A ‘cannibal’ prisoner told a French court how he murdered a fellow inmate and ate one of his lungs ‘because he gave me a dirty look’. Nicolas Cocaign, 38, is facing life in jail for the murder and torture of Thierry Baudry, 41, in the cell they shared in the French city of Rouen. Cocaign, [...]
Disneyland Paris officials are investigating after two park employees committed suicide in the past six weeks, under working conditions which a trade union described as “humiliating”. The Disneyland division of French union Force Ouvriere (FO) believes the suicides are associated with poor work conditions. The first of the year was a chef who threw himself in front [...]
A drunk French teenager narrowly escaped death last week after falling asleep on a railway track and slumbering undisturbed as a high-speed train speed over him. The 19-year old, whose name was not released, remained fast asleep face down on a stretch of track near Saint Nolff in southern Brittany, as the Quimper to Paris [...]
A study in contrasts… last week in Kansas a man was sentenced to 122 months in prison for driving his car through the Wichita City Hall. While halfway around the world, the French are preparing to stage a penal version of the Tour de France with 196 convicts. In Kansas, Marcus Johnson pleaded no contest [...]
In these trying times, everyone takes the loss of their job differently. Take the French for instance, this past week: Workers at a factory operated by the U.S. firm 3M released the French manager they had held hostage for over 24 hours on Thursday after a deal on conditions for laid-off staff. The industrial director [...]
Now Groundskeeper Willie may have labeled them cheese-eatin’ surrender monkeys, but I have always found the French to be very nice and accommodating. Which may play into the stereotype. I give you Garibaldi, a 15 year old military stallion, who went for a run through Paris streets after throwing off his Republican Guard rider. How [...]
It’s a merry Christmas for French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his lovely wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The professional model and pop singer turned First Lady, was seeking 125,000 euros in court damages from Pardon, a fashion chain that sold purses emblazoned with a nude picture of her—without her permission. Last week a French court decided that, [...]
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