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A scooter, a Sarkozy and rancor collide »
Posted by: ameliog 3 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Like all French intellectual fusses, this one has roots in the past - as far back as the Dreyfus affair, not to mention Algeria. But it ...
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Citroen 2CV: France's iconic car »
Posted by: idyll 3 months ago in News
The Citroen 2CV, France's iconic car which turns 60 this year, has revolutionised the French motor industry, Emma Jane Kirby says.
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Sarkozy's big sell-off »
Posted by: idyll 3 months, 1 week ago in Style
Sarkozy should have know better than to put the Elysée palace and France's national symbols up for hire. He may be authorised to live ...
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Unknown Score Written By Mozart Found In France »
Posted by: TimALoftis 1 month, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
NANTES, France (Reuters) - A French municipal library has discovered a musical score handwritten by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in its archives, the Nantes town hall said ...
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Russian oligarch 'invader' pays record 392m for Riviera villa »
Posted by: Deidre 3 months, 1 week ago in News
A mysterious Russian billionaire has trumped his big-spending rivals and broken a world record by splashing out € 500 million (£ 392 million) on one ...
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Cannes winner submitted for Oscar »
Posted by: idyll 2 months ago in Arts & Entertainment
The Class, winner of this year's Palme_d_Or at Cannes, is named as France's official entry for the 2009 foreign language film Oscar.
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FameCrawler »
Posted by: shayera 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment
Ooh Ooh, I hope so. Could you imagine the chemistry between her and Christian Bale? The screen would be sizzling...Hot chalakka.
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France's Wine Terrorists »
Posted by: Deidre 3 months, 2 weeks ago in Style
Too much wine, it is known, can cause violent behavior. But few have gone as far as the grape growers of France's Languedoc-Rousillon region ...
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French restaurants hit by economic gloom »
Posted by: Deidre 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Style
(CNN) -- The global economic downturn is taking its toll on gastronomic traditions in France where 3,000 eateries are reported to have gone bust in ...
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'Transporter' Producer Luc Besson Partners With French Comic Publisher »
Posted by: brendoman 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Arts & Entertainment
It looks like funnybooks are continuing their trek for global entertainment domination, as Variety has reported that French director/producer Luc Besson (he of “The ...
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France to take long look at Afghan mission »
Posted by: kallenb 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The death of 10 French soldiers in an ambush by insurgents in Afghanistan has stoked a cry at home for France to rethink its commitment ...
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Video: Jet Man Flies Across The English Channel »
Posted by: marketplacepoint 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Yves Rossy, aka Jet Man, set a new record today with his successful flight across the English Channel - strapped to a jet-powered wing. I knew ...
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Dexia Bank Gets Multi-nation $9.2B Bailout »
Posted by: TheVisionary 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
(BRUSSELS, Belgium) — Dexia became the second Belgian bank this week to get a government and shareholder bailout Tuesday when Belgium, France and Luxembourg said they ...
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Creating a gentle revolution in Champagne »
Posted by: Deidre 1 month, 2 weeks ago in Style
SINGAPORE : Cé cile Bonnefond doesn' t look like a revolutionary, but this 54-year-old Frenchwoman sounds a little like one when she describes some of the ...
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Far from the Eiffel Tower, a hip new hotel - International Herald Tribune »
Posted by: Deidre 1 month, 1 week ago in Style
PARIS : Gentrification takes many forms. A part of Pigalle has dubbed itself, perhaps not entirely happily, SoPig but, more interestingly, a savvy French group has ...
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