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* Découvert à Paris moins cher -- Discount and Bargain-shopping 2004 (2) *
Another shopping round-up -- this time focused squarely on bargain shopping in Paris, 2004.
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* Découvert à Paris moins cher -- Shopping Paris on a budget 2004 *
Paris is no longer just for the super riche. Non, cherie, il y a quelque chose a bon marché -- vraiment!
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* Apartment for rent? Paris apartment rental scams exposed *
How honest consumers empower scam artists: Most on-the-level individuals can't help but harbour at least a few small fantasies about "What if I just got lucky, for once?" Unfortunately, small-time rip-off creeps take advantage of Honest Joes all too often!
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* Garber Gastronomic: La Tour d'Argent -- a brief history *****
An occurrence as nominal as a single bad review can cost a restaurant a "star." Yet when La Tour d'Argent, the Paris restaurant, lost one of its three Michelin stars in 1996, the owner, Claude Terrail, shrugged off the occasion, saying he was no longer interested in the guide's approval.
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* Paris apartment rental scams keep coming *
I knew we would have to be on our toes trying to rent a Paris apartment on the internet, but who could have imagined that 17 of the 18 responses we would receive in a three-week period would be complete fiction? And transparent fiction, at that!
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* Paris shopping guide set to revolutionize insider shopping *****
Rebecca Magniant was once a Paris neophyte just like you. Now, she has created a real insider's guide to shopping the City of Light. And hers is the first Paris shopping guide to earn a full five stars from evalu8.org's hard-to-please, resident shopping expert, Anne Garber!
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*Ghoulish Guide to Hallowe'en / Dia de Los Muertos & All Saint’s Day in Paris *
John and I once tried to travel from Italy to Paris on November 1, and found all the trains completely booked; it seems that all of Catholic Europe is travelling to visit relatives on All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day.
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*Hotel Confidential: Campanile Boulevard Berthier, Paris France *** 1/2
It's affordable, it's clean, it's IN PARIS. Sure rooms are small, but how much time are you planning to spend indoors when you're in Paris?
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24 hours in. . .Paris: Architecture, Literature and Glorious Chocolate *
High-end, low-end, all around the town! Herein the best that Paris has to offer, all condensed into a mere 100 metres.
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Alain Ducasse *
Restaurant: Plaza Athénée Restaurant in Paris; ADNY Alain Ducasse at the Essex House in New York.
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Between the crosses, row on row *
Looking out at bright blue sky and fields of green and gold in the distance, it is difficult to imagine any kind of sadness in such a lovely place.
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BHV communiqué de presse, June 2006 *
As you might know, BHV is a large department store in Paris. Celui-ci est en français, mais pour les visiteurs qui ne parle pas la langue, "This is a sale flyer". . .
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Café life in Paris *
Famous literary haunts are perfect places to seek out the city's artistic legacy -- or to simply watch the world go by. . .
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Candy Shopping in Paris, 2004 *
A round-up of candy shopping in 2004 Paris!
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Chemin de fer -- a toute vitesse *
New European train service promises to be a boon for business and leisure travellers alike.
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craigslist dot com (Garber review) **** 1/2
A handy resource wherever you live or travel.
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D'Estaing joins the French 'immortals' *
The former president of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was elected yesterday as a member of the Académie Française, the elite cultural institution whose main task is to compile the definitive French dictionary.
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Da Vinci fad decodes travel profits *
The success of the best-selling thriller The Da Vinci Code has inspired people to travel to Europe to see the artwork and architecture that the characters see in the novel.
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December 14, 2002: Fauchon helps sustain a family tradition *
 I received a desperate e-mail from a reader: "I have been trying to find a website or telephone # to order
Fauchon's Galette des Rois by Chef Florian Bellanger..."
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Down the drain in Paris *
I had to go to Paris last week, for six reasons, some better than others.
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Dying from the heat *
A month-long heat wave has taken the lives of as many as 5,000 elderly people in France, despite an enviable health system and a social safety net that is the pride of the country. What went wrong? The answer can be summed up in a word: indifference.
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Evalu8.org feedback: Paris Restaurant Rip-off *
One hapless reader and her friends had a bad dining experience at a place called La Savoyarde in Paris. . . It's a BOMB!
