Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Obama marks Paris milestone: Statue in wax museum
Complete with new gray hairs and two fake bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip on Monday to the Eiffel Tower.
After visiting France’s most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris’ Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will stand alongside the likenesses of Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin.
Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray had never seen Obama in person. “The main difficulty is making it without meeting him, from press photos,” he said as the statue was unveiled today. The hot summer sun at the Eiffel Tower threatened to melt the fake president’s face, prompting helpers to shade him with an umbrella,
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After visiting France’s most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris’ Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will stand alongside the likenesses of Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin.
Sculptor Eric Saint Chaffray had never seen Obama in person. “The main difficulty is making it without meeting him, from press photos,” he said as the statue was unveiled today. The hot summer sun at the Eiffel Tower threatened to melt the fake president’s face, prompting helpers to shade him with an umbrella,
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Labels: Barack Obama, eiffel tower, famous monument, france, melt, obama wax statue, saint chaffray, wax museum, wax statue, wax statue of obama
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Indian passengers flying Air France allege racial bias
Over 50 Indian passengers flying Air France had a “harrowing” time “with hardly any water and food” at Paris airport after their aircraft developed a technical problem and complained that they were victims of “racial” profiling.
The tired passengers, who arrived in Mumbai late on Monday night after being stranded for 28 hours at Paris, said they were confined to a “small” lounge at the airport from 10 pm on Sunday till 7 am the next morning.
“We were kept in a small room (lounge) with hardly food or water and we were told we could not leave the airport. We spent a whole night over there in that condition,” a passenger, who travelled on aboard the flight-AF 218, said.
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The tired passengers, who arrived in Mumbai late on Monday night after being stranded for 28 hours at Paris, said they were confined to a “small” lounge at the airport from 10 pm on Sunday till 7 am the next morning.
“We were kept in a small room (lounge) with hardly food or water and we were told we could not leave the airport. We spent a whole night over there in that condition,” a passenger, who travelled on aboard the flight-AF 218, said.
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Labels: aircraft technical problem, france, indian passengers, indian passengers flying air france, paris airport, racial bias
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