also performed in Portugal for the first time, showcasing songs from her two English records and a few French songs such as "La Lettre".

In October 2006, Fabian released a CD and DVD of this tour, both titled ''Un regard 9 Live''. Both the CD and DVD were recorded during Fabian's concerts on 29 March 2006 at Le Zénith in Paris. The CD presents 15 live performances plus a brand new song, "Aime", which was recorded in a studio in Montreal. This song has been recorded in both English and French, though the latter version is the only one officially released so far. "Aime" was initially performed live during a few concerts in Belgium as gift for her native Belgium fans but the enthusiastic response and feedback prompted Fabian to record the song and include it on a forthcoming release. On TV shows, where Fabian promoted the song as a single, one can see the audience putting their hands in the air in the shape of a heart, a sign Fabian made during her tour and that has now became a symbol for the song and its meaning.

2006-2007: An Italian collaboration and live concerts in Europe

According to messages left by Lara Fabian on her official site in 2006, her next studio album was to be her first Italian-language project. Few details have been released except that she has been working with Neapolitan singer and songwriter Gigi D'Alessio, who appeared once at one of her shows, and whose performance is included as a bonus on Fabian's recent live DVD, ''Un regard 9 Live''. The two artists recorded a song called "Un Cuore Malato" (Ill heart), which they performed live during the fourth night of the 2007 Sanremo festival on Rai Uno, the main Italian public channel. There is also a French/Italian version of this duet "Un Coeur Blessé" and this was released to French radio in Summer 2007.

In June 2007, Fabian worked in Rome and Los Angeles to record sessions for her Italian album. In the meantime, the single "Un Cuore Malato" (with Gigi D'Alessio) reached the top of the Italian charts and #16 in France. As part of her time in Los Angeles, Fabian worked with Dave Stewart (musician and record producer known for his work with Eurythmics) and Glen Ballard (former Alanis Morissette producer and writing partner) on a "multilingual" album which is reputed to include songs in English, Spanish, French, Italian and a few other languages (resembling albums by singers such as Josh Groban, Mario Frangoulis and Russell Watson with whom Fabian has recorded before). This album is expected to be released in late 2008. Fabian revealed some time ago that she wrote a song with Dave Stewart called "Between Hatred And Love" and a few tracks with Glen Ballard for to this project. Ballard had previously composed a track for Fabian titled "Ivy" and this was released as a b-side for the single "Adagio" in 1999.

Also in 2007, Fabian was in Québec to perform a two night concert at the Olympia de Montreal (re-opening this theatre after its long renovation) presenting her Quebec fans with some of the atmosphere of her 2005-2006 European Un regard 9 tour. In addition, Fabian performed private acoustic sessions in countries such as Portugal, Turkey and Russia. On 14 October 2007, Fabian was a surprise guest at the only concert Gigi D'Alessio gave in France at the famous Olympia in Paris, just a few days before the birth of her daughter. Fabian surprised everyone by appearing and performing their successful duet "Un Cuore Malato". The concert was broadcasted through an Italian TV channel.

2009: Return to the music scene: "Toutes les femmes en moi"

Lara Fabian returned to the music scene a few months after her daughter's birth in 2007 and has been doing some concerts in Ukraine, Russia and Greece. In Greece she was a guest in a concert by Greek tenor Mario Frangoulis, with whom Fabian had previously duetted on the song "So In Love" featured in the movie "De-Lovely" in 2004. Fabian has also made a few TV appearances (such as 60th Anniversary of Israel where Fabian performed a Hebrew song and duetted with Israeli singer Noa).

On an interview for Russian radio station "Silver Rain", prior to a concert in Moscow, Fabian expressed how much she loved and admired the late singer Grégory Lemarchal and claimed he was her favourite Star Academy participant from all seven editions done so far. She was also asked about what she thought of the talent shows that have brought so many people to the world of music. Fabian responded with ''"Who are we to judge? [...] These young people don't know how this machinery works, but we can't kill their dreams, can we?"''. In addition to the interview, she performed Sarah McLachlan's "Angel" specially for LeMarchal during her Moscow concert.

During 2008, Fabian was in Belgium preparing to record a brand new French album with famous pianist Mark Herskowitz, who had also composed and arranged the hidden instrumental track featured on the 2001 album "Nue". The album will be partly recorded in Montreal, Canada. No further details have been revealed regarding her anticipated Italian album. It is highly suspected, however, that the new French album may be the so-called "multilingual" project previously mentioned, considering the fact that songs in Spanish, Italian, and English are said to be included on it.