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Everything but the bellboy *
Who needs Williams-Sonoma when chic hotels are selling their guests not just the sheets on their beds but the beds themselves. It brings a whole new meaning to the term 'boutique hotel'
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Eyewitness Travel Paris (Keyes review) *****
Like most of the books in this series, Eyewitness's Paris guide is so visually brilliant that visiting the city itself is almost an anti-climactic experience.
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Famed Parisian chocolatier Michel Cluizel unveils ultimate hangover antidote (hint: it contains chocolate) *
Chocolat Michel Cluizel, Manhattan's new outpost of the legendary Parisian chocolatier, has introduced a signature chocolate cocktail to remedy hangovers, the Mocha Avec Cognac Choctail.
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Fire breaks out at Eiffel Tower *
A fire broke out on the top of the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday, sending black smoke pouring from the 324-metre Paris landmark and forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors.
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First, they came for the smokers ... *
Don't visit Vancouver, Doug: Should pro-smokers have a voice...? Doug Saunders refuses to butt out.
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France extends ban to bandannas and beards *
As France debates a plan to ban Islamic head scarves in public schools, the country's education minister said Tuesday that even some bandannas and beards should be barred from the classroom.
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France hosts the World's largest international hot air balloon event *
The 10th biannual Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons -- the world's largest international balloon event -- takes place July 27 to August 5, 2007.
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France sets table for good-food week *
For one week each year, France celebrates its rich gastronomic history with an event called La Semaine du Goût. In its honour, top chefs, farmers and restaurateurs unite to deliver good French food to the French public (and visiting foreigners, of course).
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France's health minister predicts heat toll will rise *
France's health minister said in an interview to be published Sunday that people have not stopped dying from the August heat wave that seared France and he predicted the death toll will climb toward 12,000.
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Franglo -- For people who speak English and live Français (Garber review) ****
Franglo.com is a Paris-based resource for English-speakers who either live in France, or visit frequently.
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Free Maison de la France online brochures *
Maison de la France is delighted to announce that the Maison de la France/French Government Tourist Office website is now providing free brochures, available for instant download.
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French to opt out of 'Le Halloween' *
Five years after it took France by storm in a whirlwind marketing drive launched by a French entrepreneur, “Le Halloween” looks set to perform its own disappearing act.
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Galeries Lafayette, January 2007 sales flyer/press release (French language) *
As you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris -- voici leur affiche de promotion pour janvier, 2007 . . .
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Galeries Lafayette, July 2006 sales flyer/press release (English language) -- part one *
As you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris. Here's its new summer flyer (part one). . . (Note "reverse strip-tease" is part of GL's summer window display plan!)
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Galeries Lafayette, July 2006 sales flyer/press release (English language) -- part two *
you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris. Here's its new summer flyer (part two). . .
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Galeries Lafayette, June 2006 sales flyer/press release (English language) *
As you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris. Here's their June sale flyer. . .
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Galeries Lafayette, March 2007 sales flyer/press release (French language) *
As you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris -- voici leur affiche de promotion pour mars, 2007 . . .
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Garber Gastronomic: Aux Délices de la Montagne -- inside confection-making in France *
Gilles Rongier -- whose wares I happened upon last October, when we visited France -- makes some of the very best pâtes de fruits or gélées in the world!
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Garber Gastronomic: Our wine guide in Paris *****
Michel Moulherat leads an enviable life: He runs a wine store in a quiet Paris neighbourhood (in the 11th arrondisement), snuggled in near clothing manufacturers on a clean and narrow street. His shop looks like more of a trendy art gallery than what North Americans might consider a typical wine outlet, and his wines are something to be proud of, indeed.
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Garber Gastronomic: Paris decadence on the cheap (2006) *
We love Paris, and -- bad press to the contrary -- find it entirely affordable. Here's a guide to some of its hidden luxuries.
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Hédiard and Fauchon grocery stores, Paris *
At the north end of the Place de la Madeleine, there are two delicatessens: Fauchon and Hédiard, face to face. Hédiard gets sun in the morning and Fauchon gets it in the afternoon, and the church of Sainte-Marie Madeleine sits in the middle, getting sun all day if it's shining.
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HI HOTEL, NICE *
Tucked away in a residential neighbourhood of ochre-shuttered apartment buildings, green parasol pine trees, fuchsia bougainvillea and blue-rinse ladies with tiny black poodles is the new Hi Hotel.
