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Paris stories: 126 news summaries

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French Kidnap, Torture Gang Goes on Trial

Group allegedly targeted Jews, killed 23-year-old in 2006

Apr 29, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French gang accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a Jewish man has gone on trial in Paris, reports the BBC. Presumed ringleader Youssouf Fofana—who allegedly ordered his accomplices to target Jews—faces charges of premeditated murder and committing "acts of torture and barbarism" over the death... More »

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torture • crime • Jews • kidnapping • murder • gangs • trial • Paris • anti-Semitism • Youssouf Fofana

 Burn Victim 
 Gets New 
 Face, Hands 

Landmark operation in clinic where docs performed world's first face transplant

Apr 7, 09 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A burn victim has received a new face and hands in a ground-breaking transplant surgery in France, reports the Times of London. A team of 40 doctors worked 30 hours in the same Paris hospital that performed the world's first face transplant in 2005 and first hand transplant in 1998.... More »

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surgery • France • physician • Paris • hospital • face transplant • surgeons • hand transplant

 Boss Hijackings 
 Spike in France 

Anger moves to menace as economic tensions mount

Apr 1, 09 4:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Worrisome "hijackings" of bosses are spiking in France, underlining the threatening tensions within a staggering economy, reports the Wall Street Journal. Workers angered by layoffs surrounded the car of Salma Hayek's retail tycoon hubby François Pinault in Paris yesterday for over an hour until they were dispersed... More »

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France • kidnapping • Paris • strike • workers • Salma Hayek • hijacking • French • Francois-Henri Pinault • recession depression

(Newser) - London has tumbled off its perch atop the list of priciest places to buy residential property, the Financial Times reports, allowing Monaco to swoop in and take the crown. Monaco’s top properties now fetch $68,000 per square meter, compared to $38,000 for London and $22,500... More »

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London • Manhattan • Moscow • Hong Kong • Rome • Paris • Tokyo • Singapore • Monaco • home prices • Sydney

 Architects Plan Brave New Paris 

Sarkozy proposes futuristic sustainable city

Mar 13, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris may be getting a facelift, the Telegraph reports. Nicolas Sarkozy invited 10 leading architects to cook up Grand Paris 2030, giving them "the absolute freedom to dream." Sarkozy aims to open up the city to its suburbs, shorten intra-city commutes, and create vast green spaces. The architects... More »

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environment • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • urban planning • city

(Newser) - Celebrity power revived the art market in Paris for at least one night, the Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the economy, a giddy atmosphere prevailed at Christie's as bidders battled over blue-chip works from Yves Saint Laurent's personal collection, dishing out $32 million more than expected. Only a moody, Cubist... More »

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art • Christie's • Paris • Yves Saint Laurent • art auction • what recession?

 Runaway Military 
 Horse Hoofs It to Seine 

Decided to make a break for the stable

Feb 20, 09 4:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A 15-year-old Paris military horse was feeling his oats, threw his rider and tried to hot-hoof it back to his stable, reports the BBC. The horse, who had been on duty at the presidential palace, clattered full gallop along the Seine with police in pursuit, stunning pedestrians and causing drivers... More »

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police • France • horse • Paris • runaway • Seine

Thefts Plague Pioneering Paris Bike Program

Thieves, daredevils give fleet of rental bikes a rough ride

Feb 10, 09 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris’ widely copied self-service bike rental program has had a much rougher ride than planners bargained for, the Daily Telegraph reports. Almost 8,000 of the 20,000 bikes originally supplied through the Vélib project have been stolen in the past 18 months. Many others have been vandalized or... More »

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France • theft • Paris • Velib • bicycling • bicycle • Bertrand Delanoe

 Classic Bugatti 
 Sells for $4.5M 

1937 model gathered dust in garage for 50 years

Feb 8, 09 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A 1937 Bugatti that sat unused for 5 decades has sold at a Paris auction for $4.5 million, the BBC reports. The family of a British doctor found the car in his garage after he died. It's one of only 17 in the world. Despite its age, the Type... More »

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sports cars • auction • Paris • Britain • Bugatti • cars

Paris Food Critic Gets Taste of His Own Medicine

Feisty writer's meal was 'barely adequate,' complain diners

Jan 14, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Even by the standards of food-obsessed Paris, the exacting tastes of François Simon stand apart: The acerbic critic for the newspaper Le Figaro called one superstar chef "a clown" and "a fake peasant," and once described a meal as "a three-star crucifixion." But... More »

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France • cuisine • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Paris • Le Figaro

Times to
Mayor of Paris: Whoops!