Fabian confirmed the release of this much anticipated new album, ''Toutes les femmes en moi'', on her official website on 20 October 2008. Fabian stated on her website that ''Toutes les femmes en moi'' is "daring" and that "Blues, Jazz, Gospel, Klezmer, Tango, Neo Classic, White Soul [and Gospel] come close without disturbing each other...". According to Fabian's official website the album will be released on May 26, 2009. The first single release from this album is Soleil, Soleil, a cover of the Nana Mouskouri song, which was sent to French radios on March 11, 2009. Fabian will be promoting the album during the next few months before starting a new tour later this year. The album is a "self-portrait" where Fabian reveals her strong admiration for some of the most impressive female singers in France and Québec that have inspired her as both a woman and as an artists and, as she states "have constructed [her]". The album came as a result of two situations, where at one point Fabian had had a deep reflective conversation with her best friend Natalie about how can anyone truly explain that people are what they have become (a question to which Fabian replies has being a result of all the women that are part of her both at a personal level and musically; and after that she had a discussion with Polydor France boss Pascal Negre who told her that she should be comfortable about herself as a singer not letting herself be influenced by those old criticisms and views that followed her over the years concerning her singing and personality. According to him, she should just be herself and sing exactly the way that represent who she is and who she has always been regardless those who tried to knock her down. Fabian thanks each and every one the selected singers hommaged on this album with real life letters she actually wrote to them in different periods of her life thanking them for their inspiration and perseverance that helped her in her own professional and personal life. She pays tribute to artists such has Maurane, Véronique Sanson, Dalida, Nana Mouskouri, Catharine Lara, France Gall and Céline Dion among others.

It was recently revealed by the singer during her current promotional tour in France that there is an English recorded album equivalent to TLFM called "Every Woman In Me" that showcases in an acoustic environment with piano and vocals her own interpretation of some of the most amazing classic songs from some of the most recognized women in the recording Anglo-Saxonic industry around the world with names such as Celine Dion, Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell, Karen Carpenter, Kate Bush, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald and even Fabian's forever idol Barbra Streisand. The album will only be released online and during her upcoming francophone tour "Tous Le Femmes En Moi Font Son Show" that will start later in September this year. Fabian has, however showcased a few numbers from this release in her 5 day recent concert tour in Russia, a country where she has become a huge star over the last four years with both her English and French repertoire.

The second single of the album confirmed is the song "Toutes les Femmes en moi", Fabian's only original recording included and also the album's title track.

2010: "Tour Les Femmes Font Leur Show", a new musical adventure "Mademoiselle Zhivago" and her first "Best of" album

Throughout the first half of 2010, Fabian embarked on a European tour of concerts specially throughout France, Switzerland and Belgium incorporating the main repertoire of her last album "Tout Les Femmes En Moi" alongside some classic and fan favourites. She also had the change of once again performing in Eastern Europe with a more acoustic environment of piano-voice she was used to do in those territories but this time around also including some of the English recording from the English album Every Woman In Me. This marked what for a long time was referred to be the multi-lingual musical project with Russian composer Igor Krutoy entitled "Mademoisse Zhivago". It features 11 different songs which tell us a particular story but are all linked by one same character, a woman who crosses different lives over the years and centuries having a special personal bond to Fabian's origins and family. The whole project not only was musical but also cinematographic as all 11 songs were filmed into different videos that as a whole created one big film produced and directed by Ukrainian film producer Alan Badoev. The album containing a CD and a DVD was first released in Ukraine on 25 October but will also have its release in Russia on 19 November. It's planned to be also released in France later in 2011. The whole set of songs composed by Fabian with Igor Krutoy is in English, French, Italian, Spanish and also in Russian. Fabian first introduced one of these songs in 2009 during the New Wave Festival in Latvia performing "Demain N'Existe Pas" and the following she would return to that same stage performing new songs from the already finalized project. Fabian has been promoting this project in both country specially on television but also giving a series of concerts too presenting the new songs to the eastern European public. Fabian has with this been established as a huge superstar in the eastern part of Europe. Fabian was a guest performer on 30 October show of the Ukrainian X Factor singing "Mademoiselle Hyde" and "Demain N'Existe Pas" taken from the album and also her longtime classic "Adagio".

As her career follows new directions, she hasn't lost connection to her French and Canadian public and fans. In September 2010 she finally released her 2009 album "Tout Les Femmes En Moi" in Québec having enjoyed a heavy week of promotion there returning shortly to the country she claims made her who she is. There is a new version on the album for "Nuit Magique" which was recorded as a duet with Canadian singer Coral Egan.

