That led many experts to tip Ferrero to steal Kuerten's French Open crown, but the Brazilian was in unstoppable form when the pair met in the semi-final for the second straight year.

BBC: Juan Carlos Ferrero

With polls showing the public evenly divided on the constitution, the French government feared that ratification of the services directive could tip the referendum outcome towards a Non.

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It's hard to imagine many famous French faces without a haze of cigarette smoke - (unintelligible) Belmondo, Bardot, Sartre and Jeanne Moreau, holding their cigarette - French word by the way - aloft and pursed in your lips to make the tip of the cigarette smolder.

NPR: A Tradition Ends in French Cafes