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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is pictured after a meeting with former Chilean president and UN Women Executive Director on May 24, 2012 at the ministry in Paris.

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  • Jet diverted to Maine; suspicious passenger cited

    -- Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.There is   Read more »

  • Flight diverted to Maine for 'security issues'

    US Airways jetliner flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., has been diverted to Maine because of what an airline spokesman describes as a "security issue." A person briefed on the incident said a passenger announced she had a surgically implanted device. The   Read more »

  • Beckham thrilled about carrying Olympic flame

    wives in Athens into paparazzi -- is part of the reason that the International Olympic committee took notice of the London bid over Paris, the favorite.While Beckham the celebrity isn't shirking the attention the Olympic torch brings, Beckham the athlete really,   Read more »

  • France's Hollande's plane hit by lightning

    Associated Press PARIS -- President Franois Hollande's plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin yesterday. Officials said no one was hurt, but that the plane returned to Paris as a precaution. French Defense Ministry spokesman Grard Gachet said the Falcon   Read more »

  • Monumenta art show opens in Paris' Grand Palais

    who has previous examples in his 40-year career of sparsely endowing vast expanses.His most famous permanent work in situ at Paris' Palais-Royal, triggered a national outcry in the 1980s during the two years of its creation.Filling the entire courtyard of   Read more »

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About Paris

Paris is the capital city of France. Situated on the banks of the river Seine in north-central France, it is also the capital of the Île-de-France région (also known as "Paris Region"), which encompasses Paris and its suburbs. Paris had an estimated mid-2004 population of 2,144,700. The Paris urban area, extending well beyond the city boundaries, has an estimated population of 9.93 million. The Paris metropolitan area stood at 11.5 million in 1999 and is one of the most populated urban areas in Europe.

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