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French President Considers Afghanistan Mission Completed

2012-05-25T04:56:46Z

KABUL, Afghanistan — French President Francois Hollande for the first time provided details of his plan to pull France's combat troops out of Af...

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Dave Astor: Close and Not-So-Close Encounters With Famous Authors

2012-05-23T10:18:02Z

Literature fans love "encounters" with living or dead authors. These might involve seeing novelists at book signings, listening to them give a talk, or visiting homes/museums connected with famous authors of the past.

Read more: Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Hemingway, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Leo Tolstoy, Herman Melville, France, Cartoonists, Isaac Asimov, Novels, Emile Zola, Alexandre Dumas, Paul Cezanne, Mark Twain, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, John Updike, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Charles M. Schulz, Books News

Teddy Wayne: Interview With Rosecrans Baldwin, Author of Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down

2012-05-23T09:52:45Z

I spoke with Baldwin about unsung food choice in the City of Light, the machismo of French men and whether he will soon be victim of a lawsuit by a certain band who might take issue with his book's title.

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Take a Mary Cassatt Birthday Quiz!

2012-05-22T08:08:38Z

Today is the birthday of American artist and early feminist Mary Cassatt. The long time friend of Edgar Degas and influential member of the Impression...

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From Critic To Cheerleader

2012-05-21T15:52:41Z

CHICAGO -- In his debut in international summitry, Francois Hollande has made a splash – and held his ground on some sharply defined positions.
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Claude Salhani: Why Stability in Syria Matters

2012-05-21T12:06:12Z

The 14-month long spate of internal violence in Syria has friends and foes equally worried over the fate of the country's future, the stability of the region and the ever-present danger of the violence spreading from Syria to its neighbors.

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Marshall Fine: Movie Review: The Intouchables

2012-05-21T07:33:56Z

Based on a true story, The Intouchables is a movie that already has been tarred with the condescending brush of American critics who mischaracterize it as patronizing to the character of Driss.

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Will France Be The Next To Legalize Gay Marriage?

2012-05-19T11:54:00Z

Following Barack Obama's surprise public support for gay marriage, incoming French President François Hollande may be poised to push through legislat...

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BootsnAll: PHOTOS: 5 Great Destinations In The South Of France

2012-05-19T07:00:00Z

There's much more to the southern part of the country.

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Eric Margolis: Let Greece Do Debt Cold Turkey

2012-05-18T16:52:36Z

What would happen to Greece if it quit the euro? Financial chaos, capital flight, riots and bank failures... maybe. But after the apocalypse, Greece would eventually revert to its 1960's status: a poor but proud nation living off tourism, shipping, agriculture and fishing.

Read more: Eurozone, Greece, G8 Summit, Angela Merkel, European Union, Nicholas Sarkozy, Greek Debt Crisis, Francois Hollande, Euro, Greek Debt, Greece Debt Crisis, World News

Sanjay Sanghoee: Capitalist Revolution: Forget the Deficit and Learn From Europe

2012-05-18T13:06:35Z

Before we go wild with our deficit-cutting scythe, let's make sure that we are not hacking away at our own feet in the process.

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'The French Have A Very Idiosyncratic View Of Autism'

2012-05-18T09:19:38Z

LONDON -- In most developed countries, children with autism are usually sent to school where they get special education classes. But in France, they a...

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Pavarotti's Manager Herbert Breslin Dies

2012-05-17T18:06:25Z

NEW YORK — Herbert Breslin, the hard-driving manager who helped propel Luciano Pavarotti to international fame during the 36 years they worked t...

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Rabah Ghezali: A Chicago Road to Perdition for NATO?

2012-05-17T14:10:18Z

The NATO summit in Chicago in May is being seen as an important test of whether the alliance's European members can mitigate their collective military decline by pooling and sharing capabilities.

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M.J. Rose: Chasing Shadows In Paris

2012-05-17T07:00:00Z

She's a city for the all senses, for artists and writers and musicians and dreamers, for fantasies, for long walks and wine and lovers and, yes, for mysteries.

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Alexia Parks: Hollande, Royal & Trierweiler: Viva La France and the Female Brain

2012-05-16T19:36:38Z

These connected lives, if lifted to a higher level of political service, contain the seeds of a future model for politics where decision-making is based on a balance between the male and female mind.

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NSFW: Playboy Twitter Campaign Is A Strip Tease (Video)

2012-05-16T09:25:29Z

To all the companies struggling to build their social media presence, here's a tip from Playboy: Men will tweet to see boobs.

The famed men's maga...

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'Off With Their Heads': U.S. Politicians Eye Europe Warily

2012-05-16T12:05:00Z

Ned Simons reported from London, Alexandre Phalippou from Paris, and Ryan Grim from Washington.

When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ventured...

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Sophie Meunier: Why Foreign Policy Counted for Zero in the French Election

2012-05-15T16:10:16Z

Why was incumbent president Nicolas Sarkozy not able to capitalize on his handling of foreign policy over the past five years?

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Dr. Charles G. Cogan: Sarko: Nothing Became Him Like the Manner of His Leaving

2012-05-15T15:22:19Z

For all the downsides of style and temperament, which in the final analysis did him in, there were moments during the Sarkozy presidency when he made France count on the world scene.

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Newly Inaugurated French President's Plane Hit By Lightning

2012-05-15T12:40:48Z

PARIS, May 15 (Reuters) - A presidential jet carrying newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande was hit by lightning en route to Berlin and...

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Debra Ollivier: The New French President And His 'Companion': Why The French Don't Say 'I Do'

2012-05-15T11:39:00Z

With the inauguration of Francois Hollande, France will have a new First Lady -- sort of. Valerie Trierweiler is Francois Holland's partner -- a 47 year-old, un-Botoxed but beautiful, twice-divorced working mother of three teenagers who downplays her unmarried status to Hollande.

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Sharon Hoge: The Titanic Road Show Goes On

2012-05-15T07:00:00Z

Visitors learn the fate of the passenger they are assigned. I studied the face of Katherine Buckley, a 22-year-old Irish lass who didn't make it to America alive.

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PHOTOS: Francois Hollande Sworn In As France's New President

2012-05-15T05:00:00Z

PARIS — Socialist Francois Hollande assumed France's presidency Tuesday, inheriting a country fearful for its financial future and jetting off i...

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Juliet Linley: Extreme Parenting Made Simple

2012-05-13T13:35:18Z

What most people seem to ignore is that creating an attachment bond with your baby is about putting your child's needs ahead of yours. It's as simple as that. Seriously.

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