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  • June 2008

    • French Protect Brangelina With Trickery

      Reuters  |  Jun 19, 08 11:50 AM CDT

      French Protect Brangelina With Trickery

      (Newser) - As the quiet French town where Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have relocated has transformed into a paparazzi feeding frenzy, villagers are supplying the bait. Bemused by the hoopla, the mischievous Correns natives are feeding the media bogus stories—or so they tell Reuters—with a prize for anyone whose scoop makes it into print. More »

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      France  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • paparazzi

    • 40 Years Later, France Returns to NATO

      New York Times  |  Jun 17, 08 6:19 AM CDT

      40 Years Later, France Returns to NATO

      (Newser) - More than four decades after France withdrew from NATO military command, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced today that his nation's military will once again integrate itself with American and European forces. France's first new national defense policy in 14 years constitutes a major shift away from earlier Gaullist ideals of self-sufficiency, the New York Times reports. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • European Union  • NATO

    • Bush Gushes About Carla

      BBC  |  Jun 15, 08 7:25 AM CDT

      Bush Gushes About Carla

      (Newser) - President Bush today complimented Nicolas Sarkozy on his wife, calling her “a really smart, capable woman,” the BBC reports. “I can see why you married her,” he added. In Paris as part of his European tour, Bush called the French president by his first name and noted that “America’s first friend was France” in a press conference that focused on warm relations between the countries. More »

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      George W. Bush  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Paris  • Carla Bruni

    • French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      Der Spiegel  |  Jun 12, 08 4:12 PM CDT

      French Gnab Gnome Bandit

      (Newser) - Decorative gnomes might be the bane of garden purists the world over, but for one Frenchman, they're apparently worth risking a stint in the slammer. Police in Brittany have arrested a 53-year-old man accused of stealing 170 garden gnomes and other ornaments, Der Spiegel reports—to the surprise of the many who figured the Garden Gnome Liberation Front was behind it. More »

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      France  • theft  • weird  • funny situations  • gnome

    • Bruni Sings of Drugs, '30 Lovers'

      Reuters  |  Jun 11, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Bruni Sings of Drugs, '30 Lovers'

      (Newser) - French first lady Carla Bruni would like you to know she's "a child despite my 40 years and 30 lovers"—at least according to one of the more standout lines on her third album, due for release in July. As If Nothing had Happened is her first collection of songs since tying the knot with President Nicolas Sarkozy, and "showcases her fragile yet intense voice and unique melodic style," writes a critic for Le Figaro . More »

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      France  • music  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • album

    • More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 08 4:05 AM CDT

      More Muslim Women Seeking Surgery to 'Restore' Virginity

      (Newser) - An increasing number of Muslim women in Europe, caught between the sexual freedom of the West and the traditions of their families, are undergoing hymenoplasty  to "restore" their virginity after lapses, the New York Times reports. The surgery to repair the hymen, if done properly, won't be detected when brides seek certificates of virginity, and will produce bleeding on the wedding night.  More »

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      France  • marriage  • wedding  • Muslim  • Muslim women  • virginity  • annulment

    • Napolean Didn't Meet Aresenic-Laced End

      New York Times  |  Jun 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Napolean Didn't Meet Aresenic-Laced End

      (Newser) - For decades scholars have debated whether Napoleon, who died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, was poisoned with arsenic by his British captors; as recently as 2002 a biographer wrote that there was "nothing improbable about the hypothesis." But now a team of Italian scientists has conducted a detailed analysis of the French emperor's hair that seems to disprove the theory. More »

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      France  • history  • poison  • Napoleon  • arsenic

    • Fame Hinders Chance of Freedom

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 7, 08 12:31 PM CDT

      Fame Hinders Chance of Freedom

      (Newser) - The daughter of a beauty queen and a diplomat who once enjoyed a charmed existence in fashionable Parisian quarters, Ingrid Betancourt is now a hostage in a Colombian jungle who is sometimes chained by the neck to a tree. The Wall Street Journal profiles the plight of the former Colombian presidential candidate, who was kidnapped in 2002 by rebels. More »

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      France  • kidnapping  • Colombia  • Hugo Chavez  • FARC  • Alvaro Uribe  • Ingrid Betancourt  • Bogota

    • Carla Seduced by Sarko's '6 Brains'

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 5, 08 8:00 AM CDT

      Carla Seduced by Sarko's '6 Brains'

      (Newser) - France's first lady spills the beans in a new book about her whirlwind romance with Nicolas Sarkozy when she fell for his brains and his bod, the Times of London reports. Carla Bruni discusses her recording career, her past lovers—including Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton—and how love blossomed after she was invited to a dinner party as a blind date for the French president. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • Carla Bruni  • romance

    • Bid Hits $15M for Brangelina Twin Pics

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 3, 08 11:26 AM CDT

      Bid Hits $15M for Brangelina Twin Pics

      (Newser) - They’re not even born (or are they?), but the twins on the way for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are already worth $15 million—and counting. A bidding war has broken out between OK! and People magazines for the first exclusive photos of children, the Daily Mail reports. An OK! source told TMZ it would be “foolish” not to vie for them. More »

    • Brangelina Twins Born Months Early?

      Associated Press  |  Jun 1, 08 1:00 PM CDT

      Brangelina Twins Born Months Early?

      (Newser) - Brangelina buzz has reached a fevered pitch in the small French town of Correns (population 800), where the celebrity couple recently bought a very private estate. “Entertainment Tonight” reported on Friday that the couple had given birth to twin girls and a storm of reporters and paparazzi descended on Correns this weekend. But Brad Pitt’s manager tells the AP, “We have no comment except the story is not true.” More »

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      France  • celebrity pregnancy  • Angelina Jolie  • Brad Pitt  • celebrity parents  • twins  • birth

    • 10 Spots to Vacation in Style

      GQ  |  Jun 1, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      10 Spots to Vacation in Style

      (Newser) - What's the modern traveler to do in a world of ever-shrinking borders and ever-fewer spots of true exoticism? Why, simply crib off GQ 's list of the classiest spots slightly off the beaten path: Cesme, Turkey: the Hamptons of Anatolia Formentera, Spain: No foam parties allowed Stockholm, Sweden: Land of Viking nurses More »

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      California  • France  • Turkey  • England  • Spain  • vacation  • Greece  • holiday travel  • Tripoli  • Stockholm

  • May 2008