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Holiday rental -- Luxury apartment in the South of France: Le Palais du Grand Duc, Mandelieu, Cote-d'Azur, France *****
Here's a luxury accommodation for one or two couples who value convenience, ease of rental and all the accessories one might need for nesting-in already well-thought-out and in place. We know Julia Nelson and Madeleine Litchfield's eye for quality and conscientious attention to detail, so we have no qualms about awarding their property a rare five-star rating!
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January in Paris is a Bargain-hunter's paradise *
April in Paris may be the romantic time of chestnuts in blossom, but it is January that is the prime time to visit for those born to shop. Big savings wait, plus extra discounts with shopping cards, and money-saving accommodations in comfortable Paris apartments.
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L'Europe à 50 $ par jour, et des toilettes propres! *
Au cours des dernières années, nous sommes parvenus à prolonger nos voyages en Europe en séjournant dans une chaîne d'hôtel à rabais novatrice appelée Formule 1.
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La Grande Epicerie de Paris *
Once merely a section on the main floor of Le Bon Marché off the rue de Bac, La Grande Epicerie de Paris now occupies the entire ground floor of the revered department store.
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Leica Gallery's New York exhibition is entitled Postcards from Paris *
Before your trip to Paris, get in the mood and go to the Leica Gallery for the photo exhibition "Postcards from Paris," which starts today.
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Londres en amoreux *
A brilliant offer in the Paris Métro promoting travel to London from Paris via Eurostar for just 100 euros return. . .for two.
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Lysiane Gagnon: The French know about being cool *
Summer in France has been scorching. In most areas of the south, the temperatures routinely peaked at more than 35 degrees for almost three months
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Moleskine notebooks (Garber review) *****
Moleskine is the legendary notebook, used by European artists and thinkers for the past two centuries.
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New-style eateries reinvent Paris lunches *
The sudden popularity of soup and sandwich bars, sushi-to-go, and bistros with speedy set menus suggests that traditional Parisian eating habits are being shaken up.
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Notre guide de vin à Paris -- Michel Moulherat et La Cave de l'Insolite (version française) *****
Michel Moulherat mène une vie enviable : Il est le patron d'une cave à vin dans un quartier de Paris calme (dans le 11e arrondisement), blotti dans les fabricants de vêtement proches sur une rue propre et étroite. Son atelier a l'air de plus d'une galerie d'art branchée que qu'Américains du nord pourraient considérer une sortie de vin typique, et ses vins sont quelque chose pour être fier de, en effet.
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Paris Arrondissement Maps: Never get lost in Paris again *
In a world where virtually nothing of any real value is free anymore, let us praise the Paris tourism office for offering its arrondissement maps . . . free!
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Paris bistros (Kates reviews) *
Oh la la, the everyday excellence of it all...
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Paris Crap *
Truth in Advertising: Need we say more?
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Paris hotel blaze toll tops 20 *
A fire that swept through a central Paris hotel early Friday killed 20 people -- including 10 children -- and injured more than 50 others, including two Canadians.
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Paris is better than you *
HEATHER MALLICK has fallen hopelessly in love with the city of lights. Sure the waiters are snooty and the drivers vicious. But she will always return for more -- more passion, more colour, more life.
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Paris Plages 2006 -- Life is a Beach on the Seine *
The man-made beaches along the Seine River in Paris will take place again this year from July 20 through August 20, 2006.
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Paris streets fill with protest *
Thousands of Muslim women demonstrated in the streets of France, Britain and the Middle East Saturday against a looming ban on Islamic headscarves in French state schools.
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Picard Surgelés: A History of 'frozen assets' *
Picard Surgelés is France's leading frozen foods specialist, and one of our premiere places to shop for affordable, high-end prepared foods. Their Thai entrées, ice cream and sorbets are particular favourites of ours.
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Printemps, The Trendy Shopping Experience in Paris *
When shoppers in Paris are looking for the hippest shopping experience, they stop at Printemps. Here are just a few of the reasons why Printemps is a must-see for fashion-forward travelers to France.
