Picardie, France News

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Sixty-two works of art from the most distinguished of the Santander Collection - composed by over a thousand works belonging to five centuries and of which the Foundation has been in charge of, in its tasks of study, cataloguing and preservation - form an outstanding frieze- divided in three halls and two floors- from the 16th century until today.

The remaining 24 concerts of what was to have been French rocker Johnny Hallyday's farewell tour have been canceled because of the performer's health, his production company said Wednesday.

On Nov. 27, 1095, Pope Urban II climbed on to a podium on top of a hill near Clermont, France, to urge a crowd of bishops and aristocrats to free the holy city of Jerusalem from Muslims.

Typhaine Taton's mother Anne-Sophie Faucheur at a press conference on 24 June this year, where she put on a heartbroken performance in a disturbing echo of the Shannon Matthews case.

France's biggest rock star, Johnny Hallyday, has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, but his press service said Wednesday that the infection he was suffering from following back surgery has been "contained." Hallyday's producer, Jean-Claude Camus, "has been given reassuring news," said a statement from the 96 B press service.

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WARSAW, POLAND: A Polish historian says he made a surprising find when poring through World War I archives - the death certificate of Manfred von Richthofen, the German fighter ace known as the ''Red Baron.'' Maciej Kowalczyk said today that he found the file last month while going through old German archives in the western Polish city of Ostrow ...

For the past 35 years, audiences have packed the Memorial Auditorium in downtown Raleigh to see Ira David Wood's version of Charles Dickens' classic tale "A Christmas Carol." The show, produced by Theatre in the Park, is an annual tradition among theatergoers in Raleigh, and the theater company also has taken the show on the road, traveling to ...

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Hoboken411 reader Miles sent in this picture of an old plaque at Stevens Park , dedicated to a fallen Hoboken soldier during World War I. Hoboken411 reader photo of the day - 12/2/2009 "Since so many people are in a rush these days, or consumed by their latest gadgets, I thought your readers might be interested in seeing this living memorial along ...

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A 13-year-old French boy set out to mow down his teachers with a shotgun but abandoned the plan when he arrived at the school and found it surrounded by police.

Computer games fan 'planned school massacre': Teen Blogger's 'Teacher Massacre Foiled': So which is he, a gamer or a blogger? Eh, more on that later.

Senlis, France - A 13-year-old French boy who allegedly set out to mow down his teachers with a shotgun was Thursday charged with attempted murder and released on bail, officials said.

French police believe they have averted a school massacre after arresting a 13-year-old computer games enthusiast who was apparently planning to shoot dead teachers who had given him poor marks, the Times of London reported.