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Eloisa James' Parisian Christmas

One For The Table | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Paris, Passage Des Panoramas, Marché Saint-Quentin, Galeries Lafayette, Living in Paris, Christmas Gifts, Food, Living News

This year my husband and I are on sabbatical from our respective universities, so we packed up loads of books, two children and four laptops, and moved to Paris.

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Google Books Settlement: Paris Courts Find Google Guilty Of Copyright Infringement

The New York Times | MATTHEW SALTMARSH | Posted 12.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Google, Copyright Infringement, Paris, France, Paris Courts, Copyright, Google Books, French Law, Google Books Settlement, Copyright Law, Books, Digital Books, Books News

A French court ruled Friday that Google was guilty of infringing copyrights by digitizing books and putting extracts online without authorization, dea...

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The Paris Vendetta: Steve Berry Strikes Again

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Steve Berry, Paris, International Adventure, Intrigue, Naploeon, Books News

Steve Berry continues his "Cotton Malone" series with The Paris Vendetta. There are assassination plots, searches for hidden treasure, and a taste of romance thrown into the mix.

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Coco Chanel, Jane Austen and Anita Brookner: On Flying Solo And Free

Madison Smartt Bell | Posted 12.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Coco Before Chanel, Fashion Industry, Jane Austen, France, Books, Chanel, Movies, Paris, Marriage, CoCo Chanel, Style, Audrey Tatou, Coco Avant Chanel, Anita Brookner, Fashion, Books News

The story behind "Coco Avant Chanel"'s near plotlessness is Coco's steely determination to become what she must be -- even though she doesn't know what that is.

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1788 Vieux Cognac Sells For $36k In Paris

AP | Posted 12.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Cognac, Auctions, Tour D'argent, Paris, 1788 Cognac, Business News

PARIS — A bottle of 1788 Vieux Cognac has sold at a Paris auction of wine and spirits for euro25,000 ($36,935). The cognac, which pre-dates the...

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Son Objects To Moving Albert Camus' Remains To Pantheon

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Sarkozy, France, Camus, Albert Camus, Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy, Pantheon, World News

PARIS — Albert Camus' children are torn about whether to allow the Nobel Prize-winning author's remains to be moved from southern France to Pari...

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We Must Replay the Match

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 11.21.2009 | Sports

Read More: Paris, France, La RèGle Du Jeu, France Ireland Handball, Handball, Thierry Henry Handball, Marc Ladreit De Lacharriere, France-Ireland Game, Fitch, Thierry Henry, Killer Highlights, Sports News

No, American friends, France is not a country of "cheaters." The affair of Thierry Henry's hand, the scandal of the France-Ireland game that we won, but should have lost, has outraged many in Paris.

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Letter From Paris: The Church of Saint Laurent

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.20.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris, Theatre Marigny, Pierre Berge Associes, Yvees Saint Laurent-Pierrer Berge Collection, Decorative-Arts, Yves Saint Laurent Auction, Yves Saint Laurent, Christie's, Pierre Berge, Moujik, Style News

If the first sale of the Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Bergé collections roared into Paris like the symbolic lion that Saint-Laurent loved, the second began with the squeak of a mouse.

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Paris Bans Pants! Long-Standing Law STILL Forbids Trousers

Posted 11.18.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris Women Trousers, Evelyne Pisier, Paris Gender Equality, France, Paris Pants Law, Le Droit Des Femmes, Paris Pants Ban, Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris Women, Style News

Katharine Hepburn must be rolling in her grave. In Paris, a law still stands banning women from wearing trousers, according to a report by The Dai...

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Letter From Paris: Apple Mania!

Beth Arnold | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Steve Jobs, Apple Ipod, Macbook, MacBook Pro, Apple Iphone, Apple, Apple Computers, San Francisco, Paris, World News

I had heard rumors before that an Apple store was coming to my town, but on Saturday, yes, kids, an Apple store opened in Paris. And I had to see it.

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Parsis in Paris: Little Zizou in the Land of Zidane

Mira Kamdar | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: France, Paris, Zinedine Zidane, Sooni Taraporevala, Soccer, Mumbai, Little Zizou, Zizou, Mira Nair, Parsis, Entertainment News

The film gets its name from the movie's protagonist, a motherless little boy who escapes both his self-absorbed and overbearing father by playing a computer soccer game featuring Zidane.

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Trade Fair Targets France's Booming Divorce Market

AP | JENNY BARCHFIELD | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: France Divorce, French-Divorce, Divorce, Relationships, France, Paris, France Marriage, World News

PARIS — The city of romance got a lesson in love's hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital's first divorce fair. In Fran...

