Links for 16 November 2008:

“If we had known” My gift to the good people of France – our Olympics
Disappearing hookers: Frenchman held over missing women
Headless: French Socialists fail to agree on new leader
Cyril Lignac: France’s Jamie Oliver’ goes to rescue of Gallic cuisine
Jane Birkin diary: I’ve laid myself absolutely naked
Shift to the left: Carla Bruni ‘stirs the Che Guevara’ inside Nicolas Sarkozy
De-infuriating Russia: French president Sarkozy backs down from missile defense criticism
Anger in Rwanda: France’s ‘contempt for Africa’
Girl power: Is it the end of the road for macho chefs?
Meteoric: France and the surprising rise of the celebrity chef