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'Treason!': France to sell Airbus airport to China

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:48:00 +0100

The French government sparked anger on Friday by announcing it was selling half of the Toulouse-Blagnac airport in southwest France, the home of aircraft maker Airbus, to a Chinese-led consortium for a cool €308 million.

Blood on cloth didn't belong to King Louis XVI

Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:33:00 +0200

Scientists say a morbid souvenir from the execution of France's last king, a cloth dipped in his blood, is a fake. The long controversial keepsake has previously been verified as containing the blood of Louis XVI.

Fury as executioner's torture collection is sold

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:00 +0200

A French auction house is auctioning several hundred torture and execution devices, including hanging ropes and hand crushers, collected by one of France’s last executioners. Rights groups have condemned the show as "shocking".