The probable appointment of President Sarkozy's son to run Europe's largest office development has generated a storm of protest and mockery in France.

A Pharaonic plan to construct 129km of new Metro to bind Paris closer to its troubled suburbs in just over a decade was approved by the French cabinet yesterday.

Set against a futuristic cityscape, Jacobs' Louis Vuitton show featured a gentle army of the world's most fitted models, all in identical, oversized Afro wigs.

Stella McCartney kicked off the Paris collections with a show that appeared to reference childhood memories.

Roman Polanski's fate has became an international cause celebre as Paris, Warsaw and figures from the film world demand his release.

Fallen All Black hero Byron Kelleher has apologised to the French for his alcohol-fuelled road rage fracas, as he tries to avoid prison.

US reviewers for the famously secretive guides sacrifice a century of tradition by discussing the dark arts of their trade on the internet.

A photograph agency is suing former All Black Byron Kelleher's clothing company for alleged copyright breaches.

The parents of a eight-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in France have been held on suspicion of manslaughter.

A former All Black too drunk for a breath test suffers fractures to his face in a fight after a crash.

A French man who wanted to experience "the real New Zealand" was abducted and raped while travelling alone on a rural backroad.

President Nicolas Sarkozy is so sensitive about his height that his aides "cast" small women to appear beside him in public, according to Belgian television.