The 2013 Tour de France begins on the island of Corsica on June 29.
"The views are amazing, they remind me of Corsica, " says Ms. Chan, a communications consultant.
Some Vermentino vineyards, like those of Abbatucci in Corsica, even have great ocean views.
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At least 19 people have been killed on Corsica this year, including prominent lawyer Antoine Sollacaro in October.
Another example, broached with unaccustomed courage by Mr Jospin last year, may be the constitutional future of Corsica.
With members from France, Tunisia and Corsica, they bring a pan-Mediterranean perspective to their heartfelt rock 'n' roll.
Corsica has long been dogged by violence linked to feuding gangs and also to demands for independence from France.
In July it meant a surprise visit, the first of several, to Corsica.
His ticket out of Brooklyn was first the draft he served as a bombardier in Corsica and then the GI Bill.
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Best of all is the horseshoe bay of Rondinara and tree-fringed Palombaggia, which you will see gracing postcards all over Corsica.
Voters in France's Mediterranean island of Corsica narrowly rejected a plan for limited autonomy that had been put to a referendum.
In France, the government is committed to decentralisation, but its devolution plan for Corsica was messily rejected in a recent referendum.
Vermentino is one of the most important grapes in Corsica, especially in the coastal Patrimonia region, where it's also known as Malvoisie.
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Three French police officers who are already under investigation have said they were ordered to burn the restaurant by Corsica's head of police.
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His death was then followed this week by the discovery of two corpses in eastern Corsica, presumed victims again of the separatists' internal feuding.
The U Castellu Guesthouse, a cosy boutique hotel with five modern rooms artfully decorated with quirky touches, encapsulates the laid back beauty of Corsica.
It gathered information from enemy positions using covert methods and operated in North Africa, the Greek Islands, Norway, Sicily, Italy, Corsica and North West Europe.
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Mr Bonnet, who was sent to Corsica to rid the island of corruption and gangsterism, is being questioned about the firebombing of a restaurant last month.
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Thought to have originated in Spain, Vermentino has been grown in a number of Mediterranean locations for hundreds of years, including Provence and Liguria, Corsica and Sardinia.
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In the 99 times the Tour de France has run since the first race in 1903, it has passed through almost every part of France, but has somehow missed Corsica.
The French national assembly is debating the case of the top government official on Corsica, Bernard Bonnet, who's been detained over allegations of involvement in an arson attack.
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Less than 10 miles south of Corsica on the island of Sardinia, Vermentino is produced in a lighter, higher-acid, more citrusy style much like the Vermentinos (aka Rolles) of Provence.
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The country's Constitutional Council, the equivalent of America's Supreme Court, has just ruled against a key part of his plan to devolve legislative power to the perpetually troubled island of Corsica.
The violence is not limited to Corsica's coast.
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Other important world stories saw the head of the Israeli secret service forced to resign after a bungled assassination attempt and the top bureaucrat in the French island of Corsica murdered by separatists.
France has dealt sensibly with its nastiest would-be separatist danger: Napoleon's native isle of Corsica, some fifth of whose people are nationalists of one kind or another, has been pacified with a mixture of subsidy and devolution.
On February 7th gunmen in a street in Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, killed the prefect, Claude Erignac, the highest representative of the French state on the island, as he was on his way to a concert.
Crowned by saw tooth peaks, mantled in forest cloaks of green oak, chestnut and pine, and shot through with rushing rivers and tumbling cascades, Corsica is one of the most dramatic, diverse and downright gorgeous islands in the Mediterranean.
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