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SEMAINE DU GOUT, du 16 au 22 octobre, 2007 *
For one week each year, France celebrates its rich gastronomic history with an event called La Semaine du Goût. In its honour, top chefs, farmers and restaurateurs unite to deliver good French food to the French public (and visiting foreigners, of course)
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Spiritual Architecture: A chapel worth worshipping *
In the last of a series on spiritual architecture, LISA ROCHON feels the pull of Le Corbusier's triumph
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Taming the automobile in Montreal's core *
City cordons off 10 downtown blocks in symbolic attempt to combat pollution
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Thalys: The High Velocity Train Between Amsterdam and Paris, Paris and Cologne *****
With all the concern lately about air travel, Europe’s oldest mechanical means of transportation is making an impressive comeback.
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The beauty beneath Canada's ugliness *
I have spent the week before Canada Day in France, thinking about Canada. Nothing like a trip to France to make one think about Canada.
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The district street markets of Paris *
 Street markets in Paris vary by the day of the week and the district. Here's a handy guide to help you when you visit Paris.
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The original -- and most-famous -- flea market in Paris *
There are lesser Paris flea markets, but the most famous one is at Porte de Clignancourt, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
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The Savvy consumer: Oo la la! Our 10 best reasons to visit Paris in August *
Here are 10 sure-fire reasons to enjoy August days and nights with those Parisians who haven't headed out for their annual vacation.
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The Two Best Travel Guides (Keyes overview) *
I've done my fair share of globe-trotting, and for my money the two best guidebook series for major cities are the ones by the Time Out people and the ones under the Eyewitness Travel imprint of the Dorling Kindersley publishers.
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The Ultimate Shopping in Paris Experience, with Rebecca Magniant and Chic Shopping Paris *****
While exploring Paris and learning to live "la vie francaise," francophile and self-confessed shopaholic Rebecca rediscovered her love for shopping and her desire to share her passion and insider tips with friends. We joined her on a shopping tour, and we tell all!
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Time Out Paris (Keyes review) *****
Writes reviewer John T.D. Keyes: "There is stylish prose and up-to-date material from front cover to back, even though much of the city doesn't change from century to century."
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To Beach...or not to Beach? *
According to a blog account attached to Paris Monde (I've translated rather freely), the notion of a beach along the river Seine is not necessarily the most popular idea with local residents.
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Top 10 places to river cruise in Europe and the Nile *
The editors of Insight Guides have just published a book called Great River Cruises: Europe & the Nile, and they've put together a list of the top 10 places to take a river cruise.
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Tour de France: Quick dash leaves lasting impression *
Lance Armstrong's bid for a record-tying fifth consecutive win in the Tour de France, a punishing cross-country slog of more than 3,380 kilometres, begins with a quick dash.
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WiFi in Paris *
Many locations for free WiFi in Paris. . .
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Young talents return from France *
Group of nine Southern California art students return from France inspired by their experiences -- gallery show planned at MB Fine Art Gallery in West Hollywood, CA -- Wednesday, February 22, 2006 and through March 1, 2006
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Zoom Your Way to France (revised) *
France is a destination for history, arts, culture, entertainment, gastronomy, shopping and sports. Agnes Chung tells us how to find it all.
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A road show with a difference *
Independent poets, cartoonists and artists are mixing punk rock's do-it-yourself philosophy with avant-garde sensibilities in cross-country tours resembling variety shows, HAL NIEDZVIECKI writes
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Air France brings you September and October bargains to France from just $275* one-way *
Now is the perfect time to start planning a post-summer trip by taking advantage of these great offers from Air France.
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Armstrong wins Tour de France -- seventh in a row *
American Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France on Sunday, his seventh consecutive title, as the last stage has been shortened due to wet conditions.
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Banning hijab: the new colonialism *
The land of liberté, egalité et fraternité has taken a decidedly selective definition of these ideals. The banning of all forms of visible religious symbols in state schools (except for discrete pendants) is ostensibly based on France's secular foundations. Some view it as secular orthodoxy, a mirror image of religious extremism that the nation purports to curtail.
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Chirac hearing aid buzz has French whispering *
The image-conscious French are making a hullabaloo over suggestions their dapper, suntanned, but aging President has been wearing a hearing aid -- and is too proud to admit it.
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Death toll in France reaches 5,000 *
A senior French health official resigned on Monday after the country's health minister acknowledged that as many as 5,000 people might have died in a blistering heat wave.
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Floods surge in storm-lashed France *
Chirac heads for south to check out rescue efforts; at least five dead.
