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C-Rod to A-Rod: Payback's a $100K Paris Shopping Spree

Pal: Cynthia got loose with Yank's credit card

Jul 8, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whatever the intricacies of Alex Rodriguez's maybe-affair with Madonna, soon-to-be-ex Cynthia Rodriguez didn't get mad—she went shopping. “She's been spending wildly," one of A-Rod’s friends tells the New York Daily News. "She spent close to $100,000 on her jaunt to Paris." While she... More »

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shopping • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Paris • Madonna • celebrity divorces

Betancourt Plans to Write Captivity Play

Politician's Colombia drama will show what people 'need to feel'

Jul 6, 08 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ingrid Betancourt’s ordeal in Colombia will soon hit a stage near you, the BBC reports. The French-Colombian politician, sprung last week from 6 years of captivity, will pen a play based on her experiences. “People need to understand this, but I can't just write it down the way... More »

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Colombia • Paris • play • FARC • Ingrid Betancourt

TRAVEL

 How to Vacation on a Dime 

Stretch your vacation dollar with these tips

Jul 6, 08 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With airline and entertainment prices rising, “free stuff isn’t just a bonus, it can be a vacation-saver,” writes Jeryl Brunner in Travel + Leisure, which offers 11 ways to beef up your trip on a budget.
  1. House-swapping: Cancel the hotel, and vacation in someone
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travel • budget lifestyle • London • tourism • Paris • air travel • public transportation

 'The Fly' Morphs Into Opera 

Cronenberg classic debuts in Paris

Jul 3, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Cronenberg’s horror classic The Fly has metamorphosed into something new: an opera. This new, unholy horror-opera hybrid was unleashed on Paris last night, garnering at least somewhat enthusiastic applause, Bloomberg reports. Intact were all the things that made the movie memorable: its tragic love plot, hideous monster and,... More »

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opera • Paris • horror • The Fly • David Cronenberg

 Continental Faces
 Manslaughter
 Charges 

Conviction would result in multi-million dollar fine

Jul 3, 08 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Continental Airlines will have to stand trial for manslaughter over its role in the explosive crash of an Air France jet, a French judge ruled today. Five individuals have also been charged in the 2000 accident, which saw a Concorde jet burst into flames while leaving a Paris runway, killing... More »

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plane crash • Paris • manslaughter • Continental Airlines • Concorde • fines • Air France

 Wife Ditches A-Rod
 for Lenny Kravitz 

Cynthia Rodriguez at rocker's Paris pad

Jul 3, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - While rumors swirl over Alex Rodgriguez's late nights with Madonna, the Yankee's wife has ditched him for rocker Lenny Kravitz, the New York Post claims. Cynthia Rodriguez, who has yet to file divorce papers, has spent the past four nights shacked up with the Grammy-winner at his pad in Paris,... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Cynthia Rodriguez • Paris • affair • celebrity divorces • Lenny Kravitz

Zambia Denies Reports That Prez Is Dead

'Responding well;' Mugabe critic collapsed ahead of AU summit

Jul 3, 08 9:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa is resting comfortably in a Paris hospital, said a government spokesman today, denying "malicious" widespread reports that the leader had died after suffering his second stroke in 2 years ahead of an African Union summit. Mwanawasa "is responding well to treatment. He has made... More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • Southern Africa • Paris • Zambia • South African Development Community • Levy Mwanawasa

 Magnifique
 Golden Gate
 Back at Versailles 

Restoration of 18th century glory

Jul 1, 08 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of France's most popular tourist sites, Paris' Palace of Versailles, has a new golden royal gate—an $8 million replica of a gate demolished during the French Revolution. The 87-yard-long steel gate is decorated with 100,000 gold leaves. It's part of a 17-year-long renovation project, reports AFP. More »

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France • Paris • Versailles • Jules Hardouin-Mansart • royal gate

 Bush Gushes About Carla 

Prez: French first lady 'really smart'

Jun 15, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Yves Saint
 Laurent Dead
 at Age 71 

French designer shocked fashion world in 1960s and 70s

Jun 1, 08 6:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Twentieth-century fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died today at his home in Paris, AFP reports. The reclusive designer, who was battling illness, said when he retired in 2002 that he had “always given the highest importance of all to respect for this craft, which is not exactly an art,... More »

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fashion • Algeria • Paris • Christian Dior • Yves Saint Laurent

Gay Paris Mayor Sets Sights on Presidency

Delanoë, ahead in opposition polls, says France is ready

May 22, 08 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The battle is on for the leadership of France's opposition Socialist Party, and a man who says the nation is ready for a gay president is the surprise leader, the Telegraph reports. Bertrand Delanoë, the popular mayor of Paris, is the early favorite, outpolling Ségolène Royal, who lost... More »

