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Mind your 'P's and your Pedestrian Crossings
An “urban hacktivist” Florian Rivière not only personalises pedestrian crossings for traffic-trapped citizens, but is now tackling basic needs some Strasburghers wish he wouldn't.

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Oh la Vache – Cows get QR branded
Cowboys once branded steers with red hot irons but farmers today do it with edible-painted QR codes … at least that’s the story in Morbihan and they’re sticking to it.

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	Candlepower Olympian	McBag's Tasting Notes	Ali Baba's Louvre du Vin	D-Day and Wind Farms	A Slim Flanby Win
	Gaël Prévost, is an Olympics Archery prodigy proudly raised by candle light. Full Story...	Wine connoisseurs look away now, Le McBaguette just got tasted and rated. Full Story...	France could soon have a new Louvre for a collector's 41,000 grands crus. Full Story...	Wind farm blight off the D-Day Normandy landing beaches remains a threat. Full Story...	François Hollande scrapes home but faces hostile time over Socialist reforms. Full Story...


	Sweet-Toothed Fantasy	Sun King Lit the Light	Loss of People Power	EuroCrisis Bad to Worse	French Hard? Pfff
	Where is the true Macaron Mecca , Nancy, Paris or Vancouver ? Full Story...	Is Paris the City of Light because of academic brilliance or the Sun King. Full Story...	Prolific pavement pounders in Toulouse are to be deprived of a chance to light up the city. Full Story...	As fear and panic overcomes European leaders is France close to nationalising banks? Full Story...	Trouble with French verbs? Try this, add a few plosives and voilà, not hard at all. Full Story...
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Fish and fennel Bake Fennel bulbs, combined with new potatoes and about 250g of white fish, makes a tasty fish supper for two. Another mouthwatering recipe from Vivienne Bolton. Recipe - click here	Irises... Shrugging off a wild sheep attack, our Grumpy Gardener turns to his Irises, musing that to display them could once have got you a one way ticket to visit Madame Guillotine.... Full Story - click here	Rock in France Singer/songwriter Tony Smith files his first music piece for French News Online, reviewing Rock music in France - starting (where else?) with Johnny Hallyday Review - click here	Who is She? Who painted her? When? Where can you see the original? Just ask Google, because the world of art galleries and museums has been well and truly Googled! Full Story - click here

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Much-loved elderly car For sale for 500 euros ono Controle technique work recently done. Approximately 154,000 miles on the clock. Kept in a barn for past 5 years summer use only Full details - click here	Moonshine... ... is illegal almost everywhere. However in France, if you can find an itinerant distiller, you can still enjoy the fruits of your labour. But for how much longer...? Full Story - click this link	Iron Lady The legacy of Margaret Thatcher continues to touch the lives of Brits. Oscar winner Meryl Streep brings her to the big screen - at a cinema near you in France - in English View the trailer - click here	Book Reviews Contributors, The Aveyron Book Group, review three books this month for French News Online - The Little White Horse, Child 44 and Frankie and Stankie. Book Reviews...
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