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France 24 | French oyster industry in jeopardy | France 24

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:23:17 -0700

French oyster industry is being hit by abnormal mortality rates with between 40 and 100% percent of young oysters dying.

Carla Bruni on music, love and Sarkozy - Times Online

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:22:02 -0700

Carla immediately uses the familiar 'tu' form of address, takes the bunch of flowers I've brought her and leads the way into her smart designer kitchen.

A New Fashion Catches On in Paris - Cheap Bicycle Rentals - NYTimes.com

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:21:35 -0700

The city has received $31.5 million from subscribers and users of the bikes.

Bergues: the village home to Frances biggest film -Times Online

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:20:58 -0700

The far French north is a big-hearted place where tough centuries have bred not crime and desperation, but warmth.

France 24 | France to crack down on binge drinking | France 24

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:19:59 -0700

The bill would unambiguously ban any sale of alcohol to under-18s anywhere in France.

The Big Question: How does the French honours system work, and why has Kylie been decorated? - Europe, World - The Independent

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:28:14 -0700

Kylie Minogue, the Australian actress and pop singer, has just been made a French cultural knight - or "chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres"

Vive la diff�rence: dispelling French myths - Telegraph

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:24 -0700

No other nation stirs such conflicting emotions in the British breast.

River thrill surfers set on collision course with jet-ski jumpers - Times Online

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:27:02 -0700

Feelings are running high because the Gironde estuary boasts one of Europe's two best tidal bores, along with the Severn in Britain.

Universe of Stone&58; Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind by Philip Ball review | Non-fiction book reviews - Times Online

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:26:41 -0700

The building of the cathedral merely served to remind the citizenry of the hierarchy of wealth and power they were at the bottom of.

Want to see your 100th birthday? Be like the French and drink red wine - Health News, Health &Families - The Independent

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:36:59 -0700

The increase in the very old is happening across the Western world but the number in France has soared.