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This just in...: Carla Bruni-Sarkozy shoots Woody Allen film; Christie ...
Washington Post (blog) - Jul 29, 2010
(Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images) Carla Bruni-Sarkozy shot a small scene on the streets of Paris Tuesday for Woody Allen's new film, "Paris in Midnight. ... L'Oréal cosmetics heiress's daughter's house searched in Paris
Telegraph.co.uk - Jul 28, 2010
Financial fraud officers targeted the home of Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, the estranged daughter of the 87-year-old billionaire, ... France to dismantle Roma camps, expel offenders
Reuters (press release) - Jul 28, 2010
PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicholas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered the dismantling of 300 illegal camps of travelers and Roma across France as ...

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Paris books

Rick Steves' Paris 2010

by: Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw
I bought the actual paper copy of the book when it originally became available. I bought the Kindle version the other day after Kindle was released for Android. WOW, this is terrible. The Audio and Video that is included IS NOT! It says it is not supported on my device! The droid does everything but can't play audio through Kindle? The formating is atrocious. Photos occupy about 1/6 the screen, about postage stamp size...the rest of the this big screen is just blank. WTF? things like a section will say: .
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Frommer's Paris 2010

by: Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince
This is the best guide of Paris I have read.
I may well be biased because it had my favourite painting featured - The wedding at Cana.
The book tells of many activities to do and many places to see, walks to enjoy and concerts to hear.

And for the those of us who enjoy a shop, there is an excellent shopping guide.
This year I am basing my entire holiday around Frommers Paris 2010

It is the detail that makes this a standout guide to Paris
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City Walks: Paris: 50 Adventures on Foot

by: Christina Henry de Tessan
When we had downtime or ahead of schedule, I would pull this out and off we would go for a tour! A perfect compliment to a transit pass.
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This is Paris

by: Miroslav Sasek
This is a wonderful children's book and is unique from the predictable stuff you find at your local mega-bookstore.
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