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Newsweek International: Why DSK Would Have Been Sarkozy's Ideal Opponent, 16 April 2012
Why the libertine would have been an ideal opponent.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/15/why-dsk-would-have-been-an-ideal-opponent-for-sarkozy.html

The Daily Beast: France Arrests the Usual (Islamist) Suspects, 4 April 2012
In a crackdown after the Toulouse shootings, France arrested 10 suspected Islamic radicals. By concealing past mistakes, the nation may be hindering investigations, writes Christopher Dickey.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/04/france-arrests-the-usual-islamist-suspects.html
(Update: All of those arrested were later released for lack of evidence.)

The Daily Beast: Death in New York of French Educator Richard Descoings Treated as Suspicious, 4 April 2012
Vague echoes of the Strauss-Kahn affair are unlikely to tarnish the reputation of Richard Descoings, director of Sciences Po in Paris. Found dead in a Manhattan hotel room Tuesday, he's considered a possible suicide.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/04/death-in-new-york-of-french-educator-richard-descoings-treated-as-suspicious.html

(Will update when toxicology report arrives. Dominant theory at the moment is accidental death resulting from a mix of alcohol and prescription drugs.)

Newsweek: The Americans Who Witnessed the Rise of the Nazis, 2 April 2012
The story of the Americans who cavorted with the Nazis.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/01/the-americans-who-witnessed-the-rise-of-the-nazis.html