The biggest news in the whole world occurred two weeks ago when Paris Hilton was sentenced to 23 days in a Los Angeles jail. The heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, who was a favorite of the paparazzi, had been cited for driving on a suspended licen...
After a stop-over in Germany, democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is due in Paris Friday, where he is expected to meet with President Nicolas Sarkozy. Lisa Bryant has more for VOA from the French capital. As elsewhere in Europe, the U.S. pr...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 27 May 2008 Students from a tough middle school in Paris are earning accolades after a movie they acted in won the top prize at the Cannes film festival Sunday. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the celebrations shed a rare, positi...
Part 3 A Tour to Paris II 巴黎旅游胜地介绍（下） The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel 凯旋门 The Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel was built between 1806 and 1808 by Napoleon I follow ing the model of the Arc of Constantine in Rome. The two arches built by N...
By Brian Padden Paris 20 June 2007 The 47th International Paris Air Show is running this week. It is a showcase of aviation and aerospace technology. And as VOA's Brian Padden reports, this is big, big business with more than 2,000 exhibitors from 42...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 Lebanon is set to reap millions of dollars in aid Thursday, when representatives from some 35 Western and Middle Eastern countries meet for a donors' conference in Paris. From the French capital, Lisa Bryant has m...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 23 June 2006 A major new museum in Paris dedicated to art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas opened its doors to the public Friday. The Muse du Quai Branly aims to give art from these regions the same respect as art fro...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 06 June 2006 North Sea waves wash ashore as rain clouds cast their shadow over the beach front and dunes near Scheveningen, western Netherlands Some of the world's leading experts...
The French are language perfectionists.They often speak more English than they let on.This isn't a tourist baiting tactic,they are just hesitant to speak a language less than fluently.If you don't spe...
You can eat yourself silly in Paris. This is a nation that has raised food to an art form. Experiment, think of it as sightseeing for your taste buds. Tonight we are having boeuf bourguignon , regular...
