By Rand Paul
Obama acts as though we no longer have a Constitution
Stephane Hessel of France was a man of many talents.

France's foreign minister says the United States is providing communications and transport help for an international military intervention aimed at wresting Mali's north out of the hands of Islamist extremists.

Three Kurdish women, including one of the founders of a militant group battling Turkish troops since 1984, were "executed" at a Kurdish center in Paris, the interior minister said Thursday. The news prompted angry crowds of Kurds to flood into the area.

Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga and the Black Keys will join the Rolling Stones on Saturday for the final concert marking the band's 50th anniversary.
A Belgian mayor says famed French actor Gerard Depardieu has bought a home and set up legal residence in his small town, lured by the food, the people, the lifestyle _ and lower tax rates than back home.
Television productions that explored the children orphaned by Haiti's devastating earthquake and took viewers aboard a boat smuggling refugees from North Africa to the Italian island of Lampedusa are among the nominees for International Emmy awards in the current affairs and news categories.

France's two presidential candidates held a spirited televised debate — the only one before Sunday's vote — but a pollster said Thursday that incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy did not pull off the clear victory that he needed to win re-election.

Europe's days-old plan to solve its crippling debt crisis and restore faith in the global economy has been thrown into chaos by the Greek prime minister's stunning decision to call a referendum on the country's latest rescue package.
When organizers of the Cannes Film Festival announced weeks ago that it would open with Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," which features French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy in a small but much-hyped role, the paparazzi had visions of the one-time top model and President Nicolas Sarkozy racheting up the bling factor on the red carpet.
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy said Tuesday she will not attend the Cannes film festival for "personal and professional" reasons but refused to say whether her absence means she is pregnant as French media have suggested.
France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she will not attend the Cannes film festival for "personal and professional" reasons and has refused to discuss news reports that she may be pregnant.
The technical director of the French Football Federation was suspended by the sports ministry on Saturday over a claim that the FFF was limiting black and Arab players in national training programs.
Heidi, Germany's beloved cross-eyed opossum, is taking a page from Paul the Octopus' playbook: the marsupial will attempt to pick this year's Oscar winners.

France has stepped up its vigilance against terror threats, a top official announced Monday amid reports of various new threats, including one against the Paris transport network.
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