Parallel to this whole range of musical events and adventures, Fabian will finally release her first "Best of" album in France on 15 November alongside the DVD filmed in March of one of the concerts during the "Tout Les Femmes Font Leur Show". The album will contain two new recordings: the first single "On S'aimerai Tout Bas" composed by Stanislas and Maxime Le Forestier and a virtual duet with Ray Charles called "Ensemble".

Fabian will also be featured on an upcoming release by American singer Michael Bolton on which both sang the classic The Prayer originally recorded by Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion in 1998. The track was produced by the hitmaker producer David Foster who had also composed the song. For the producer's latest show "Hitman and Friends" in Canada on October 15, Fabian was invited to perform "Caruso" and also the recently recorded duet with Michael Bolton with standing ovation from the crowd.

Discography

Writing for other artists

Fabian has written for other artists such as French female singers Chimène Badi, Nolwenn Leroy and Myriam Abel. She also composed for Daniel Lévi and is said to be currently working with a former contestant from "Nouvelle Star 3", Roland. She has often praised the voice and talent of successful female singer Amel Bent, who was also a contestant on that show.

Acting career

In 2004 the singer appeared in her musical role in the film ''De-Lovely''. In a recent press release, Fabian confirmed that she will be acting in a French play with two other famous French actors. Her role will be that of a man, whose character she has not yet revealed. She expressed excitement on this new adventure on which she is embarking, about which she states, "Acting is related to being a singer, as interpreting a song makes a singer become a small actor on a song".

Personal life

Much to the delight of the French and Canadian media, Lara Fabian and French singer Patrick Fiori began a relationship at the start of 1998. The photos of the happy couple have been splashed across the cover of French tabloids ever since!

On November 20, 2007 Belgian singer Maurane, Fabian's very close friend (both shared vocals on the single "Tu Es Mon Autre" in 2002), revealed during her concert at the Cirque Royal that "...little Lou was born this morning!" referring to Fabian's first child, a girl named Lou, who was born at the Edith Cavell Hospital in Uccle, Belgium.

http://www.rfimusic.com/artist/chanson/patrick-fiori/biography

See also

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

===List of awards received by Lara Fabian===

References

External links

Official Web Site (available in French, English and Italian)

Biography of Lara Fabian, from Radio France Internationale

Lara Fabian News (in English, Portuguese and French)

Last.fm - Lara Fabian

Last.fm - Lara Fabian

All Lara Fabian's career

English translations of Lara Fabian's songs

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Name	Oskar Freysinger
Constituency mp	Valais
Parliament	National Council of Switzerland
Majority
Term start	1 December 2003
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Predecessor
Successor
Parliament2	Cantonal council of Valais
Majority2
Term start2
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Birth date	June 12, 1960
Birth place	Sierre
Nationality	Swiss
Party	Swiss People's Party (UDC)
Spouse	Ghislaine Héritier
Children	Fanny (b. 1990) Yoann (b. 1992) Laura (b. 1995)
Residence	Savièse
Alma mater	University of Fribourg
Occupation	High school teacher
Committees	Commission for science, education and culture CN (CSEC-CN) Commission for juridical affaires CN (CAJ-CN) Redaction Committee V (CdR-V)
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Oskar Freysinger (b. 12 June 1960 in Sierre) is a Swiss politician of the Swiss People's Party.

Biography

Freysinger studied at a German-speaking school in Sion, and later studied German literature and philosophy, and French literature, obtaining a teaching degree in 1985.

Freysinger has taught at the Lycée-Collège de la Planta since 1987.

From 1997 and 2001, he was a communal counselor at Savièse for the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland. In 1999, he co-founded the Valaisan branch of the Swiss People's Party, which he headed from 1999 to 2002.

Freysinger held an MP position at the cantonal parliament of Valais from 2001 to 2003, and at the National Council of Switzerland from 2003.

His main proposals include the revocal of article 261 bis; hold naturalisation by popular vote; expulsion of foreigners convicted of crimes; and strict regulation of drugs. His political creed reads

Works

''Brüchige Welten'', Rotten Verlag, 2004.

''Outre-pensées'', éditions de la Matze, 2005

''Schachspirale'', éditions de la Matze, 2006

''Le nez dans le soleil'', 2009

''"L'évasion de C.B.", fiction satirique sur le 12 décembre'', 2008

Notes and references

personal website

Category:Members of the National Council of Switzerland Category:Swiss People's Party politicians Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:Opposition to Islam in Europe

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