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Nude Protests, Beard Contests Mark Belgium's 'Fries Revolution'

In sharp contrast to the life-and-death revolutions sweeping the Middle East, there's a country in Europe about to surpass Iraq for the number of days it's been without a real government. Welcome to Belgium, where citizens on Friday will mark 250 days of Belgian-style anarchy with protests that will include stripping...

Smoking French Icons Allowed to Puff on Posters Again

French politicians have voted to amend a strict anti-tobacco law that snatched cigarettes and pipes from images of some of the country's most famous smokers. Fear of breaking the 20-year-old Evin Law, which banned the direct and indirect promotion of tobacco and alcohol in public places, had led authorities to remove...

French Prison Official Suspended for Alleged Affair With Inmate

The governor of a French prison is under investigation for allegedly having a sexual affair with a woman jailed for acting as bait in the kidnap and murder of a Jewish man in 2006. Florent Goncalves, 41, who ran the Versailles women's prison, has admitted that he had "fallen in love" with inmate Emma Arbabzadeh, The...

Chefs Battle Over World's Tallest Chocolate Christmas Tree

A chocolate arms race is heating up this holiday season as two French chocolatiers vie for recognition as creators of the world's tallest chocolate Christmas tree. The Yuletide rivalry began in 2007 when chef Alain Roby, 54, constructed a 22-foot-tall chocolate Christmas tree for a holiday display in a Hong Kong shopping...

France Brings the Fight to al-Qaida, With Mixed Results

(July 28) -- Though France has quietly and inconsistently assisted U.S.-led efforts against al-Qaida, it's only now, after the terrorist group killed a French aid worker, that Paris has declared war on the international Sunni extremist group. "We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a...

Background on french

French ( or ) is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the province of Quebec and the Acadia region in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere.

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