It is interesting.  I am in France right now and I seem to be living in a different civilization.  No, it has nothing to do with French culture, which is great, it has to do with the news.

There is very little exposure of these stories in the U.S.

One American staff member has died and a number have been injured in the clashes," Abdel-Monem Al-Hurr, spokesman for Libya's Supreme Security Committee, said, adding that he did not know the exact number of injured and could not say what the cause of death was.