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News from Paris, France
Frugal Paris (nytimes.com)
Tour de France, Cycling a Clash of Culture for Americans, Europeans (sportsillustrated.com)
The Demise of Lacroix (forbes.com)
France Ponders a Burqa Ban (economist.com)
Le Panthéon © photo: Amélie Dupont
News from Paris, France
Thief Pulls Off $8M Jewelry Heist In Paris (cbs.com)
Federer Wins His 1st French Open (sports.yahoo.com)
The baguettes can stay A tiny bakery provokes an international incident (economist.com)
Charms of Paris Tempt a Busy President (nytimes.com)
Place Vendôme © photo: Amélie Dupont
News from Paris, France
Smoking Ban Hurts Paris Cafes (globeandmail.com)
At Paris' Pompidou Center, the Year of the Women (latimes.com)
The Latest from Roland Garros 2009 (rolandgarros.com)
Eiffel Tower Exhibit Celebrates 120 Years Since Opening (france24.com)
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© photo: Amélie Dupont
News from Paris, France
Trois Strikes and You're Out Will France pass a controversial law against file-sharing? (economist.com)
Japanese Expats Take Their Brooms to Paris Streets (reuters.com)
Special Offers at Disneyland Resort Paris (disneylandparis.co.uk)
Fountains Play to Music at Château de Versailles (chateauversaillesspectacles.fr)
Is an Obama Really Impossible in France? (nytimes.com)
photo © Nicky Bouwmeester at Hôtel de la Sorbonne
For the 2nd year in a row, Paris City Hall and the Paris Tourism Office have launched an initiative to make the city more friendly to tourists. Last year, the mayor of Paris handed out leaflets at the Eiffel Tower. The leaflets described a charter on how to treat tourists visiting the city. Now, the theme has shifted to a more proactive agenda with the slogan of "Paris Smiles for You!"
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There were more student demonstrations in Paris earlier this week to protest the plan to cut teaching jobs by the government.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to remove over 11,000 teaching jobs from the education system over the next year in an effort to cut costs.
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According to the website of the Paris City Hall, Mayor Bertrand Delanoë is set to propose on April 21, 2008 to the Conseil de Paris that the Dalaï Lama become an honorary citizen of Paris. With this gesture, the city of Paris is showing its support behind the people of Tibet.
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A Paris vacation can be so memorable for travelers that they long to bring a part of the City of Light back with them. Memories and photos are of course longlasting, but the desire to have something tangible has led to a surprising product on the market.
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