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French Muslim women arrested for defying ban on head garb.

Should the ban be lifted or stay? As France officially began the launch of a new law which prohibits the wearing of head veils/garbs in public- aimed as many see it as those practicing the Muslim faith, consternation has begun...

Father Antoine Videau steals 2 million pounds to fund playboy lifestyle.

Lifestyles of the rich and infamous... It's time to meet France's Father Antoine Videau, 64, who unlike most priests was living a lifestyle more akin to French playboys than that of the papal until he was recently interrupted...

200 000 people likely dead in Haiti. Tears for sale.

Putting the world into perspective. The first thing we thought when the news broke about the massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale was why is it always the most unfortunate people of the world who always keep having...

The King of France – Johnny Hallyday puts the country into suspended coma.

Trying to revive the things that once used to bring pride to a nation. It's a testament to Mr Johhny Hallyday, otherwise known as the French Elvis that while fighting for his life in a hospital induced coma his country...

Dark Matter and Champagne: the achievements of the Large Hadron Collider.

It may all sound like the plot of a Dan Brown novel, but it seems that fact is now, if not actually more exciting than fiction, definitely getting there. Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider at Cern near Geneva...

The Unveiling of Michelangelo’s “The Young Archer” at the Met— Oh the Pizzaz!

Photography by James Palmar. Daphne Guiness. Was the sculptural unveiling of ‘The young archer,’ a work purported to be that of Michelangelo’s (on loan from France), beautiful irrespective of whether or not it actually belonged to Michelangelo?...

Coming, to France’s Dismay- McDonalds!

When the American fast food giant opens its doors at the Louvre you know France has gone to the dogs. It seems that the French have committed the most ultimate faux pas possible- they have allowed a fast food giant...