French was once the nearest thing (since Latin) that Europe had to an international language.

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"Music is truly an international language, " Hamlisch said on his official website.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

An international English-language satellite news TV, RT, is state-funded and aims to present "global news from a Russian perspective".

BBC: Russia country profile

Linguistics powerhouse Rosetta Stone announced it has acquired Livemocha, an online language learning network with international reach.

FORBES: Rosetta Stone Acquires Livemocha And Expands Its Reach In The Cloud

Soon, an English-language Facebook page also popped up, aimed at drawing international attention.

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Just as their poorest countrymen have continued to leave family and familiarity behind to labor in spots like the Arab Gulf, so, too, may a new cohort of the best and brightest look to international business centers, especially where their English-language facility gives them an edge.

FORBES: Side Lines

Ciak Junior is an international TV project which aims at initiating children, aged 10 to 15, to the language of audiovisuals.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN VENICE

He claimed that there was a risk it could assume an international identity very similar to its main Western competitors, pointing out that al-Jazeera's English-language website relied heavily on Western news agencies.

BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Al-Jazeera English TV date set

By persuading and assisting additional journalism schools to share their adapted curricula in OER format on the Platform, we provide the professor, curricula developer, or quality assurance assessor looking to develop their own curricula with an unparalleled opportunity to easily and intuitively select and compare curricula from near-by or international institutions, in their own language.

UNESCO: Launch of the UNESCO Open Educational Resources Platform