Racist French cakes banned from display

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A French court has banned the display of “obscene” cupcakes wrought in black chocolate from a pastry shop near Nice in southeastern France, after a watchdog described them as "racist".

The "God" and "Goddess" cupcakes, which are stuffed with ganache and topped with the chocolate figures of a plump man and woman with pink lips and protruding genitalia, have been on sale in the shop in the town of Grasse for about 15 years.

Best of Edith Piaf

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Piaf was born Édith Giovanna Gassion on December 19, 1915, in northeast Paris to a family of street performers. Her father, Louis Gassion, was an acrobat and contortionist while her mother, Line Marsa, was a small-time singer. After being abandoned by her mother, Piaf reportedly lived for a time with her grandmother, who ran a brothel.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic calls France a shit country

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic called who plays for PSG (Paris Saint Germain) called France a “shit country” after the French club 3-2 defeat to Bordeaux on Sunday.

After the match, the angry Zlatan was filmed storming off the pitch. He called the assistant referee a “fucking asshole” before ranting about the performance of the refree, Lionel Jaffredo and in the process insulting France.

Tombola, Bayou & Saga are against banning of corporal punishment of children

France has been recently under fire for not banning corporal punishment of children in the country.

France to ban spanking of children

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The debate going on in France today is about banning corporal punishment of children.

On Wednesday, the Council of Europe faulted France for failing to fully and clearly ban the corporal punishment of children, as it committed to do under a European treaty.