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Paris stories: 126 news summaries

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 'Really? This 
 Is My Life?': 
 Reese

Witherspoon talks romance, work, and fashion

Oct 15, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reese loves Paris, and Paris loves Reese. At a recent Vogue shoot, surrounded by fashion and fabulous views, Witherspoon charmed everyone in sight, Robert Sullivan writes. "Every once in a while you're hit with moments when you think, Really? This is my life? How lucky am I?" Witherspoon gushes.... More »

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fashion • Paris • Vogue • Jake Gyllenhaal • Reese Witherspoon • Nina Ricci • Ryan Phillippe

Paris Festival Unveils 'Feminist' Pornos 

Intellectuals welcome back erotica

Oct 12, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A group of French intellectuals is staging Paris’ first pornographic film festival in an attempt to integrate hardcore erotica into mainstream cinema, the Guardian reports. Many argue the "feminism-friendly" videos are revolutionary, despite names like Strap-on Motel and Post-Apocalyptic Cowgirls. "For women it can be a sort of... More »

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feminism • France • nudity • pornography • Paris

Euro Leaders Hope to Emerge With Crisis Action Plan Today

Europe scrambles to shore up banks

Oct 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - European leaders hoped to emerge today from a meeting in Paris with a detailed unified action plan to address the continuing worldwide economic crisis, Reuters reports. Banks continued to hold emergency talks today with officials in the British government, which is about to purchase major equity stakes in the nation's... More »

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European Union • Europe • Paris • crisis • euro • credit crisis • economic plans • financial crisis

 Paris Lifts 
 30-Year Ban 
 on High Rises 

City drops 30-year ban on new high-rise construction

Sep 27, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ambitious new towers will soon be thrusting into the Paris sky now that the city has decided to drop a ban on tall buildings, the Times of London reports. The Eiffel Tower is likely to remain the city's tallest, but by 2012 it will share the skyline with a 590-foot... More »

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architecture • France • Paris • Eiffel Tower • Herzog and de Meuron

 Tzipi Livni Was a Spy in Paris  

Israeli leader-in-waiting served in elite Mossad spying unit

Sep 20, 08 6:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The woman set to be Israel's next prime minister started her career as an elite Mossad agent in Paris, the Times of London reports. Tzipi Livni was part of a covert cell in the city during the early '80s, when it was a hotspot in the spy agency's battle with... More »

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Israel • Tzipi Livni • espionage • Mossad • Kadima • Paris • spy

Photog Must
Pay Damages
for Diana
Make-Out Shots

Dodi's dad gets $6,000 for privacy breach

Sep 19, 08 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British photographer has been ordered to pay damages for snapping shots of Princess Diana kissing boyfriend Dodi Fayed. A Paris court levied $6,000 in fines and $8,000 in damages to be paid to Dodi's dad, Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of the yacht where the the two were... More »

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Princess Diana • yachting • paparazzi • Paris • Mohamed Al Fayed • Dodi al Fayed

Riot Police Move In on Parisian Gang War

Violence in French capital leaves several bystanders dead

Sep 18, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - French riot police have been deployed to contain a gang war in the northeast of Paris, as fighting between youths from two rival housing projects has left several bystanders dead, reports the Guardian. Unlike earlier violence in France, this battle is taking place not in suburban ghettos but in the... More »

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France • Paris • gang violence • shooting • housing projects

Father, Son Killed in Paris Tourist Boat Accident

Other 10 passengers survive after bridge crash

Sep 14, 08 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A father and his 6-year-old son were killed yesterday when a small Paris tourist boat stuck a bridge near Notre Dame Cathedral in the Seine, the BBC reports. The boat sank, trapping the two French passengers under water. They were declared dead at a local hospital. The other 10 passengers... More »

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tourism • France • Paris • boat • boat accident

GLOSSIES

 French No Snobs 
 on Virgin Cocktails 

Paris' best hotel bars serve up delightful booze-free drinks

Sep 2, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nonalcoholic cocktails need not be exclusive to designated drivers and teenagers. While, er, “researching” Paris’ best hotel bars, Julia Langbein discovered that the virgin cocktail is one thing the French don’t look down upon. In Paris, she writes in Gourmet, “an alcohol-free drink isn’t a consolation... More »

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alcohol • Paris • cocktails • alcohol-free drinks

 How France Fell for Le Big Mac

McDonald's French operation is company's 2nd most profitable

Aug 19, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - After the US, what country has the most profitable McDonald's franchises in the world? The surprising answer: it's France, home of the Michelin Guide and the three-hour lunch. The London Times travels to Paris to discover how the French have begun to adopt Anglo-American eating practices, abandoning the leisurely midday... More »

