Stolen scooter enlivens French politics
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When thieves made off with a scooter belonging to a son of French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy, police got cracking: with help from fingerprints and DNA tests, they caught three suspects within two weeks.
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PARIS - It seems that not since Napoleon has France experienced such a cult of the personality. In any case, it is clear today that there is no other French politician who inspires such longings for that megalomaniacal
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Hailed by 40,000 delirious supporters, France&#39;s most popular politician yesterday took triumphant control of its ruling centre-right party, promising to restore battered Gallic pride with a mix of honesty, energy and new ideas.
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The beating of a leader of a budding movement to uphold motoristsâ rights in the face of police corruption has prompted an outcry.
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Embassy hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia released An abandoned vehicle belonging to the group of Europeans who were kidnapped in Ethiopia.Comment
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British detectives are to fly to the south of France to help track down an English aristocrat who mysteriously disappeared on the French Riviera over three weeks ago, police said.
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French police arrest a man suspected of joyriding in a stolen aircraft and escaping from waiting police.
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Police detained a French postman behind an Internet operation selling strands of hair and tiny pieces of cloth allegedly taken from the mummy of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II. If authenticated, Egypt wants the hair back.
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A valuable collection of Swiss watches is found in France shortly after being stolen from a museum in Switzerland.
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Whether because of his public love life or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
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France's governing centre-right party, the UMP, holds its end-of-summer gathering in Marseille this weekend.
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She lost an election. Now S&#201;gol&#200;ne Royal has shed a mate. In France the marital exploits of the nation's pols are becoming fair game
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PARIS In a move that could change the face of French politics, Nicolas Sarkozy, the popular finance minister whose personal and ideological differences with President Jacques Chirac are well known, took over the helm of the governing center-right party on
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Fans of the Segway -- the gyroscopically controlled scooter that has been banned on many sidewalks -- are taking solace in the company of other enthusiasts. In San Francisco, this extends to the animal kingdom, as Segway users commandeer a zoo. By Rachel Metz.
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French police were searching Friday for a Guinean former catwalk model, one time muse of the couture giant Yves Saint Laurent, a week after she vanished from her Paris houseboat.
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LONDON  - French police are investigating the disappearance of a flamboyant British aristocrat last seen in the south of France two weeks ago, the British news media reported Saturday.
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NEW YORK Even by French standards, the country&#39;s new president&#39;s personal life has been a captivating soap opera, one that even overshadowed the campaign trail. A less obvious detail is the mÃ©nage Ã  trois of advertising rivals playing behind-the-scene roles.