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40 min ago | Patch.com

Couple Brings a Taste of France to Lexington - Bon Appetit

Francois and Cecile Attard visited the area from their native France and loved it so much they decided to literally set up shop here, in Lexington.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, Lexington, MA, Life, Food, French Cuisine, Foie Gras, Duck, Meat

4 hrs ago | USA Today

Fun and Michael Buble party with marketing pros

Crooner Michael Buble and the band Fun rocked a room full of marketing honchos with individual performances, as well as an energetic collaboration on the song Suspicious Minds, at Cannes ad show.

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Wed Jun 19, 2013

Examiner.com

Lourdes flooding: Christian holy site in France damaged by floods

The Lourdes flooding has damaged the Christian holy site in France and forced officials to close the site.

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New York Post

Stars light up Eden Roc terrace

Proving that Madison Avenue still has much to roar about, the hottest party of the Cannes Lions festival went off in style last night at the Hotel du Cap Eden Roc in Antibes.

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China Digital Times

3 Charged in 'Racist Attack' on Chinese Students in France

Three drunk local male residents attacked the students, who had arrived in France two months ago to study winemaking, late Friday night at the students' home in Hostens, Gironde, about 50 kilometers southwest of Bordeaux.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, World News

Inhabitat

France's Metaphone is a Solar-Powered Pixelated Music Hall That Vibrates with Music

The grand Metaphone is a pixilated music hall located in Pas-de-Calais, France. Designed by HA©rault Arnod Architectes , the unusual space allows for new musical forms, dynamic lighting, and unique sounds to be reflected across the architectural structure itself.

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ABS-CBN News

France hit by weather chaos, floods claim 2 victims

Flash floods in southwestern France claimed two elderly victims in the space of 24 hours as unseasonal storms caused havoc across huge swaths of the country on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, World News, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

International Business Times

Lourdes Flash Floods Kill Elderly Woman and Swamp World-Famous Holy Grotto [PHOTOS]

An elderly woman has been killed in fierce flooding that has closed one of Catholicism's holiest shrines - the Grotto of Lourdes in southwest France.

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AdelaideNow...

Our crepes get French kiss of approval

ADELAIDE is awash with crepes, pastries and other sweet and savoury creations, as a flurry of French cafes open their doors across the city.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, World News, Paris, MS

The Tennessean

Pascal's intellect helped him blaze trails in mathematics

In 1642, when he was 19, Blaise Pascal thought he would try to ease his father's burdens.

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Related Topix: Mathematics, Science, World News

Anna.aero

Biarritz: Beating the French market for growth

Volotea's recently launched Biarritz to Strasbourg route, was inaugurated on 3 June, with the crew sporting these bright Basque berets.

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Related Topix: World News, Europe

Dorsetecho.co.uk

New cross-Channel cycle link to France launched

RIDERS bearing a baguette paid a visit to Maiden Castle as they marked the launch of a new cross-Channel cycle route.

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Related Topix: World News, United Kingdom, Dorset County, England, Devon County, England,

Sunderland Echo

New Sunderland road named after French twin town

To celebrate 60 years of the twinning partnership between Saint-Nazaire, France and Sunderland, a new road in Ryhope has been named Saint-Nazaire Way.

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Related Topix: World News, Tyne and Wear County, England, United Kingdom

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Mountain Xpress

East Burke Band invited to France for D-Day celebration is taking donations

It's not every day that a Burke County band gets a formal invitation from the mayor of Caen, France, the Department of Defense and an international music company to take part in remembering a bloody battle from 70 years ago.

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Related Topix: World News, Department of Defense, US News

Jawa Report

10 Radical Muslims Held in Murder of Frenchman

If you're an English speaker you'll read all about the Muslima claiming that she was caused to miscarry after being attacked by "skinheads" for wearing the veil in france.

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RIA Novosti

Russia Moves Mistral Stern Construction to France

LE BOURGET, June 18 The construction of the stern for the first Mistral helicopter carrier being built for the Russian Navy will be finished in France because a Russian shipyard cannot meet the deadline specified in the contract, a senior Russian defense official said Tuesday.

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USA Today

French man found in plane's cockpit to leave U.S.

Philippe Jernnard, 61, of La Rochelle, France, was arrested at Philadelphia International Airport and charged with impersonating a pilot after airline officials found him in the cockpit of a U.S. Airways plane.

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Packaging Digest

'Chromatografting' imparts barrier to paper

A sustainable method from BT3 Technologies of France deposits fatty acids on paper substrates to yield superior barrier properties against moisture and oxygen.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, World News

Suria

Lourdes closed, 200 evacuated after...

French authorities Tuesday shut the grotto at Lourdes and evacuated about 200 people following flash floods at the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site.

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New Hampshire Public Radio -

Isn't That King David? Nope, It's Just Dave

The Paris-based designer Leo Caillard had, as he wrote me, "the idea conception" and took the photographs.

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