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France's new UK import: Friday office beers
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France's new UK import: Friday office beers

The French have traditionally drawn a strict line between work and pleasure, but now the Anglo-Saxon habit of bringing the beers into the office on a Friday afternoon is taking off in Gallic workplaces.
American CEO mocks French factory workers
Culture

American CEO mocks French factory workers

The head of US tyremaker Titan has mocked French workers at a Goodyear factory for putting in only "three hours" a day and talking and eating too much. French union bosses hit back suggesting the CEO might need psychiatric care.
Americans in Paris backed Obama
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Americans in Paris backed Obama

Americans at Harry's Bar, an iconic watering hole in the French capital, fervently backed Barack Obama for the US presidency Tuesday, leaving little doubt about their feelings for Republican rival Mitt Romney.
French bowls stop New York traffic
Culture

French bowls stop New York traffic

<p>An amateur tournament of the traditional&nbsp;French sport p&eacute;tanque in New York Sunday was so popular that some people were&nbsp;turned away, one organizer said.</p>
DSK courtroom carousel moves back to US
Politics

DSK courtroom carousel moves back to US

<p>Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn,&nbsp;mired in legal trouble in his native France, faces new courtroom worries&nbsp;across the Atlantic on Wednesday, with the first hearing in a US civil suit.</p>