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/ 16 December 2008
Lavish costumes are an intrinsic part of the magic of ballet, opera and theatre, but they are every bit as much of an illusion as the performance.
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/ 5 December 2008
Armed robbers pulled off one of the world’s biggest jewellery heists at a famed Paris store, investigators said on Friday.
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/ 24 November 2008
Deep in south-west France, foie gras producers are shrugging off the effects of the global credit crunch, but only until Christmas.
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/ 23 November 2008
Australia remained unbeaten on their European tour, taking advantage of France’s poor kicking to win 18-13 on Saturday.
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/ 11 November 2008
Europe on Tuesday marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, the last major memorial for its handful of surviving veterans.
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/ 11 November 2008
Eight members of an ultra-left anarchist group have been arrested in connection with a string of attacks on France’s rail network.
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/ 9 November 2008
If Jean-Claude Lefevre puts both spaghetti bolognese and kidneys on the day’s menu, he knows he will get twice as many takers for the spaghetti.
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/ 7 November 2008
Parisians may have gone Vélib’ mad, but cycling in the city can be scary. Resident Agnes Poirier finds a quiet route via the best bistros and markets.
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/ 7 November 2008
The €100-million restoration of the massive 19th-century parlour is Paris’s art event of the year.
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/ 7 November 2008
The Unité d’Habitation in Marseille is one of the iconic buildings of the 20th century. Now you can stay there for a night, writes Lauren Cochrane.
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/ 30 October 2008
A Nicolas Sarkozy voodoo doll, which became a best-selling cult classic when the president tried to have it banned, is to remain on sale.
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/ 24 October 2008
The Nicolas Sarkozy "voodoo manual" hit the top of internet retailer Amazon’s bestseller list in France on Friday, despite his attempts to ban it.
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/ 22 October 2008
A French lift-maker scrambled on Wednesday to remove hundreds of lift buttons containing radioactive material.
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/ 22 October 2008
Chinese dissident Hu Jia won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov Prize on Thursday, Greens bloc officials said.
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/ 20 October 2008
A Roman Catholic nun who became one of France’s most favourite personalities after battling poverty in the slums of Cairo, has died aged 99.
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/ 20 October 2008
A Roman Catholic nun who became one of France’s most favourite personalities after battling poverty in the slums of Cairo, has died aged 99.
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/ 18 October 2008
The IMF is investigating its boss, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, to see whether he abused his position in connection with a sexual relationship.
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/ 13 October 2008
Fifteen European leaders closed in Sunday on a joint strategy to end the haemorrhaging of market confidence.
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/ 11 October 2008
Members of France’s political and business elite went on trial this week charged with involvement in the illegal sale of weapons to Angola.
Forty-two people including the son of late French president Francois Mitterrand go on trial on Monday over a vast ”arms-to-Angola” scandal.
The European Central Bank’s chief and the chairperson of euro zone finance ministers rejected any need for a European rescue fund.
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/ 11 September 2008
Prosecutors have called for a 12-year jail sentence to be handed down to a former UN mechanic who is charged with with raping about 20 African girls.
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/ 9 September 2008
Taiwan’s leading female ultra-marathon runner has had to have both legs amputated after blisters on her foot developed into an infection.
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/ 8 September 2008
The Church of Scientology is to be tried for fraud, and seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs, legal sources said Monday.
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/ 3 September 2008
French scientists have devised a way of using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one of France’s top research bodies said this week.
The climbers were heading for western Europe’s highest peak in good weather conditions. But then a block of ice broke free and sparked an avalanche.
Even viruses can go down with a viral infection, French scientists reported on Wednesday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s effort to extend France’s famously short work week may be beside the point.
France on Wednesday accused Rwanda of making ”unacceptable accusations” by alleging that Paris played an active role in the 1994 genocide.
A freak tornado ripped through towns in northern France, killing three people and injuring nine as it gutted houses and hurled cars through the air.
Take an elderly anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-clerical cartoonist and add a suspicion of anti-Semitism and a dash of politics.
Carlos Sastre of the CSC team became the third successive Spaniard to win the Tour de France after finishing safely in Sunday’s final stage.