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France in the hot seat *
The record-setting heat wave that swept across much of Europe in the first half of August caused thousands of deaths and widespread economic damage. But only in France did it turn into a national disaster, sparking public outrage over government inaction and ineptitude and raising serious questions about cherished French institutions.
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France's Opera Festival: The little festival that could *
An unlikely opera event puts an island on France's musical map
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French serial killer leads police to bodies *
As a helicopter clattered overhead and police swarmed around, a serene and bespectacled 62-year-old Frenchman in a bulletproof vest led detectives through the woods surrounding a stately 18th century château.
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Galeries Lafayette, January 2007 sales flyer/press release (English language) *
As you might know, Galeries Lafayette is a large department store in Paris -- here is its January sales flyer. . .
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Garber Gastronomic: The last time we saw Paris...SIAL *
We were in Paris attending the 2000 SIAL, the International Food Show, which is held bi-annually alternating with Cologne, Germany. . .
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Heat blamed for dozens of deaths across Europe *
Head of French emergency doctors cites weather for toll in Paris region; glaciers melting in Alps
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Heat brings changes to Europe *
Some French vintners started their earliest harvests ever on Tuesday and a fire near a railroad station in Germany delayed trains — some of the latest difficulties Europe faces as a deadly heat wave scorches the continent.
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Legionnaires' outbreak shuts McCain factory *
A McCain Foods Ltd. French fries plant in France halted production yesterday after Legionnaires' disease was discovered in its cooling system, amid an outbreak that has killed 10 people.
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Liberty, equality, fraternity . . . obesity? *
France is taking steps to curb the worrisome obesity epidemic among its youth. . .
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Love shines out from D-Day's shadow *
Once he flew bombers over the land where she sought cover. Years later, the two found shelter together, writes NATHALIE BIBEAU.
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Mime Fest: Some quiet time *
There's not much to say about a mime festival...
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Museums and Galleries of Paris ****
 The Insight Guides people have launched a new series dedicated to the great museums and galleries of the world's great cities, and the inaugural edition rightly focuses on Paris.
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Officials comb through Paris hotel fire debris *
Firefighters and police have been searching the ruins of a Paris hotel after a devastating fire killed at least 21 people, 10 of them children.
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Paris fumes over France's smoking ban *
France and yet another US state join worldwide bans of tobacco in public places, restaurants and bars.
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Paris morgues overflowing with elderly heat victims *
City's gravediggers working overtime as France's death toll rises to at least 3,000
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Passengers and crew survive Air France crash in Toronto *
All passengers and crew -- some 309 persons -- on board an Air France plane that burst into flames after overshooting a runway at Pearson International are said to have survived.
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Sample of allergy pictures for France *
Here's a sample of allergy pictures you could replicate (or adjust, as appropriate for you) and print out for your next trip.
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Shopping the World: Stuff you just can't buy at home *
Another detailed consumer product review from your friends at evalu8.org...
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Six U.S.-bound flights cancelled amid terror threats *
Six U.S.-bound flights from Britain and France were cancelled Saturday because of security concerns.
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Sunny Kate looks for her dark side *
Comic actress Kate Hudson takes a serious look at her latest movie, marriage and the impending birth of her first child
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The Best Wine Bars & Shops of Paris: The Best Wine Bars & Shops of Paris: Fifty Charming and Notable Cavistes (Keyes review) ****
This handy guide is an indispensable resource for all those who love their red, white or bubbly and are planning a trip to the City of Lights.
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The EU constitution, complete with minibar *
Toronto writer and documentary producer Gerry Flahive wryly dishes up the real impact of the European Union's expansion of influence to the former Communist east.
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Toll in French summer heat passes 14,000 *
The death toll in France from August's blistering heat wave was nearly 15,000, according to a government report released Thursday that exceeded previous estimates by 3,000.
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Tour de France: Crash mars end of first stage *
Defending champion Armstrong among 35 riders in a pileup near finish line
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Vandals desecrate Jewish cemetery *
The French government vowed Tuesday to catch and prosecute vandals who splashed anti-Semitic graffiti across about 60 Jewish tombstones in a cemetery in Lyon overnight, the third such attack here since May.
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When two weeks off just isn't enough *
In these increasingly stressful times, the lure of the long-term stay and its promise of personal discovery is proving irresistible to many
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