Since the founding of Washington, it has been tres facile to sense the French influence in the circles, grids and diagonals bequeathed by Pierre L’Enfant, and in recent years, it seems no office is more than steps away from a French (or French-named) place to buy a croissant. Read full article > >

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Festival celebrates French hip-hop

The founder of the controversial Dukan Diet, Dr Pierre Dukan, faces being struck off after suggesting children could pass a new exam by staying thin.

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Dukan diet guru on ethics charge

For the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the restoration of the Park Avenue Armory is a delicate process of excavation.

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Park Avenue Armory to Get Swiss Makeover

Life inside the strange and wonderful home of Pierre Sioufi, genial host to the revolution.

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You Are Here: House of Coups

An artist has presented a biography in graphic-novel form about Marie and Pierre Curie.

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Books of The Times: The Curies, Seen Through an Artist’s Eyes

The former Congolese rebel leader, Jean Pierre Bemba, is to go on trial in The Hague.

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Ex DR Congo rebel leader trial begins