- FRANCE 24

06/03/2012 - FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012

Sarkozy takes refuge in bar from egg-tossing crowd

French President Nicolas Sarkozy was forced to seek temporary refuge in a bar in the southwestern region of Bayonne Thursday after he was mobbed by opposition supporters and hundreds of Basque separatists yelling insults and throwing eggs.

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22/02/2012 - ODD NEWS

Strange but true: a week of odd news around the world

A Norwegian princess offers advice on how to speak to angels and 63% of committed couples say their partner is their most important source of happiness, according to a global poll released on Valentine's Day.

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04/08/2011 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

How to judge a dictator?

FRENCH PAPERS, Thurs. 04/08/11. The French papers are rather critical of the trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. They say such humiliation is closer to revenge than justice and pays a disservice to the revolution that brought him down. Meanwhile, we haven’t heard the last of UFOs, according to Le Parisien. And a Post-it war takes over Parisian offices.

25/01/2011 - CULTURE

Study shows Chopin could have been epileptic

A new study published by a British Medical Association publication Tuesday shows that the hallucinations that plagued Polish composer Frederic Chopin during his relatively short life may have been cause by epilepsy.

25/01/2011 - FRANCE

Sarkozy's Facebook page hacked

A hacker took over French President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account Monday posting a fake statement that he was shelving plans to run for re-election in 2012.

07/01/2011 - SCIENCE

Women's tears act as 'sexual turnoff' for men

Researchers in Israel say women's tears act as a major turnoff for men, their smell decreasing the level of testosterone hormones in males. Scientists say more work is needed to determine which chemical elicited the reaction in men.

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30/10/2010 - MALDIVES

Maldivian president apologises to 'hate wedding' couple

The government of the Maldive archipelago said President Mohamed Nasheed has personally apologised to a European couple who were subjected to profanities during their wedding ceremony, and said that two men were arrested over the incident.

19/09/2010 - FRANCE

Quadriplegic Frenchman successfully swims English Channel

A Frenchman who lost his limbs in a 1994 electrical accident successfully swam across the English Channel on Saturday. Philippe Croizon, 42, arrived on the French coast in Calais just before 9:30 pm.

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17/03/2010 - FRANCE

Rail operator SNCF accidentally reports fatal train explosion

In an erroneous posting on its website, France's rail operator, the SNCF, mistakenly reported that one of its trains had blown up causing 102 fatalities.

22/12/2009 - NETHERLANDS

Missing young sailor returns home

Laura Dekker, a teenager who went missing after a court blocked her attempt to sail around the world, has returned to her home country of the Netherlands.