By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Independent voices from the TWT Communities
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It has been generally well respected in post-World War II France. Its editorial line is conservative. - Source: Wikipedia

With "The Artist" poised as the favorite to take home the best-picture award, the famously blase French public's pose of studied aloofness from U.S. opinion is wobbling.

An American reporter and a French photographer were among 39 people killed Wednesday in the flash-point Syrian city of Homs, a key target in President Bashar Assad's brutal crackdown on the 11-month-old anti-government uprising.