Paris 'beach' on the Seine folds parasols, empties pool
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The French capital's riposte to the sea-side -- Paris-Plage, an artificial beach on the river Seine -- took down its parasols and emptied its pool after four million people took advantage of the popular Parisian attraction.
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The power of the sea had twisted the iron fence into crooked angles and plastered it with debris. All was sun-bleached except for a tiny splash of light blue &#151; the corner of a small, laminated card mostly obscured by a jacket of coarse sand and the dried fingers of palm fronds.
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Paris turned back the clock Wednesday for a grandiose fete to remember the tears, the joy and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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Oysters are FranceÂs sacred fruit, but a pollution alert this summer reminded all of France just how fragile its oyster supply is.
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France braced for protests after 'brutal' clean-up.
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Chicago Tribune - The bodies were under rubble and palm fronds, in rooms where people were trapped as the water cascaded in, and scattered along the driveway leading to the colonnaded lobby.
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Scores of bikini-clad babes and bare-chested hunks downing drinks by the pool. Gift suites overflowing with swag, from diamonds and designer jeans to fancy shades and hotel stays. Concerts by Kanye West, 50 Cent, Maroon 5 and Joss Stone for crowds that included Jamie Foxx, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Paris Hilton and Ashlee Simpson.
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Mocked as the First Lady of Paris, not Palestine, Suha Arafat is the spoiled socialite who swapped the West Bank of the Jordan for the Right Bank of the Seine.
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Expensive yachts were beached, tossed to the shore like toys. Well-built homes were reduced to splintered wood, or left without roofs. Utility poles and palm trees were snapped in two or uprooted.
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GONAIVES, Haiti - Bodies lay in growing piles outside morgues as U.N. peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water Wednesday in this city devastated by floods that have torn apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed truckloads of aid...
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Many believe the tsunami that devastated this tourist hotspot and killed thousands had one positive side: By washing away rampant development, it returned the beaches to nature.
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - The weekend cleanup of a popular stretch of beach netted the usual garbage: clothing, beer bottles and rusty nails...
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Bodies lay in growing piles outside morgues as UN peacekeepers planned the first major distribution of food and water Wednesday in this city devastated by floods that tore apart families and left hungry crowds that have mobbed
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Because of the fashion virus, the richly diverse commercial Paris of former times is fast disappearing.
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GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 20, 2004 - Rescuers pulled bodies from floodwaters that raged through parts of Haiti&#39;s third-largest city, sweeping people from their homes and forcing survivors to spend the night
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An e-mailed plea from the manager of a Thai beach resort to a French tour operator: We've reopened for business, clients are again sunning themselves by the pool, and, please, put out word that vacationers can come back.
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PARIS  - Paris took the exceptional step Wednesday of shutting all of the city's parks and its popular temporary beach along the rising Seine River as violent storms hit France.