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York

Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of Us, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, New York News

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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The Evolution of Paris as a Major Art Market

Stephanie Adamowicz | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Paris Art Market, Art, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, Sam Francis, Christie's, Fiac, Sotheby's, Fernand Leger, Paris, New York News

Paris is attracting an increasing number of international galleries exhibiting high-quality works by blue chip artists.

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Letter From Paris: Let the Saints Come Marching In

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.31.2009 | Style

Read More: Day of the Dead, France, Paris, Buchenwald, Dachau, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, Oscar Wilde, Halloween, Alice B. Toklas, Nazi Concentration Camps, All Saints Day, Gertrude Stein, Edith Piaf, Sachsenhausen, Oranienburg, Style News

We headed over to the beautiful cemetery to say hey to Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and others. If the 20th Arrondissement is good enough for them, then it certainly should work for us.

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For Chocolates, I'll Still Take France

Flora Lazar | Posted 10.28.2009 | New York

Read More: Paris, Chefs, Pastry, La Maison Du Chocolat, Chicago, Chocolate, Pennebaker Hegedus Films, New York, Salon Du Chocolat, Francois Pralus, Jean-Paul Hevin, Franck Fresson, Franck Kestener, New York News

With New York's own Chocolate Show coming up soon, I am compelled to report that for confections, France is still "vaut le voyage," or worth the trip.

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Stars Take Flight at Amelia Premiere

Jon Chattman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris, Ewan McGregor, Premiere, Screenwriter, Hilary Swank, Harry Connick Jr, Richard Gere, Amelia, Movie Premiere, Mira Nair, Earheart, Entertainment News

the latest role for Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank is portraying aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in the aptly titled Amelia.

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Letter From Paris: The Little Black Dress in the Palais Royal

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Alexandre Dumas, Didier Ludot, The Three Musketeeers, Little Black Dress, Palais Royal, Cardinal Richelieu, Paris, Style News

Imagine the parties with aristocratic ladies dressed in their own versions of the little black dress over the centuries.

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J'Die: Cristalle Eu Verte by Chanel

Zandile Blay | Posted 10.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Paris, CoCo Chanel, Magnolia, Chanel No. 5, Chanel, Cristalle Eu Verte, Style News

For you to fully understand why Cristalle Eu Verte is simply beyond only requires one word: Chanel. When it comes to fragrance, the track record of this luxury house is unparalleled.

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Full Throttle to Hyperlocal News in Czech Republic

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

In the Czech Republic, "news cafés" are springing up, where people can relax, meet, down some brew, see their local paper being produced, mingle with editors and contribute copy.

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Jean Sarkozy Given Top A Job In French Gov't By Dad

guardian.co.uk | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Posted 10.09.2009 | World

Read More: Nicholas Sarkozy, Sarkozy, Jean Sarkozy, France, Paris, Jean-Sarkozy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Sarkozy Jean, Jean Sarkozy Defense, PéTition Jean Sarkozy, Jean Sarkozy Wife, Jean Sarcozy, Petition Jean Sarkozy, Jean Sarkozy Times, Jean Sarkozy Head, Jean Sarkozi, World News

The Sarkozy dynasty was embroiled in another nepotism row today , after the French president's 23-year-old son Jean was tipped to head the public agen...

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Letter From Paris: Art Market Buzz

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Art-History, Hotel Drouot, Auction-Houses, Style, Decorative-Arts, The Getty, Paris, Victoria and Albert Museum, Style News

At the scene of an unusual auction of a Louis XV commode decorated with Japanese lacquer.

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Afghanistan: Collateral Damage From Paris to Punjab

Mira Kamdar | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: U.S. Troops, Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, 9/11, India, Heroin, Collateral Damage, Paris, Afghanistan War, President Obama Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, World News

I have seen what is antiseptically known as collateral damage from this war in two unlikely places: the city of Paris and the countryside of rural Punjab.

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Nous Sommes Tous Americains: France Times

David Parker | Posted 10.07.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Americans, Cannes, France, Foreign Affairs, Cap D'antibes, French Riviera, Europe, Comedy, Paris, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Comedy News

While in Eastern Europe I met only one other American. As I made way out west, I met more Americans -- I think most of them had been hired by Al-Qaeda to damage America's reputation.

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Letter From Paris: An Appalachian Artist

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Hazard-Kentucky, Appalacian Mountains, Normandy, Juliette Binoche, Abstract-Expressionism, Kentucky, Chocolat, Theo Edmonds, Paris, Deauville, World News

My prediction: Theo Edmonds is going to stir up the Paris art world. Better get a painting while you can.

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