22 July 2008, 2:37 pm
It may come as a surprise to some that France routinely used the guillotine as its official method of capital punishment until 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi became the last man guillotined in the port town of Marseilles.... read more
22 July 2008, 2:02 pm
"When the Guillotine Fell" (St. Martin's Press. 256 pages. $24.95), by Jeremy Mercer: It may come as a surprise to some that France routinely used the guillotine as its official method of capital punishment until 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi became the last man guillotined in the port town of Marseil... read more
22 July 2008, 2:47 am
Ekkyo a photomedicine company, which develops first-in-class laser-based systems for skin scar prevention and reduction, announced today the publication of a scientific article in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine* reporting the results of a pilot study on cutaneous scar prevention by LASH.... read more
21 July 2008, 1:05 pm
MARSEILLES (France) — Argentina beat UAE 5-2 in a battle for Group C supremacy and one which, coupled with the section’s other result, sent Argentina through to the quarter-finals of the Beach Soccer World Cup. Not that their victory was straightforward.... read more
21 July 2008, 11:42 am
On the Catholic calendar, today is the feast day for Saint Victor of Marseilles and his companions, martyred in France around the year 290 C.E. The Roman soldier is a patron saint of cabinet makers, millers and torture victims.... read more
21 July 2008, 4:24 am
There is a banner unfurled at every Arsenal match that reads “Arsene knows”. As a tribute to the judgment of one of the greatest managers of his generation, it is perfect, a simple, reassuring mantra designed to keep at bay the kneejerk reactions that characterise an era of impatience.... read more
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