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		<title>New Rules for Scooters</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2009/01/03/new-rules-for-scooters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Some time during the 90s, Europe passed legislation that alllowed driver&#8217;s license holders, experienced with at least 2 years of driving, to also legally drive scooters up to 125 cc. If the scooter was less than 80 cc, you didn&#8217;t need a license or training at all (So it was very common to see 14-year-olds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Record Labels Suing Limewire, SourceForge and Sue Vuze</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/25/french-record-labels-suing-limewire-sourceforge-and-sue-vuze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From torrentfreak:
&#8220;French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge.
Société civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF), an umbrella group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Piracy Has Become a ‘National Sport’ in France</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/11/08/online-piracy-has-become-a-%e2%80%98national-sport%e2%80%99-in-france/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From torentfreak:
&#8220;Edging ever closer to becoming law, France’s “three-strikes” proposals have received support in the French Senate which voted overwhelmingly in favor for these draconian measures to deal with piracy. Now, a new report suggests that online piracy has become something of a ‘national sport’ in France.
The online file-sharing debate is really heating up in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Coffee and Cafes in France Have Gone Downhill</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/15/why-coffee-and-cafes-in-france-have-gone-downhill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Over several years now, a strange thing has happened in France: the coffee started to suck. Yes, there were cafes that served terrible coffee forever, but for the most part in the early 2000s, it was still flavorful, very drinkable sludge espresso. It was French coffee, the coffee that I expected to have each time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange to Rate Environmental Impact of Cell Phones, But What About Health Impacts of Cell Phones?</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/05/orange-to-rate-environmental-impact-of-cell-phones-but-what-about-health-impacts-of-cell-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From macworld:
&#8220;Network operator Orange will rate the environmental impact of the fixed-line and mobile phones it sells, it said Friday.
The company will publish eco-ratings for the first 30 products on its French Web-site in mid-October and will extend it to all the products it sells next year, it said.
Orange is the brand used by France [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Removing Facial and Body Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/10/01/removing-facial-and-body-hair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From bbcnews:
&#8220;&#8230;They are angry that the law does not allow them to use more modern hair-removal techniques on their clients.
It follows a series of prosecutions for professional misconduct against beauticians for using laser and &#8220;intense pulsed light&#8221; treatments.
Under a 1962 decree these more sophisticated methods are the preserve of qualified dermatologists.
But France&#8217;s National Confederation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wine and Alcohol News: Weird Internet Advertising Ban</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/09/22/wine-and-alcohol-news-weird-internet-advertising-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Timesonline:
&#8220;France may be home to some of the world&#8217;s finest wines but it could be about to join the tiny club of Muslim states that forbid their promotion on the internet.
Winemakers and other players in the drinks industry are fighting to avert a ban on advertising, sales and even vineyard websites that has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Village of Cap d&#8217;Agde, Where Being Nude is the Law</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/21/the-village-of-cap-dagde-where-being-nude-is-the-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Before the weather gets too chilly, I thought I&#8217;d mention the village of Cap d&#8217;Agde, where being butt naked is obligatory. If interested, you&#8217;ll still have time to enjoy the sun à poil (in your birthday suit).
The village of Cap d&#8217;Agde, also called, &#8220;The Naked City,&#8221; is a seaside port and resort along the Mediterranean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France Bans TV Shows for Babies</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/21/france-bans-tv-shows-for-babies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AP:
&#8220;France&#8217;s broadcast authority has banned French channels from marketing TV shows to children under 3 years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
The ruling also ordered warning messages for parents on foreign baby channels that are broadcast in France _ such as Baby TV, which is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax on Snacks</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/08/06/tax-on-snacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready to pay more for snacks, anything considered fattening and food and beverage items deemed generally unhealthful.
The French government needs money! Forget about them caring about the health and well-being of the people, they&#8217;ve blatantly come out and stated they will tax these foods because it will be another tool to help the country&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You, Your Cell Phone, Dangers and What to Do</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/25/you-your-cell-phone-dangers-and-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By now, you&#8217;ve probably heard about a correlation between cell phone use and cancer. But geez, you can&#8217;t listen to those things because you absolutely love your cell phone. Who doesn&#8217;t? You were so freakin&#8217; relieved to find out that those popcorn popping celphones were a hoax. Don&#8217;t lie. This love you have for your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>French Couple Fined for Sex Video at the WWI memorial in Vimy</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/24/french-couple-fined-for-sex-video-at-the-wwi-memorial-in-vimy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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I think there might be more visitors to Vimy from now on&#8230;
From afp:
&#8220;A French couple were given a four-month suspended sentence and made to pay one euro in damages to the Canadian state for making a porn video at a World War I memorial, officials said Wednesday.
The verdict came just six months after another couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July 1 &#8211; Mandatory Yellow Vest and Triangle in Cars</title>
		<link>http://www.whytraveltofrance.com/2008/07/01/july-1-mandatory-yellow-vest-and-triangle-in-cars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Beginning today, cars in France must carry a gilet de sécurité / bright, yellow vest with 2 reflective stripes and a triangle de pré-signalisation / a reflective red warning triangle. These are to be used if you have an accident or must pull off the road for break downs and other emergencies. Note: The vest [...]]]></description>
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