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Notre Dame Cathedral Gets A Modern Day Sound On Its 850th Birthday (Video)

Notre Dame Cathedral Gets A Modern Day Sound On Its 850th Birthday (Video)The new bells of Notre Dame Cathedralsound for the first time to mark the start of Holy Week on its 850th birthday.

Watch: Notre Dame Cathedral Celebrates 850th Birthday

Amazing French Valentine Tradition: Take My Heart And Throw Away The Key! (Video)

February 15, 2013 Leave a comment

Amazing French Valentine Tradition: Take My Heart And Throw Away The Key! (Video)It’s Valentine’s Day and it may be chilly in Paris but romance is in the air.

As a symbol of their devotion, hundreds of loves truck couples attach locks on the Ponts Des Arts bridge tossing away the keys into the River Seine.

Watch: Take My Heart And Throw Away The Key!

French Man Trapped In His Out Of Control Renault Running At 125mph Crossed In To Belgium Before Running Out of Fuel!

February 14, 2013 Leave a comment

French Man Trapped In His Out Of Control Renault Running At 125mph Crossed In To Belgium Before Running Out of Fuel! All 36-year-old Frank Lecerf of Pont-de-Metz in the north of France, wanted to go to the supermarket and ended up driving through Calais and Dunkirk and across the border into Belgium coming to a stop in a ditch in the town of Alveringem!

Now that’s some grocery shopping!

What actually happened was that on his way to the weekly grocery shopping, his Renault Laguna developed some sort of a malfunction. He was going 60 miles an hour when the car’s speed dial jammed. He tried to brake but instead of slowing, the car sped up and it sped up more and more every time he tried braking eventually getting stuck at the harrowing speed of 125 mph!

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Conflict In Mali And The Algerian Hostage Crisis – What Do They Have In Common?

January 28, 2013 Leave a comment

Conflict In Mali And The Algerian Hostage Crisis – What Do They Have In Common? There is also a wide speculation of the fact that the military attack on Mali is yet another attempt of taking over a country rich in its natural resources with petroleum being one of them. The country could provide a strategic route to the Western/European markets mainly through Algeria.

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Rudolph The Red-Nosed Bicycle Called Rudi (Video)

December 18, 2012 Leave a comment

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Bicycle Called Rudi (Video) Eccentric German bicycle artist Didi Senft’s latest wheeled creation is a Christmas-themed reindeer bicycle named “Rudi”.  Rudi the reindeer is rolling out, right in time for Christmas.

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First Ever Gay Mosque to Open in Paris

November 29, 2012 Leave a comment

First Ever Gay Mosque to Open in Paris Ludovic Mohammed Zahed is a determined and brave man. But may be his life has prepared him for it. He is not only a gay Muslim but also an expert on the Quran.

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French Mayor on Day 4 of Hunger Strike (Video)

November 13, 2012 Leave a comment

French Mayor on Day 4 of Hunger Strike (Video) French mayor Stephane Gatignon has entered the 4th day of hunger strike to demand emergency funding for his impoverished town. He wants France’s cash-strapped government to grant emergency funds to save his town.

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French Supermarket Accepts Payment by Fingerprint (Video)

October 25, 2012 Leave a comment

Shoppers in France could soon be able to use their finger to pay for everyday shopping as one supermarket trials the technology.

No more cash or cards to pay for groceries no problem.

Watch: French Supermarket Accepts Payment by Fingerprint (Video)

Teacher Who Ran Away With A 15-Year-Old Student To Be Extradited To

October 4, 2012 Leave a comment

Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest will return to UK after a French court granted him extradition. Magistrates in Bordeaux approved of the extradition request during a very short hearing. Forrest, 30, was represented by his lawyer Daniel Lalanne and did not come out to the court himself.

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Hitchhikers Guide to Happily Ever After

   Hitchhikers Guide to Happily Ever After

Do you believe in true love? If you don’t, then listen to Sam Lloyd and Adrian Bowers’ story. Both students of University of Bath took part in the 2004 Paris Hitch which was a charity race to the French capital.

They went in pairs, dressed as a bride and groom, and guess what! Eight years later they tied the knot for real.

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A Layman’s Guide To Eurozone Crisis… What’s All The Havoc About?

As the Euro zone debt crisis heats up to volcanic temperatures, opening avenues for greater financial instability in the region, it is important that the issue is properly understood.

Obviously, it is not something that happened overnight. There have been rampant violations, responsibilities, mismanagements and discrepancies on different levels that have collectively contributed to the crisis. Moreover, economists make it too difficult to understand what exactly the issue is by loading it with heavy terminologies.

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Ultimate Bobsled Freak Out VIDEO

Ever seen a man totally freak out?

Well look no further, the bobsled freakout is the ultimate of people losing it. the man in question is on a bobsled, which runs down the chute at the La Plagne Olymptic bobsled track in France. To say that his journey is traumatic would be putting it lightly. He screams from start to finish and in stark terror.

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Facebook Users Get Instant Access To Miramax Movies Via App

August 23, 2011 Leave a comment

Facebook Users Get Instant Access To Miramax Movies Via AppIn the latest round of technology partnerships, Facebook and Miramax Films have announced their joint movie app making Miramax movies available to Facebook users. The Miramax eXperience Facebook app is the largest-scaled streaming movie venture yet for the social media site.

As if Facebook wasn’t enough of a time suck for people, now users can watch full length films direct from the social media hub. MORE

Obama And Other World Leaders Say Syria President Must Go

August 19, 2011 Leave a comment

Obama And Other World Leaders Say Syria President Must GoHours after Syria President Bashar al-Assad told U.N. that military operations against protesters had stopped; U.S. President Barack Obama has called for the removal of Assad once and for all. World leaders in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Turkey and more also joined in on the call. MORE

Nicolas Sarkozy Assaulted In Brax, France

Nicolas Sarkozy Assaulted In Brax, FranceA man grabbed French President Nicolas Sarkozy and yanked him nearly to the ground on Thursday during an appearance in southwestern France, as bells tolled in the background in the town of Brax, about 70 miles from Toulouse. MORE

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