How the Strauss-Kahn Affair Upends French Politics
Strauss-Kahn was the socialist party's big chance
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Here's another addition to Europe's turbulent week: hundreds of thousands protested in Paris today against the country's new gay marriage laws.
Strauss-Kahn was the socialist party's big chance
The IMF chief has been replaced, while more accusations of rape are emerging in France
Rape allegations against IMF head throw international community into confusion
Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is published in the land of steak frites
Shawls, a Cannes no-show, and her husband's poll numbers all play a role
And it's all the more iconic because we haven't seen bin Laden's corpse
The French are inflamed with liberal zeal, a Spanish op-ed brings up Melville, and more
Six hundred pounds of plummeting concrete is a lot less likely to kill civilians
Today's news raises questions, like what's the German word for "silliness"?
One police unit demands the right to drink alcohol with lunch.
American media portrays the company as a villain; foreign press see it a little differently
Additional troops coincide with U.S. aid
Libyan response to British military adviser idea sounds almost like a threat
Chinese don't care, Russians find the Tea Party interesting, Germans love! Obama
Now they're on display for other interested weapons customers
Home News From Afar: Aside from a South Korean blog, the world is smirking
On innovation in America, NATO in Libya, and foreign aid work that works
France has outlawed wearing Islamic head coverings in public
Why has the French president intervened so aggressively in Libya and the Ivory Coast?
There is no NATO-like hesitance to intervene in a deepening civil war
Paris's diplomatic recognition of Libyan rebels could pave the way for NATO action
Misuse of funds, conflict of interest, embezzlement: is the blind-eye era over?
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