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Plundered and corrupted for 200 years, Haiti was doomed to end in anarchy | Kenan Malik
Successive foreign governments plunged it into unpayable debt and left its citizens in penury
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Parisians vote in favour of tripling parking costs for SUVs
The referendum comes as the city aims to reduce emissions by targeting wealthy drivers in large, polluting cars
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Patch notes: fixed issue that made iPhone 12 illegal in France
iOS 17.1 includes a France-only fix for iPhone 12 to meet electromagnetic emissions standards.
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Aujourd'hui, c'est la rentrée, bienvenu à tous! Today is first day of school, welcome to all!
Allez c'est parti!
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France from space, no clouds
I'm hard to spot from here but i'm actually naked on that photo.
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France: highest altitude by department map
It's all in the title, i hope :)
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Jean Marc Le Bihan à Aurillac
Jean Marc Le Bihan à Aurillac le 24 août 2013, un musicien autoproduit qui s'improvise orateur publique... Je recommande fortement sa musique jazz franchouillard: http://www.musicme.com/#/Jean-Marc-Le-Bihan/ Jean Marc Le Bihan in Aurillac August 24th 2013, autoproduced musician improvising himself as a public orator (in French)... I highly recommend his frenchy jazz music: http://www.musicme.com/#/Jean-Marc-Le-Bihan/
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Peileppe, Jean Gabin by peileppe
Jean Gabin by peileppe
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Hunting for the Lost River of Paris
La Seine, immortalized by artists and adored by lovers dangling their feet over the quay, harbours a dark secret. Under the fifth and thirteenth arrondissements grumbles la Bièvre, the Seine’s younger sibling who was banished to the netherworld exactly one hundred and one years ago.
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Beauty pageants for kids now illegal in France!
Few weeks ago I turned on my TV for the first time in months. It was dusty, I realized it's been unplugged from the socket for over 6 months. After changing some channels I saw a show with little kids getting dressed up and putting make up on for some sort of beauty pageant...
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Heidegger in France: Nazism and philosophy
One of the distinctive features of French intellectual life in the post-war period has been the influence of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Heidegger’s standing among French philosophers, especially those working in the phenomenological tradition, contrasts dramatically with his reputation in the country of his birth, where his legacy is tainted irredeemably by his political compromises with National Socialism in the 1930s.
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Step Into the Void Above the French Alps
High up in the French Alps, on the top terrace of the Aiguille du Midi mountain peak, sits a new five-sided glass structure called the Chamonix Skywalk
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France implants its first artificial heart
Surgeons perform pioneering new surgery to give man an implant
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Chinese buyer of French vineyard feared dead in helicopter crash
A Chinese investor who had just bought a French vineyard is feared dead in a helicopter crash that killed his son and is thought also to have claimed the lives of an aide and the vineyard's previous owner. Lam Kok had completed the purchase of Chateau de La Riviere in the Aquitaine region of southwest France on Thursday, the vineyard's marketing manager, Thierry Disclyn, told CNN.
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Step into the Void
Installation "Step into the Void"
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France approves 75% ‘supertax' on companies paying salaries of more than $1.38mn
French President Hollande’s plan to introduce a 75 percent tax on companies that pay out salaries of more than one million euros (US$1.38 million) has been approved. It follows a court ruling stating that an individual can't be taxed over 66 percent. The move has prompted football clubs, business leaders, and wealthy individuals to strike - some of whom stated they would be driven into exile by the law.
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Nazi-saluting soccer star Nicolas Anelka provokes uproar
A former French international soccer player has sparked a furor after celebrating a goal with an inverted Nazi salute. Nicolas Anelka has been accused of "disgusting anti-Semitic" behavior by the French government after he made the "quenelle."
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'Only' 1,067 vehicles set ablaze on New Year's Eve in France
The much lamented tradition of torching cars to mark the arrival of the new year claimed more than 10 per cent fewer vehicles this year.
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Remarkable Untouched 1942 Apartment Discovered In Paris
It was a discovery that captured the imagination of Paris, an untouched piece of its history, nestled deep within today's bustling and brightly lit city streets. 3 years ago a Parisian apartment lo...
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The Art of the Handshake
A perfunctory gesture? Hardly. It defines you. It defines the exchange. A hands-on study of a subtle craft.
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