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McDonald's • Europe • France • fast food • Paris • fast food industry • lunch

(Newser) - French authorities are investigating the sale of T-shirts bearing anti-Semitic slogans that date to 1940, the BBC reports. The shirts carry the slogan "Jews not allowed in this park" in German and Polish, reproduced from signs posted in Lodz, Poland, during World War II. Almost all of Lodz's Jews... More »

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France • Jews • racism • Paris • T shirts • anti-Semitism • Belleville

 Slumping Far-Right 
 Party Sells Paris HQ

Far-right, anti-immigrant politics in decline in France

Aug 11, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - France's declining far-right party is selling its Paris headquarters to pay an €8 million debt, the Guardian reports. Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front party has agreed to sell the building, overlooking the Seine, for an estimated €12 to €15m—several million less than it had hoped. The... More »

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politics • France • Paris • anti immigrant platform • right-wing attacks

 French Writer Sparks Uproar With 'Anti-Semitic' Satire

Divides Paris liberals over 'right to provoke'

Aug 3, 08 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Controversial French columnist Maurice Siné is drawing cries of anti-Semitism for statements about President Sarkozy's son, reports the Guardian. In a column for Charlie Hebdo, Siné alleged Jean Sarkozy planned to convert to Judaism to wed a Jewish heiress and "go a long way in life."... More »

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France • Paris • columnists • anti-Semitism • Jean Sarkozy • controversy • Maurice Siné

 Ambitious Director
 Revives the Louvre

Henri Loyrette has global ambitions that grate traditionalists

Jul 29, 08 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - France's publicly funded museums once eschewed the big-money efforts that are common in American art institutions. Not anymore. BusinessWeek profiles Henri Loyrette, the ambitious director of the Louvre in Paris, who has coaxed major corporations to pony up cash, rented out its galleries for the filming of The Da Vinci ... More »

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art museum • France • art • museum • Paris • Abu Dhabi • The Louvre • Henri Loyrette

 Sastre Poised to Win Tour

Spanish rider heads into uncompetitive last stage more than a minute up

Jul 26, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spain's Carlos Sastre looks poised to win the Tour de France after the last leg before Paris, the New York Times reports. Barring a crash or concerted attack, Sastre, who leads his nearest competitor by 1 minute and 5 seconds overall, will roll to victory in the capital tomorrow.... More »

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France • cycling • Paris • Tour de France • Cadel Evans • bicycling • Carlos Sastre • time trial

 Obama Hits Paris

Candidate holds meeting, press conference with 'pal' Sarkozy

Jul 25, 08 5:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has arrived in Paris, where the candidate is holding talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before a joint news conference. Sarkozy rushed back from a summit in the southwest of France to meet Obama at the presidential palace, reports AP. The two first met in 2006 when Sarkozy... More »

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Barack Obama • diplomacy • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • Elysee

France's Latest Craze: A Dance or a Brand?

Radicals mumble about commercialization, but the kids love it

Jul 19, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a dance craze gripping France—or is it an unabashed commercial scheme, hawking t-shirts and chewing gum? Either way it’s called Tecktonik, and kids are crazy about it, the Los Angeles Times reports. The mix of hip-hop, techno, and random arm movements is championed by dancers... More »

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France • dance • merchandise • club • Paris • branding • suburbs • Tecktonik • craze

 Le Burger Sizzles in Paris 

French chefs make over the American standby

Jul 16, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parisian gourmands might still revile McDonald's, but the lowly hamburger has become a mainstay on some of the best menus in the City of Light. From cafés on the Left Bank to top tables showered with Michelin stars, the quintessential American dish has undergone a French transformation. "The... More »

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France • French cooking • cuisine • restaurant • Paris • burger • Alain Ducasse • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

 Cynthia 'Not Out 
 to Mutilate' A-Rod 

Slugger's wife denies spending spree, takes high road in spilling to Post's Adams

Jul 10, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cynthia Rodriguez says she’s “not out to mutilate” husband Alex Rodriguez and while she considers her marriage to the New York Yankees star over, she’ll be there for him when he cracks up, she tells Post columnist Cindy Adams. Of reports on her escape to Paris: “... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Paris • affair • celebrity divorces • Cindy Adams

 Lenny Livid Over C-Rod Rumors 

Blames ex-manager for dragging him into A-Rod-Madonna fiasco

Jul 9, 08 10:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lenny Kravitz is outraged his name has been dragged into the Alex and Cynthia Rodriguez divorce drama and blames the whole mess on former manager Guy Oseary, the New York Post reports. The rocker fired Oseary after A-Rod’s former trainer told him Oseary was about to “pimp out... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Paris • Madonna • celebrity divorces • Lenny Kravitz

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