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Now You Can
Make Your
Espresso
in the Car

Mar 28, 2012 4:15 PM CDT

Now You Can Make Your Espresso in the Car

$200 Handpresso Auto likely headed to US soon

(Newser) - Busy caffeine-lovers, rejoice. You can now save time by brewing espresso while... cruising the highway. The Handpresso Auto, available only in France for the moment, plugs into a car's cigarette lighter and delivers up a steaming cup of espresso. All you have to do is add water and insert...

Marie Antoinette's
Shoes Sell
for $57K

Mar 27, 2012 3:38 PM CDT

Marie Antoinette's Shoes Sell for $57K

White silk mules were expected to fetch far less

(Newser) - A pair of shoes believed to be Marie Antoinette's were expected to auction for about $6,500—but they brought in $57,000, AFP reports. The white silk mules, which feature tricolor ribbons, were sold at an auction of French Revolution artifacts in Toulon, France. The queen may have...

Al-Jazeera: We Won't Air French Gunman's Video

UPDATED

Mar 27, 2012 7:30 AM CDT

Al-Jazeera: We Won't Air French Gunman's Video

USB stick contains footage of killings, Koran readings

(Newser) - Mohamed Merah's video of his killing spree will not see the light of day, at least not by way of al-Jazeera. The network announced that the video neither provided any fresh info nor met al-Jazeera's code of ethics for broadcast. It revealed that Merah's face was never...

DSK Charged
in French
Hooker Ring

Mar 26, 2012 4:22 PM CDT

DSK Charged in French Hooker Ring

Strauss-Kahn says he didn't know women at sex parties were prostitutes

(Newser) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been charged in yet another sex scandal, and this time it's his native France doing the charging. The onetime IMF chief was interviewed by magistrates today and subsequently charged over his alleged links to a prostitution ring , reports the BBC . Strauss-Kahn admits attending numerous sex parties,...

New Agers Head
to 'Noah's Ark' to
Dodge Doomsday

Mar 26, 2012 5:00 AM CDT

New Agers Head to 'Noah's Ark' to Dodge Doomsday

They await alien rescue beam in France

(Newser) - What to do when Doomsday approaches? Head for a modern-day Noah's Ark, obviously. New Agers are beginning to stream to the hilltop community of Bugarach in France to await a tele-transportation beam from an alien craft to save them from the apocalypse they believe has been predicted by the...

France Charges
Merah's Brother

UPDATED

Mar 25, 2012 12:42 PM CDT

France Charges Merah's Brother

Preliminary terrorism, murder charges filed against Abdelkader Merah

(Newser) - French prosecutors today filed preliminary murder and terrorism charges against Abdelkader Merah, the brother of Mohamed Merah, the man suspected of gunning down seven people in Toulouse last week. Abdelkader Merah, 29, has been held since Wednesday pending charges; that prosecutors have filed them indicates a strong reason that a...

Toulouse Gunman's
Brother May Be Charged

Mar 25, 2012 9:05 AM CDT

Toulouse Gunman's Brother May Be Charged

Abdelkader Merah detained, may have been accomplice

(Newser) - Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah may be dead, but French authorities are eying complicity charges for his brother, Abdelkader, reports Sky News . "Police inquiries have produced grave and matching pointers that suggest his (Abdelkader's) participation as accomplice in crimes relating to a terrorist enterprise is plausible," says a...

French Teacher Suspended for Calling Merah a 'Victim'

Mar 24, 2012 6:17 AM CDT

French Teacher Suspended for Calling Merah a 'Victim'

Students storm out of class in protest

(Newser) - France's minister of education demanded and got the "immediate suspension" of a teacher at a high school in the north of France who called for a moment of silence for killer Mohamed Merah , reports AFP . The 56-year-old English teacher described Merah as being the "victim of an...

Girlfriend to Posthumously Marry Slain French Victim

Mar 23, 2012 4:46 PM CDT

Girlfriend to Posthumously Marry Slain French Victim

President Sarkozy gives special OK for pregnant woman

(Newser) - One of the victims killed by Mohamed Merah in France will be married posthumously to his pregnant girlfriend. Abel Chennouf, a French paratrooper, was shot dead by Merah on March 15 in the town of Menoutban. Chennouf's expecting girlfriend, Caroline Monet, received a special authorization from President Nicolas Sarkozy...

Did France Miss
the Warning Signs?

Mar 23, 2012 11:26 AM CDT

Did France Miss the Warning Signs?

