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Eurostar, the high-speed train linking the UK with France and the rest of Europe, announced that record numbers of passengers are taking the train. Over 900,000 passengers used the Eurostar during July, 2008, which is an increase of 16.8% from the same...
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The global recession isn’t just making jobs scarce and tightening spending — it’s also turning more people into thieves. According to an annual survey...
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Nicolas Sarkozy was last night accused of living in ‘total fantasy’ after claiming he was among the first people to tear down the Berlin Wall.
In an...
made popular Nov 10 2009
The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair.
In France, nearly one out...
made popular Nov 10 2009
Also human life is short, kaleidoscope of history-in-making is so speedy changing that last seventy years accomplished events lasting centuries previously: changing...
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The Conservatives were accused by the French government tonight of “castrating” Britain’s position within the EU by adopting an “autistic”...
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For decades, the French considered it taboo to question whether immigration and foreign influences were diluting France’s social and cultural character. Indeed,...
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It has been billed as a quest for the soul of the Gallic nation: a voyage of discovery, with Nicolas Sarkozy at the helm, to discover the je ne sais quoi that makes...
made popular Nov 3 2009
Bike-sharing programs are gaining momentum throughout Europe and even in car-loving US cities, but vandals and thieves are doing a bang-up job of chipping away at that...
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Former French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in an alleged corruption scandal dating back to his tenure as Paris mayor, a judicial official...
made popular Oct 31 2009
France is to adopt a series of measures to ‘reaffirm pride’ in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism.
They include everybody receiving lessons in...
made popular Oct 28 2009
When France held the Rotating presidency of the EU last year a three day summit was held in the Grand Palace of Paris for Mediterranean Union.
A special made to order...
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A French court convicted the Church of Scientology and one of its leaders of defrauding vulnerable members on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group’s...
made popular Oct 27 2009
Of course, the French foreign minister did not make the threat or warning on behalf of his own nation of La France but on behalf of Israel. While in Beirut, Bernard...
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After the desecration of eight Moroccan soldiers’ tombs in the French town Montjoie-Saint-Martin, Morocco has expressed its deep indignation and condemned this ...
made popular Oct 26 2009
The 23-year-old son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he is withdrawing from a bid to run the country’s top business district.
The bid by Jean...
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A French prosecutor recommended Tuesday that former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin be convicted for his alleged role in a smear campaign against President Nicolas...
made popular Oct 21 2009
The heavily taxed French like to grouse about all the levies they pay, but there’s a new tax that’s turned that constant grumble into a roar. Called la taxe...
made popular Oct 20 2009
The Financial Times today has published a full-page account of the development of Gordon Brown’s bank rescue plan, which is worth reading for many reasons, but...
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The possible – or even probable – appointment of a 23-year-old Paris law student to run Europe’s largest office development has generated a storm of protest...
made popular Oct 13 2009
President Barack Obama needs to immediately stop looking for space on his mantle to place his Nobel Peace Prize and get back to work on closing the ever-widening...
made popular Oct 12 2009
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We may have thought the tales of a monarchy, chivalry in France died with the last royals Louis, and his queen Marie-Antoinette lost their heads. Hark, the knighthood...
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If lately you haven’t been able to see people kissing then here is something that will make up for it. Strangely, a French group set a record of Kissing Chain in...
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Consider being the oldest song around 150 years back .The recording of “Au Clair de la Lune”, recorded in 1860, is reflected to be the oldest known recorded...
made popular Mar 29 2008
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