Fake letter blasting Kennedy draws quick apology, explanation

Dec 22, 08 2:44 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times has apologized to the mayor of Paris for publishing a letter purportedly from him that was actually a hoax. The paper didn't confirm the origins of the letter, which described Caroline Kennedy's bid for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat as "both surprising and appalling," and... More »

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New York Times • France • Paris • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Bertrand Delanoe

Michelin Guide Names German Woman
Editor-in-Chief

Foodie bible looks beyond Paris

Dec 17, 08 4:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The prestigious French Michelin restaurant guide today named a German woman editor-in-chief, the Telegraph reports. German cuisine has a stereotype somewhere along the lines of overcooked sausage and sauerkraut, so the news that Juliane Caspar will become the world’s most powerful restaurant reviewer has been greeted with some shock... More »

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food • Germany • France • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Paris • Michelin

 Easter Island Statue 
 Plans Paris Pilgrimage 

'Moai' aims to change humanity's 'materialistic conscience': government

Dec 16, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A “moai”—one of the giant statues of elongated heads on Easter Island—will travel to Paris in 2010 on a mission to challenge the “materialistic conscience” of the world, the Independent reports. Representatives of the Pacific island’s government said the statue had made its wish... More »

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post materialism • Louis Vuitton • France • Paris • The Louvre • Easter Island • moai

They're Naked, and Not Going to Take It Anymore

Paris' nude life models strike—in the buff—to demand better pay

Dec 16, 08 8:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Paris is notorious for constant protests by striking workers, but yesterday the French capital witnessed an uncommon work action: dozens of nude life models who braved freezing temperatures—naked—to demand a pay increase. As the Guardian reports, the models took to the street and re-created Delacroix's Liberty Leading ... More »

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France • art • nudity • Paris • model • strike • protesters • public nudity

 Cops Find 5 Bombs 
 in Paris Dep't Store 

Tip-off to news agency warns of explosives

Dec 16, 08 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - French police found and disarmed five explosive devices this morning at one of Paris's biggest department stores, reports the BBC. The Printemps store, on one of the capital's best known shopping streets, was evacuated and cordoned off after a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front warned the AFP news... More »

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terrorism • France • explosives • Paris • bomb threat • department stores • Michele Alliot Marie

Brazen 'Pink Panther' Heists Stir Ire, Admiration of Cops

European thieves renowned for suave, meticulous banditry

Dec 14, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - A sophisticated cadre of bandits have deserted Serbian battlefields to invade the globe's finest boutiques, the New York Times reports, daringly swiping millions worth of jewels from luxury stores. Interpol has dubbed the crooks—thought to be about 200 ex-soldiers and their relatives from the former Yugoslavia—the Serbian Pink... More »

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crime • France • thief • Paris • Interpol • jewels • armed robbery • jewelry

Robbers in Drag Nab
$100M in Paris Jewel Theft

Theft among costliest in French history

Dec 5, 08 10:45 AM CST
(AP) - Armed robbers—some dressed in drag—made off with $100 million in loot in what police today called one of France's costliest jewel heists. Brandishing handguns, three or four lightning-fast thieves swiped rings, necklaces, and luxury watches from display cases at the Harry Winston store near the Champs-Elysees in central... More »

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crime • France • thief • Paris • armed robbery • jewelry

 LiLo and Sam Getting Engaged 

Couple flies to Paris to pick rings; announcement set for next week

Nov 13, 08 11:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are getting engaged in the City of Lights, sources tell the Daily Mirror. The pair leave London tomorrow for Paris, where they will visit jewelers to discuss their “hip and edgy”—not “flash and expensive”—ring designs. More »

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Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Paris • actor • bisexual • Samantha Ronson • celebrity engagements

 Son Appears to Fetch 
 Brain Doc for Kim 

North Korean leader's eldest son seen soliciting surgeon in Paris

Oct 27, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Adding to the evidence that Kim Jong-Il is in grave health, the North Korean leader’s eldest son was filmed while apparently securing the services of a brain surgeon in Paris, the Times of London reports today. Fuji TV also showed clips of an unnamed surgeon being driven in a... More »

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North Korea • Paris • dictatorship • stroke • Koreans • Kim Jong Il • brain surgery • Kim Jong Nam

 Tower Trims 
 Light Show 
 by Half 

Green concerns move Paris to confine hourly twinkling to 5 minutes, down from 10

Oct 17, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The City of Lights will sparkle just a little less soon, Reuters reports. The Eiffel Tower’s hourly display of flashing lights will be cut in half, from 10 minutes per hour to five, management announced today, setting an energy-saving example for Parisians. The gesture is mostly symbolic, however; the... More »

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climate change • Paris • Eiffel Tower • energy conservation

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