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1 février 2009

Ignorance at Felix Faure

Dear Everyone The other day as I was going down the steps of the metro here at Felix Faure, I noticed a woman putting up a poster. Curious, as I am, I went to see what it was. A lost cat, perhaps? Nope...she had been attacked in front of the cash dispenser,...

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9 janvier 2009

To Little Me

Dear Little Me Regarding your comment (and my thanks for it): I couldn't agree more and that was my point exactly, though I rambled a lot, too...Maybe I should rewrite it if that wasn't clear. Let me know. I did go off on one rather. Just seeing the books...

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26 décembre 2008

Bon ap!

Just to help you round your plate of Christmas pudd, mince pies, brandy butter and other festives délices...! Fill 'Er Up With Human Fat Peter C. Beller, 12.22.08, 05:00 AM EST How a Beverly Hills doctor powered his SUV using his patients' spare tires....

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8 décembre 2008

A man's best friend...

Charles IX's Gloves: Son of Henri II and Catherine de Medici, Charles IX succeeded his brother Francois II (who only got to reign for a few months) to the throne. A very controversial king indeed, he was tied to his mother's apron strings and enormously...

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15 décembre 2008

SOS from Zimbabwe. Please help!

Please read and act on the dreadful information which this message gives… Letter from Zimbabwe sent in by John Winter I reckon that these are the last days of TKM and ZPF. The darkest hour is always before dawn. We are all terrified at what they are going...

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29 novembre 2008

Roumania in crisis?

Dear Everyone, The country of my heart suffers once again, though this time, Im not at all sure that many actually notice. What am I talking about? The economic crisis of course. Of everyone I asked, only three friends of mine were concerned, and I mean...

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29 novembre 2008

Eastern Europe and America Looking west,

Eastern Europe and America Looking west, hopefully Nov 13th 2008 | WASHINGTON, DCFrom The Economist print edition Eastern Europe awaits a new American president nervously but in hope DETAINING the next president of the United States for three hours in...

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29 novembre 2008

Shocking...

Child-killing Most foul Nov 13th 2008From The Economist print edition The wrong lessons learnt, and another horrifying death ON NOVEMBER 11th two men were found guilty at the Old Bailey of killing a 17-month-old boy known to the public only as Baby P....

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17 septembre 2009

Suicides at France Telecom: 23 in 18 months

Very, very worrying...and slightly incredible that a deeper inquest has not taken shape...23 suicides at France Telecom in 18 months with work stress as the underlying factor... From The Guardian: France Télécom bosses to hold crisis talks over staff...

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14 septembre 2009

Bravo, L'Express!

Aaaaaaaaaaaah! This makes a welcome change: an article in L'Express called 5 Good Reasons to Visit Roumania complete with some beautiful photographs, dated 31st July 2009. I can give you a hundred more reasons to visit the country of my heart, but for...

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21 août 2009

Bravo, Mihai!

This from the Geneva Tribune. Bravo Mihai!!! Knock'em dead!!! Off to China tomorrow 'on tour'. Just remember now, we saw him first!!! Article - 19/08/2009 Un orchestre genevois s’envole pour la Chine Fin 2008, l’orchestre de la Haute Ecole de musique...

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2 juillet 2009

Acquittals overturned for Anna Politkovskaya

New York Times June 26, 2009 Retrial Ordered in Killing of a Russian Journalist By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — Russia ’s Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the acquittals of four men accused of involvement in the murder of the investigative journalist...

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14 décembre 2009

5 fragments from ancient murals returned to Egypt

Paris rend à l'Egypte des fragments de fresques venant du Louvre La France doit rendre aujourd'hui à l'Egypte cinq fragments de peintures murales auparavant exposées au Louvre et revendiquées par Le Caire, à l'occasion d'une rencontre de Nicolas Sarkozy...

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23 novembre 2009

Rusine, AOL Actualité...

How dare you, AOL Actualité, use such a photo to represent the Roumanian population voting in today's election. The gypsy people are a minority of a quarter million compared to the 200 million Roumanians in the country. This photo does NOT symbolise a...

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15 novembre 2009

How the French love a criminal

Here's a little article from the BBC, God bless'em: France's love of rogues and rule breakers A prevailing view that laws are made to be broken means criminals are often very popular with the French public which, as Emma Jane Kirby reports, can make the...

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9 novembre 2009

Paris Divorce Fair

Below from Yahoo news: New fair targets France's 260,000 annual divorces By JENNY BARCHFIELD, Associated Press Writer Jenny Barchfield, Associated Press Writer – Sun Nov 8, 3:55 pm ET PARIS – The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday,...

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27 octobre 2009

From Yahoo News

Church of Scientology Convicted of Fraud By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY, Associated Press Writer Nicolas Vaux-montagny, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 15 mins ago PARIS – A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than 600,000...

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24 septembre 2009

Watch out for gnats...

Kids, it's a nature walk -- sounds like fun! Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:46pm Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) - German naturists will soon have their own 18-km (11-mile) long trail for hiking in the nude and some enthusiasts have been trying it out before the official...

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24 septembre 2009

Left handed pants...

Store launches underpants for left-handed men Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:00pm EDT Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - A British store is launching a range of underpants for left-handed men, an innovation it says will save them both time and embarrassment in front of the...

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26 août 2010

Roumanian ministers arrive in France - Sarkozy defends his stance on Rroma

All I can say is that sending these people back to from whence they came with money in their pockets will simply mean they will come back for more... and all those who disagree, well, just wait and see. The Pope has also criticised the 'sending home'...

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22 août 2010

From RFI: Paris, city of murder, plots,

From RFI: Paris, city of murder, plots, revolution and ... a mountain pass? By Molly Guinness Who lost his virginity in Paris's Palais Royal in 1787? How many hunchbacks lived on the rue Fossard in 1841? And was there a disembowelling in the catacombs?...

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29 juillet 2010

Squatter camps to be closed down

From Bloomsberg Sarkozy to Shut Illegal French Squatters Camps, Deport Roma After Riot By Helene Fouquet - Jul 28, 2010 6:45 PM GMT+0200 Wed Jul 28 16:45:29 UTC 2010 French President Nicolas Sarkozy will shut down squatters camps in a crackdown on French...

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20 juillet 2010

The sweat shop of St Martin

I wrote about this cafe a while ago - now here it is again from RFI. What a great idea! Monday 19 July 2010 The Sweat Shop of Café Couture By Marjorie Hache A small shop by the Canal Saint Martin has recently been making a lot of noise: The Sweat Shop....

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18 juillet 2010

All the world's a page!

Book reviews next! Hurrah! Nothing like a bit of summer reading to get your gnashers firmly into. The first is by Jeffrey Jackson and published by Palgrave Macmillon - "Paris Under Water". "Paris Under Water is a riveting account of a natural catastrophe...

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18 juillet 2010

130th Anniversary WWI Spy, Louise de Bettignies

Reading the History Today magazine here in Greenwich library with one eye admiring the beautiful house opposite and wishing fervently that I could one day buy a home such as that and live in such a gorgeous neighbourhood, I fell upon an article about...

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