<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8464c8c8-7d9c-446d-a3f5-8c30ceea700a/D58BD629-2C27-4395-8F34-F1E5B1264798/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.independent.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><H1>Asterix and the half century</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><P class="tagline">For 50 years he has been defending his country from the Romans – and his people love him for it. John Lichfield salutes France's greatest literary export</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><P class="font-null">The year is 50BC and Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not entirely. One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. The year is 2009AD France has been entirely conquered by baseball hats, Big Macs and Hollywood movies. Well, not entirely. One indomitable enclave of French culture still holds out, and even thrives.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><P class="font-null"> The Asterix series of cartoon books, France's most lucrative literary export by far, will celebrate its 50th anniversary from next week with a series of exhibitions and special events and a new album of stories. Asterix spins the unlikely adventures of a village of ancient Gauls who refuse to bow to the power of Rome. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><UL class="paging"> <LI class="label"> <A href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html?action=Popup"> <IMG width="14" height="10" title="Photos" alt="Photos" src="http://www.independent.co.uk/independent.co.uk/images/i_photos.gif" /> More pictures </A> </LI> </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/asterix-and-the-half-century-1804371.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.independent.co.uk/img/3D347F3B-E694-4E0E-943C-0CC3D12B4A1C" alt="A scene from the 2006 cartoon film 'Asterix and the Vikings', which proved a smash hit among the Gaul's worldwide fans " /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D58BD629-2C27-4395-8F34-F1E5B1264798/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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