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Divorce fair hits note with Paris

World
2009-11-10

PARIS, the city of romance, has received a lesson in love's hard knocks, as thousands flocked to the city's first divorce fair. In France, nearly one out of two marriages ends in divorce, according to the country's...

Michael Jackson's 3 kids in therapy

World
2009-10-28

PARIS Jackson wears her father's shirts every day, but her brother Prince does not want to watch the King of Pop's DVDs. All three of Michael Jackson's kids are in therapy, La Toya Jackson has revealed. The...

Paris' fashion shows end, oddly, on a tennis court

World
2009-10-8

THE French capital's spring-summer 2010 ready-to-wear displays wound down yesterday with schoolgirl-meets-callgirl looks at Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton's eclectic, sporty, hippy, layered street chic and Hermes' tennis-themed...

Paris pins hopes on Americans to boost tourism

Business | Hotel and tourism
2009-8-27

PARIS is counting on American tourists - and a new law allowing more stores to open on Sundays - to boost tourism revenues pinched by the global financial downturn. The French capital registered a 11.1 percent...

Tricycle to put Paris on Google map

World
2009-8-8

PARISIANS and tourists, relax. That goofy looking tricycle equipped with loads of high-tech equipment roaming the streets is NOT some mad scientist's invention on the rampage. The three-wheeler is a sight with...

Plane with Comoros crash survivor arrives in Paris

World
2009-7-2

A French government plane carrying the young girl believed to be the only survivor of an Indian Ocean plane crash arrived today at a Paris airport from Comoros. Bahia Bakari, 14, was brought back to France on the...

Child survives as Yemeni jet goes down with 153 on board

World
2009-7-1

AN Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros as it approached in bad weather early yesterday, officials said. A doctor in the Comoros told...

Paris Air Show offers aviation fanatics an eclectic collection

World
2009-6-21

NEARLY hidden among the ranks of giant airliners, military airlifters and sleek warplanes on display at this year's centenary Paris Air Show, an eclectic collection of historic aircraft has been drawing large crowds...

Mom on trial for babies' murder

World
2009-6-10

THE trial has begun southwest of Paris of a 41-year-old Frenchwoman accused of killing three of her newborn children, burning one and putting the bodies of two others in a freezer. Veronique Courjault, who is married...

China seeks word on 9 missing citizens

National
2009-6-3

CHINA was contacting diplomatic authorities in Brazil and France to learn more about the nine Chinese citizens who were aboard the Air France airliner that apparently crashed at sea on a trip from Rio de Janeiro to...