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There's Nothing Like Good Neighbours
And if the case of the recent discovery of the body of a 70-year-old man in his apartment in the town of Aix-les-Bains in southeastern France is anything to go by, he had anything but "good neighbours...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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How Could Parents Forget?
It's a question that has preoccupied many here in France over the past month, and sadly made the headlines far too often...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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French Parliament Delivers on Sarkozy's Promise
It's never easy following through on an electoral pledge, and if any politician knows how difficult it is, then it must be the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Politics
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Sarkozy Set For a Constitutional Showdown
Hardly the sexiest headline by any stretch of the imagination But there again when it comes to institutional reform and changes to the constitution, the subject matter is hardly guaranteed to instill much enthusiasm...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Adieu PPDA
There was an end of a television era here yesterday as Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, affectionately known in this country as PPDA, made his final broadcast as anchorman on TF1's prime time news slot...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Sarkozy to Blame For Royal's Break-in?
This is a political piece that by its very definition can only be filed under "Strange" on any website...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Betancourt's Unsung Hero
Since the dramatic rescue last week of 15 hostages held by Colombia's leftist rebel movement the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, much of this country's attention - if not the world's - has been focused on Ingrid Betancourt...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Sarkozy's G8 Ennui
He was bored, the poor man You could see it in his eyes and his body language...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Poppy's Plight
She first came to our attention after we had visited a local show at the village hall organised by a nearby refuge for abandoned dogs and cats...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Pets
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Sarkozy's "Astonishing" Olympic Announcement
So it's official The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will be attending the opening of the Olympic games in Beijing,
After a "productive" 30-minute meeting with the Chinese president, Hu Jintao, Sarkozy's office officially released the news on Wednesday that it had already leaked to the French media last Friday...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Sarkozy's Union-Bashing Barb
Sometimes a politician can believe his or her own spin just a little too much that it leaves many onlookers gasping in disbelief and checking their ears to make sure they've heard correctly
Such has been the case here in France since Saturday when the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, came up with what surely has to be the most unlikely interpretation of recent events in this country...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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One Woman's French Foly
Right upfront it has to be said that this is far from being a hard-hitting news piece And what's more it'll probably only have a limited appeal bearing in mind that among the roll call of names are those that will only be familiar to the French, or French ex-patriots, Francophiles, Francophones and France-watchers...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Entertainment
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Trash TV's Secret Story
You can tell summer has arrived here in France because the signs are all around us
First up there are the obvious ones - such as the weather and the dress code...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Entertainment
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Twice an Orphan - Barmy Bureaucracy or Welfare of the Child? You Judge.
Last weekend here in France an 11-year-old boy, Joris, found himself effectively orphaned for the second time...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Public Prosecutor Recommends Dropping (Jean) Sarkozy Charges
The mysterious if somewhat exhausting case of the hit-and-run scooter and the role of the French president's son, Jean Sarkozy, could be nearing its conclusion...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Ad’ Campaign to Promote Sarkozy’s Election Promise
The French government has launched a media blitz in an attempt to convince people that it really is winning the battle to increase purchasing power...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Sarkozy Starts Visit to Israel
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, begins a three-day visit to Israel on Sunday in what the press back home is reporting as further proof of an improvement in relations between the two countries...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Sarkozy Muscles in on EU Reform
It's just under a fortnight until France takes over the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union and already the rest of Europe is getting a taste of what it can expect...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Politics
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French Press Call For Domenech's Head After France Exit Euro 2008
In the time honoured tradition of the good old sporting cliché it’s time to break open the thesaurus, cry over the spilled milk and join the rest of the country in mourning France’s humiliating exit from Euro 2008...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Sports
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Spring-cleaning in the Summer at the Local Brocante
It was an opportunity that was too good to pass up - a chance for a jolly good clear out of all the junk that had been gathering dust in the attic forever with the added bonus thrown in of making a few cents into the bargain...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Travel
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Boonen Banned From Tour De France
Belgium’s former world cycling champion, Tom Boonen, has been forced out of this year’s Tour de France...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Sports
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France Faces Fine Over Lack of Hamster Love
Weird but true, France is being threatened with a €17 million penalty if it doesn’t clean up its act and come up with a strategy to save the European hamster, one of the continent’s most threatened species...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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Ferrari to Return as PPDA is Given the Boot
One of France’s top news anchors, Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, will bid farewell to viewers this summer and be replaced by the darling of the French media, Laurence Ferrari...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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A Bore Draw When Two Times Zero Equals One
The French have rather an appropriate expression for a football game that ends in a draw – “match nul”...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Sports
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Dati Does U-Turn on Virginity Annulment Marriage
The French justice minister, Rachida Dati, has once again shown that she has a less than a firm grasp of her job by doing a complete volte face in a case that has been making the headlines here in France over the past week...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Politics
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Speaks Out
It’s just what France (and the world) has been waiting for – the real story behind the marriage of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and his third wife Carla...
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Lyon - There’s No “s” In French
It’s about 450kms from Paris to Lyon (or Lyons if your prefer in English) but forget about the four-and-a-half hour drive and instead save money, time and the environment by taking the high-speed TGV train service...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: Travel
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Martine Aubry – The Lady In Waiting.
She might have been absent from national politics for the past eight years, but now a one-time leading light of the Socialist party, Martine Aubry, appears to be back in favour...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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France's "Virgin Obsessed" Serial Killer Gets Life
After a high profile trial lasting two months, a court in northeastern France on Wednesday found Michel Fourniret, the country’s most notorious serial killer in decades, guilty on seven counts of murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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A Taxing Day As Sarkozy Goes Walkabout Among The Fruit And Veg
What a start to the day for the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy He was up and about before dawned cracked rubbing shoulders and pressing flesh with the hoi polloi at Rungis, France’s largest wholesale food and flower market just south of Paris...
Author: Johnny Summerton - Category: World Affairs
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