French Magazine: ROGER THEROND GUIDED PHOTO QUALITY AT PARIS MATCH
Roger Therond, who turned French magazine Paris Match into one of the world's best outlets for photojournalism, died Saturday at home in Paris, the magazine said. He was 76.Mr. Therond joined Paris Match in 1949, moving up the ranks until he became and editor-in-chief in 1976. During his 50-year career, he was known forhaving an eye for picking breathtaking photos. ''We have lost one of the most original and captivating figures of the contemporary...
French magazine raises new doubts on Maxwell death
THE leading French magazine Paris Match yesterday published details from a video recording of the second post-mortem examination on Robert Maxwell, carried out just hours before he was buried in Jerusalem.Photographs of the newspaper publisher lying on the medical table, including close-ups of his face, illustrate the ten-page article which alleges that he was beaten before he died. Last night, a representative from the weekly was in London trying to sell the 80-minute recording of the...
French Magazine: Azeri leader urges world public to increase pressure on Armenia
The Azerbaijani leader has urged the international public to increase pressure on Armenia over the Karabakh conflict and to step up efforts aimed at finding a speedy solution to the problem. In an interview with the French magazine Le Lettre Diplomatique, he said that organized international crime groups are active in Karabakh and described the area as a great source of threat to security in the South Caucasus. Aliyev added that peace and security in the region could only be restored after...
French magazine flips out over Utah
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah residents are used to being called backward - but not upside down. An eight-page spread in the French magazine Le Figaro included glowing accounts, pictures of breathtaking scenery and a map that turned the Beehive State upside down and placed Idaho and Wyoming within its borders."I've heard people tell us before we're backward, but not upside down," laughed Fred Ball, president of the Salt Lake Area Chamber of...