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Electricians work on the Eiffel Tower, Wednesday July 9, 2008 in Paris, France, The Eiffel Tower, which sees nearly 7 million visitors per year, has just about reached its limits ...

Pre-paid internet tickets for groups will be on sale from next year, the monument's 120th anniversary, the tower's operators said as they unveiled plans to modernise the iron edifice over ...

The endless queue for coffee snaked past whimpering children and inconsiderate backpackers. As the PA speakers announced imminent departure, the throng became a melee at the exit – an escalator ...

Paris - Paris city hall was swamped by 1 600 paper mache pandas on Thursday, as part of a WWF campaign to highlight the urgent need to protect the vanishing ...

Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in June 2004, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. In the spring of 2007, Beardsley covered the ...

On December 28, 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière set up their cumbersome projector in the basement of Paris's Grand Café and screened a series of short films to curious members ...

June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Southwest Airlines Co. , the only big U.S. carrier that's still profitable, will add flights while United Airlines and Northwest Airlines Corp. pare overseas routes to ...

FORMER Liberal politician Jackie Kelly's "last lap" jaunt to Paris just weeks before retiring cost taxpayers ,000 it was revealed last night. Details of Ms Kelly's seven-day "study" trip were ...

I've traveled abroad with two friends (different friend each time) and found myself confronted with a tiny temper tantrum when one of them didn't get her way. In one instance, ...

NEW YORK - As Paris Hilton's sidekick on "The Simple Life," Nicole Richie showed a flair for comedy — and an impish glee at cracking jokes at others' expense. The ...