MSF, Doctors Without Borders Blasts NATO Afghanistan Proposal

Medicins Sans Fronteirs (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders Critical of NATO Afghanistan ProposalThe Nobel award winning international aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says a new NATO proposal could endanger the...

Ice Hockey: A Giant Amongst Nations: USA, Canada and...Finland

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics:  Men's Ice Hockey Final: Canada 3 USA 2 ("Sudden Death") Finland 5 Slovakia 3 So, Canada (Gold) has a population of 34,017,000 U.S.A. (Silver) has a population of 308,372,000...

Paris

These are Photos and photo-manipulations I made from images I captured when I was in Paris, France. All my photos taken in France can be seen at this link.

Concorde Crash Trial Begins Ten Years After Flight 4590 Disaster

The trial stemming from the Concorde crash on July 25, 2000, which killed 109 people aboard Air France 4590 and four on the ground,  begins today. Continental Airlines, as well as five individuals, face...

France To Ban Veil In Public Buildings: France Niqab / Burqa Ban

Call it the Niqab, Burqa, or Veil, but whatever term you use to describe the face and body covering some Muslim wear, France is clamping down, banning their use in many Public Buildings.. The president of a...

UK defense minister's niece arrested: Crime has Knox-like details

THE niece of a UK defence minister,  Jessica Davies,  30,  has confessed to the stabbing death of her lover but claims she has no memory of the incident.  24-year-old Oliver Mugnier was stabbed to death in what French police officials are describing...

A young american became famous in France : Thione Niang

A free electron Made in USA I attended the second annual symposium "New World, New Capitalism" (8th January 2010) which closed its doors on the third theme of the roundtable "After the crisis: should we change our worldview? . Politicians, economists,...

Train Breaks Down Underwater, Strands 90,000

It is a nightmare that I used to dream when living in Alameda California. Sometimes, I took the BART train to San Francisco and the train snaked through a tube, laid like a garden hose under the San Francisco Bay....

Three wise monkeys from Paris

I was lucky the this Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 18:30 in The Bellevilloise, in Paris. Didier Migaud (Socialist and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the French National Assembly), Michel Rocard...

Store Robbed By Off-Duty Police Officers In Paris, France: VIDEO

Two off-duty police officers in Paris, France, have been caught on a surveillance camera robbing a telephone equipment store last Friday. The surveillance video shows two men in masks clearing out cash registers while at the same time sporting police armbands and handguns....

Laura Williams Named International Designer of the Year

Sunday evening Laura Williams of Washington, DC won the coveted International Designer of the Year Award from New Day Associates presented by John Blassingame.  As winner, Laura will receive a full editorial...

Iraqi Shoe Thrower Attacked by Another Shoe Thrower (VIDEO)

The Iraqi shoe thrower was attacked by another shoe thrower today in a news conference in Paris. The (new) shoe attack was captured on videos. Muntadhar al-Zeidi was the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at...

France: Pakistan not to get India-like civil nuclear pact

A statement by a French official has put Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in an embarrasing situation. Qureshi, in May this year had gone on record saying that France is ready for a...

Jewellry Designers Included in Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

It was announced earlier this week that jewellry designers will now join the the infamous Paris Haute Couture fashion week. Known for its outrageous, avant garde fashions, Paris' Haute Couture fashion week has included the likes of Chanel, Givenchy, and Jean Paul Gaultier but...

20 year old model who committed suicide spoke of despair

20 year old super-model from South Korea,  Daul Kim,  was found hanging in her Paris apartment yesterday,  an apparent suicide.   In her web log,  Kim told her fans about exhaustion,  stress,  and loneliness.  Her last blog entry she...

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