This weekend’s links:

Furious electro-dance style sweeps France (Reuters)
France and Britain clash over Beijing Olympics (Times)
Sarkozy: The man who’s made a mockery of France (Daily Mail)
Carla Bruni, a perfectly lovely predator (Times)
Purple teeth and headaches as Bordeaux 2007 tastings begin (TTC)
You can always get what you want (Carla Bruni profile, The Scotchman)
France ready to fly out Colombian hostage amid health fears (AFP)
Sunny skies ahead for US-French relations (AFP)
Alexandre Dumas: the lost adventure (Telegraph)
Sarkozy’s NATO Demands Are Unreasonable (CBS)
The view from France: pride and shame in equal measure (Independent)
The Cheese Course: France’s age-old Laguiole handed down from monks (SFGate)
In France’s Cathar Country, A Fortress Around Every Turn (Washington Post)