31.   A British climber was killed and another injured in an avalanche Wednesday near the French Alpine resort of Chamonix, officials said.

32.   There was no plane accident near this French Alpine resort on Thursday, authorities said after rescue services searched snowbound mountains all day for hypothetical wreckage and survivors.

33.   Several other French resorts, some of them headed by socialist mayors, banned begging last year, mainly in the southwest of France.

34.   Southern French resorts offered to stage the world alpine skiing championships at last minute should Sierra Nevada pull out through lack of snow.

35.   The chic French resort town of Trouville is gaining a bad reputation -- among lawmakers and government ministers with official cars to look after, at least.