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Lance Armstrong returns to Tour de France but doubts hang over his intentions
Submitted by France.com on July 4, 2009 - 8:45am.The real face of Lance Armstrong, screamed the headline of one of France's national newspapers yesterday, before devoting pages 2-6 to 'The Boss'.
They could just as easily have substituted 'Le Tour de France' for Armstrong's name.
His craggy 37-year-old features stare out of the backdrop for bulletins on the nation's television news broadcasts too.
Frugal Paris
Submitted by France.com on June 29, 2009 - 11:29am.The picnic is the great democratizing institution of summer, when Parisians spill onto riverbanks and bridges and into parks and gardens, chasing away the memories of winter and rain with baguettes and bottles, sandals and sundresses.
Charms of Paris Tempt a Busy President
Submitted by France.com on June 8, 2009 - 5:43am.Obama hails `sheer improbability' of D-Day victory
Submitted by France.com on June 6, 2009 - 7:14am.OMAHA BEACH, France – Recalling the "unimaginable hell" of D-Day suffering, President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to the against-all-odds Allied landings that broke Nazi Germany's grip on France and turned the tide of history.
"The sheer improbability of this victory is part of what makes D-Day so memorable," Obama said.
Obama arrives in Paris after visiting German camp
Submitted by France.com on June 5, 2009 - 11:42am.President Barack Obama has arrived in Paris after meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany and touring the Buchenwald concentration camp, where tens of thousands of Jews perished during the
Search Teams Converge on Presumed Air France Crash Zone -
Submitted by France.com on June 2, 2009 - 8:02pm.Brazilian air force aircraft on June 2 found signs of debris that could be from the missing Air France flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. The jet disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean during a thunderstorm on June 1, 2009, with 228 passengers and crew ...
