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[from mitchellie] Hôtel Le Manoir ***
Rick Steves' guide called this one "a find"
[from bushwald] Carla, Sarkozy and the Press - a photoset on Flickr
Our man in the EU gives us good coverage of what's really important over there.
[from amaah] Gadaffi visit leaves Sarkozy at bay
The security-obsessed Gaddafi's every whim was satisfied during the visit. Gadaffi pitched a Bedouin tent in the garden of the residence where he stayed. At Versailles he posed with a replica of Sun King Louis XIV's throne before going on a pheasant shoot
[from amaah] Le Guide que Sarkozy n'oubliera pas
He of the little Green Book visits Paris, pitching his Bedouin tent on the lawn of the Marigny hotel. Ah diplomacy.
[from amaah] Chaos Reigns in the Central African Republic
The sub headline: A Heart Grows Darker... (Conrad allusions notwithstanding, it's a mess)
[from amaah] Why can't the English be more like the French?
Ah satire... Some Frenchwomen find it liberating to live in a country where nobody cares what they are wearing, but personally I find it depressing. When you walk down a street in England, you might just as well be dressed like a fright, because nobody is
[from amaah] By Way of Ionesco
On words intended to obscure and phrases that mangle reality... Ionesco as the aspirin of modern day life, the playwright of the fringe
[from amaah] Le discours inacceptable de Nicolas Sarkozy
il aurait eu bien des choses à dire sur la politique africaine de la France depuis le début des années soixante. Il sait bien qu'après des independances de façade Paris a<sep/>
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[from amaah] Cinq écrivains africains et une éditrice écrivent à Nicolas Sarkozy
Croyez-vous vraiment que jamais l'homme (africain) ne s'élance vers l'avenir, jamais il ne lui vient à l'idée de sortir de la répétition pour s'inventer un destin ? Jamais dites-vous ? Devons<sep/>
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[from amaah] Eyadéma's woeful legacy
He died as he would have wished it, without surrendering a scrap of power. Gnassingbé Eyadéma was less murderous than many of his contemporaries though torture was rife in his jails. Per head, Togo is 12% poorer than<sep/>
[from amaah] Masterpieces Nabbed in French Art Heist
Five armed, masked thieves sprinted into an art museum on the French Riviera during opening hours Sunday afternoon and snatched a Monet and three other masterpieces off the walls in the latest brazen heist of high-profile art from the rich collections of
[from bushwald] Oak chips - I'm sure it's some kind of terrible for France
"In view of France's declining share of export markets around the world, it has introduced a number of changes in rules and restrictions. A major such change is to permit wineries to use oak wood chips in order to be able to compete more effectively."