Fifty years ago St Tropez was confirmed as a rich man — and woman’s — playground when a bikini-clad Brigitte Bardot frolicked on the beach in <i>And God Created Woman</i>. Now the racy southern Mediterranean resort is hoping to persuade tourists to mix a little culture with their cocktails.
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/ 22 November 2005
As France ponders why its still-smoldering suburbs erupted into three weeks of sustained rioting, one culprit singled out for blame is the soulless, high-rise concrete jungles ringing the country’s major cities. Add last summer’s fatal fires in rundown Paris tenements, and suddenly affordable, livable public housing is a front-burner issue.
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/ 18 September 2005
Behind a high, protective wire fence, brightly dressed schoolchildren play amid a flock of pigeons, a tableau of joyful innocence. But then a spectator notices the birds pecking violently at the kids, two of whom have already fallen, their guts spilling on to the floor.