PM defends intelligence service's handling of Mohamed Merah

(Newser) - France is wondering whether more could have been done to prevent Mohamed Merah's deadly series of attacks. The al-Qaeda-inspired killer—who was shot dead yesterday after a 32-hour standoff —had a violent criminal record, had been put under surveillance after trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and was on...

Coup a 'Significant
Setback for Mali'

Mar 23, 2012 8:34 AM CDT

Coup a 'Significant Setback for Mali'

The world weighs in, and it's none too pleased

(Newser) - The world is strongly condemning the mutinous soldiers in Mali who ousted the president and took control of the west African country, reports the BBC . The World Bank, African Development Bank, and France are all suspending all their aid programs to Mali for now, and the UN Security Council called...

France Shooter
Did Film Killings

Mar 22, 2012 2:12 PM CDT

France Shooter Did Film Killings

Also: Mohamed Merah was on the US no-fly list

(Newser) - The gunman who terrorized France in recent days filmed all three of his shootings ( as suspected) and claimed to have posted them online, a French prosecutor confirmed today. Mohamed Merah, 23, filmed his alleged shootings with a camera strapped to his chest harness, the prosecutor told Sky News . In...

French Gunman Dies
in Leap From Window

Mar 22, 2012 7:58 AM CDT

French Gunman Dies in Leap From Window

Mohamed Merah dead after 32-hour standoff

(Newser) - After a standoff of more than 32 hours, French shooting-spree suspect Mohamed Merah is dead, the AP reports. A police official confirms that Merah's death was announced today on police radio after five minutes of gunfire were heard; the French interior minister says Merah died after police entered his...

French Police Set Off
3 Blasts in Standoff

Mar 21, 2012 7:00 PM CDT

French Police Set Off 3 Blasts in Standoff

Mohamed Merah reportedly boasted of 7 slayings; no arrest yet

(Newser) - The tense daylong standoff in France appears to be nearing an end: Three explosions were heard near an apartment building in Toulouse where a suspected gunman is holed up. An Interior Ministry official said the suspect had gone back on a decision to turn himself in, and police blew up...

French Suspect Surrounded, Planned New Hit Today

UPDATED

Mar 21, 2012 10:59 AM CDT

French Suspect Surrounded, Planned New Hit Today

24-year-old identified as Mohammad Merah

(Newser) - Conflicting reports out of Toulouse: Though USA Today reported earlier, by way of French TV , that a 24-year-old Muslim man suspected in a series of shootings had been arrested after a raid on an apartment, reports are now saying the building remains surrounded. CNN and Reuters report that some 300...

Police Corner
French Shooting
Suspect

Mar 21, 2012 3:14 AM CDT

Police Corner French Shooting Suspect

3 cops injured in Toulouse shootout

(Newser) - Police in Toulouse have surrounded the home of a suspect they believe is responsible for a series of deadly shootings. Three police officers have been injured in a shootout with the suspect, a 24-year-old man who claims to be a member of al-Qaeda, reports Reuters . France's interior minister says...

Gunman Likely Filmed
French School Shooting

Mar 20, 2012 6:29 AM CDT

Gunman Likely Filmed French School Shooting

Surveillance video shows a camera around the shooter's neck

(Newser) - As if there could be a crueler twist to the Jewish school shooting in Toulouse that yesterday rocked France: France's interior minister today revealed that the gunman likely filmed the killings. The school's surveillance video revealed that a video camera was attached to the killer's neck, reports...

France Puts
Toulouse on
Top Terror Alert

Mar 19, 2012 2:11 PM CDT

France Puts Toulouse on Top Terror Alert

Sarkozy says riot police will secure region until 'this criminal' is caught

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy says authorities are raising the terrorism alert to its highest level across a swath of southern France where a gunman opened fire on a Jewish school before fleeing. Sarkozy said today's attack in Toulouse , which killed three children and a rabbi, was the worst-ever school...

Gun at French School
Linked to Earlier
Shootings

UPDATED

Mar 19, 2012 11:29 AM CDT

Gun at French School Linked to Earlier Shootings

Officials think same gun used in tragedy as 2 other shootings last week

(Newser) - At least three children and one adult were shot dead this morning, and five more people were injured, when a man on a black scooter opened fire near a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, reports the Telegraph . The shooting appears to be connected to two similar shootings in the same...

2 French Troops
Shot Dead on Street

Mar 15, 2012 1:17 PM CDT

2 French Troops Shot Dead on Street

Third critically injured

(Newser) - A gunman on a motorbike opened fire on three French paratroopers at a bank machine in southern France today, killing two and critically wounding one of them, officials said. It was the second such attack in a week targeting French soldiers in a public place. Earlier, the Defense Ministry had...