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Segolene Royal • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • homosexuality • Paris • Socialist Party • Bertrand Delanoe • gays

Broke in the City of Light? Pay a Visit to 'Auntie'

City-owned pawnshop has helped great artists and authors pay for Paris' pleasures

May 12, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Credit Municipal of Paris, known about town as "Auntie," is pretty glamorous for a pawnshop. Since 1777, the city-operated institution has served Rodin, Monet, Zola, Verlaine, and Victor Hugo, who mentioned it in Les Miserables. The newest development? Auntie now accepts wine. "People can now exchange... More »

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France • Paris • Credit Municipal of Paris • pawn shop

 Madge Reprises Lesbian Kiss 

A she did with Britney, Madonna uses a girl-on-girl lip-lock for publicity

May 7, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna revived a rare classic last night—and it wasn't a song. During a performance in Paris to promote new album Hard Candy, the Material Girl, 49, grabbed a female backup dancer for an on-stage lip-lock, reprising a headline-grabbing steamy stunt with Britney Spears during a 2003 MTV awards show,... More »

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Britney Spears • celebrity • Paris • concert • kiss • Madonna • Lesbian • Hard Candy

Sarkozy Acts as Chinese Mount Anti-French Protests

President apologizes
to Paralympian fencer

Apr 22, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two weeks after the Olympic torch relay in Paris, anti-French backlash in China is gaining steam. Rare demonstrations on the streets of Chinese cities, seemingly with the government's tacit approval, have seen French flags burned and defaced with swastikas. As the nations' relationship deteriorates, Nicolas Sarkozy has been forced to... More »

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China • Nicolas Sarkozy • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Paris • Olympic torch • Olympic protests • torch relay

 Lowbrow Sarkozy
 Causes French Culture Shock 

Sarko's no highbrow, but his wife gives some hope

Apr 15, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - French presidents have traditionally positioned themselves as guardians of high culture, and no term in office is complete without constructing a major new museum. But while François Mitterand might have loved Russian literature, Nicolas Sarkozy is more of a Céline Dion man. As the New York Times reports,... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • culture • Paris • Carla Bruni

 Eurotunnel Boasts First Profit 

Debt-plagued cross-Channel rail company sees light at the end of the tunnel

Apr 8, 08 7:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eurotunnel is in the black for the first time since the France-England tunnel opened in 1994, the BBC reports. The company says it has turned the corner after many troubled years, helped by a sweeping debt restructuring plan and the opening of a new high-speed rail link on the British... More »

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London • debt • Paris • train • Eurostar • Channel Tunnel • Eurotunnel

 Beijing Blasts
 Torch Protests 

Marches "tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit," China says

Apr 7, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today China denounced the protests that have disrupted Olympic torch relays in London and Paris over the past 2 days, Reuters reports. "The despicable activities tarnish the lofty Olympic spirit," a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. She also denied media reports that "the Olympic torch was forced to... More »

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China • London • France • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Paris • Tibet • Britain • Olympic torch • Tibetan independence • Olympic protests

UPDATED

 Olympic Flame Doused 5 Times; Paris Relay Cut Short

Torch is put out, put on a bus, re-lighted, then put out again

Apr 7, 08 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Paris police today extinguished the Olympic flame five times after massive pro-Tibet protests turned the torch relay into chaos. The torch was doused for the first time near the start of the route at the Eiffel Tower and taken on board the bus that accompanies the runners, the AP reports.... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Paris • Tibet • torch relay

France Frees Rogue Trader Kerviel

He'll be under 'judicial control' during probe
of $8B SocGen loss

Mar 18, 08 8:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jerome Kerviel, the trader accused of an $8 billion fraud that nearly brought down Societe Generale, has been freed by a Paris court after five weeks in detention, the Guardian reports. The trader, who faces charges including breach of trust and falsifying documents, will remain free while the case is... More »

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Paris • banking • rogue trader • securities fraud • Societe Generale • Jerome Kerviel

Sarkozy's Party Suffers Defeat
at Local Polls

Voters steamed over economy, president's marital drama

Mar 16, 08 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - French voters dealt Nicolas Sarkozy another blow today in the second round of local balloting. The maverick president's right-wing UMP party lost mayorships in Strasbourg and Reims to opposition socialists, who also gained Toulouse and held on to power bases in Paris and Lyon, the BBC reports. UMP retained control... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Paris • Carla Bruni • Marseille • French elections • Lyon • Toulouse • Strasbourg • Caen

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