Read more France stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1344/france.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:46:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74699/bruni-nudie-yanked-from-sale-after-flat-bids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA nude photo of Carla Bruni failed to raise any excitement at a recent Paris auction. The German seller withdrew the black-and-white nude from sale after the bidding only reached $8,600, the Huffington Post reports. Another copy of the same photo of the French president's wife fetched $91,000...http://www.newser.com/story/74699/bruni-nudie-yanked-from-sale-after-flat-bids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:38:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74450/furious-irish-beg-france-for-rematch-over-handball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrom the president on down, the Republic of Ireland is in a rage after the national soccer team was denied a spot in next year’s World Cup in a defeat by France—which got the winning goal as a direct benefit of an uncalled handball. Not only is the country’s...http://www.newser.com/story/74450/furious-irish-beg-france-for-rematch-over-handball.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 20:06:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74235/french-hotel-lets-you-live-like-a-hamster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSo much for escaping the rat race: A French hotel offers guests the opportunity to act like, of all things, a hamster for the weekend—complete with grain to eat and a wheel to run in. The “Hamster Villa” also offers haystacks to sleep in for about $148 a night,...http://www.newser.com/story/74235/french-hotel-lets-you-live-like-a-hamster.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 11:54:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74208/old-paris-law-still-stands-no-pants-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTurns out fashion-forward Paris has some rather retro regulations. Namely, a ban on women wearing pants. It's the type of law associated with the Sudan, not the Champs-Elysées, but more than 200 years after it was enacted by the city's police chief, the law stands. But today's cops may have...http://www.newser.com/story/74208/old-paris-law-still-stands-no-pants-for-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 11:06:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73673/sarko-lied-about-berlin-wall-memories.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy rushed to Berlin 20 years ago to begin chipping away at the Berlin Wall just hours before it fell, he recalls on his Facebook page. There's just one small problem: it never happened, say critics. The French media have been chipping away at Sarkozy's claim, uncovering...http://www.newser.com/story/73673/sarko-lied-about-berlin-wall-memories.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 3:27:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73682/french-find-13m-from-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench police have recovered most of the $16 million they believe was stolen by a security van driver in a daring heist in Lyon last week. The suspect drove off with an armored van full of cash while his colleagues were inside a bank. Some $13 million in euros was...http://www.newser.com/story/73682/french-find-13m-from-heist.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 3:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73617/paris-divorce-fair-thrives-on-breakups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe annual Paris Marriage Fair has spawned a modern offspring—a Divorce Fair. “Divorce has lost its stigma,” says its organizer; nearly 50% of French marriages, including two of Nicolas Sarkozy's, don't last. Booths at the fair offered services from divorce lawyers, tarot card readers, self-esteem coaches, and weight-loss specialists.http://www.newser.com/story/73617/paris-divorce-fair-thrives-on-breakups.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRetirement is great medicine, new research shows. A study of French workers for 7 years before and after they punched the time clock for the last time indicates health increases dramatically after retirement. Reports of poor health drop from 19.2% in the year before retirement to 14.3% the...http://www.newser.com/story/73636/retire-feel-8-years-younger.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 09 Nov 2009 15:28:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73450/breadcrumb-latest-speed-bump-for-collider.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe enormous science project buried beneath the France-Switzerland border has seen all kinds of detours in its search for the so-called “God particle”—busted vacuum tubes, al-Qaeda moles—so the latest might not be a huge surprise: A piece of bread dropped by a bird onto an outdoor segment caused...http://www.newser.com/story/73450/breadcrumb-latest-speed-bump-for-collider.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 6:29:00 CST