900 000 People on Champs Elysees for First Day of Nature Capitale

It was a crowded garden on a warm day.That's the comment I heard from those who joined the throngs who flocked to the Champs-Elysees on May 23, the first day of Nature Capitale.900,000 people showed up....

Dream Day, Champs Elysees is A Garden, Audrey's Photos Priceless

Since I am following the event from this side of the Atlantic, I went scouting various French language sites. I was lucky to find D Day – La NATURE débarque en CAPITALE by Audrey on Mince Alors! (Sunday, May 23), a photo journal of the first day of this dream garden. From...

Mosque at Ground Zero

 National American coptic Assembly - washingtonDC - Mr. Morris Sadek-ESQ President-Mosque at Ground Zero in  New York by the Cordoba Initiative is creating controversy. Extremists in the US are opposing a...

Art Stolen From Paris Museum of Modern Art: Pictures

Art Stolen from Paris' Museum of Modern Art Includes Picasso and Matisse and Totals Hundreds of Millions of Dollars In an art theft heist that has museum officials and police baffled, it appears that just one thief broke in to the Paris Museum of Modern Art sometime overnight...

Robbie Maddison Jumps 279 Feet on Motorbike over Corinth Canal

Australian motorbike daredevil Robbie Maddison jumped 279 feet across Greece’s Corinth Canal—some 311 feet above the bottom of the ravine. Maddison, 28, accelerated to 125 km/h over grass, concrete, wood and...

Is Michelle Obama fashion icon already?

Is Michelle Obama a fashion icon already? In the old days it would take years for someone to achieve the status that the first Lady has attained. From top fashion magazines to TV shows, it seems everyone wants a piece of Michelle Obama. Is it just because of the slumping...

Hot Cross Buns - Easter Food, The Widow's Son and Paris Riots

It's almost Easter and English shops are full of hot cross buns. These spiced buns with a piped white cross on their top are traditional English Easter food but what is the history, besides the obvious connection...

No Sarkozy Day in Paris

A No Sarkozy Day demo took place today in Paris. It was organised by Benjamin Ball amongst others and gathered momentum with the help of social networks and bloggers who are against the French President. A...

4 Teens Arrested for $45,000 in Damages, Theft at MA House Party

A house party in East Bridgewater Massachusetts that caused $45,000 in damages has led to the arrest of Michael Edwards, 17, Gersham Grossman, 18, Daniel Peterson, 18, and a juvenile and charges of malicious...

Isla Fisher Secretly Marries Sacha Baron Cohen in Paris Wedding

Isla Fisher married Sacha Baron Cohen on March 15 at a private sunset ceremony in Paris, France—6 years after getting engaged. Fisher, 34, and Cohen, 38, were seen walking through the city over the weekend with...

Rock Painting Paris

CHANEL history COPY famous mondrian sand SYMBOL dior magritte crocodile pompei installation dali HERMES stella drummer irritating roman 2009 wood granite richter van gogh hirst COBBLESTONE EYE environment VUITTON advert danger cat jasper johns sun king utrillo toy painting...

Five held in France, Spain for kidnap of Pakistani-British boy

A five-year-old British boy of Pakistani origin was released by his captors after receiving ransom and five people have been arrested in France and Spain in connection with the kidnapping."MADRID: A ransom was paid to free the British five-year-old Sahil Saeed kidnapped in...

French Policeman Killed By Eta: Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero

A French policeman has been shot dead near Paris. The killing is being blamed on the Basque separatist group Eta. The death came during a shoot out with a gang stopped for the suspected stealing of cars from...

Paris Demonstrators Protest President Sarkozy's Youth Labour Law

Another large demonstrations against President Nicolas Sarkozy's actions to deal with the economic crisis was held  in Paris.  Other centres saw many demonstrators as well. This latest in a series of protests saw riot police using tear gas and water cannons on the...

Karl Lagerfeld Climate-Skeptic Fashion Show

Karl Lagerfeld's "Global Cooling" Theme Mocks Climate ChangeKarl Lagerfeld's latest Chanel runway show, titled "Global Cooling" made fun of the climate change debate by featuring a massive ice sculpture made of 240 tons of ice. However, Karl Lagerfeld didn't push it too far:...

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