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French workers at a factory south of Paris free their boss after holding him hostage in a dispute over lay-offs.

The winning bidder of a pair of Chinese bronzes auctioned off in Paris, France, emerged Monday as a collection adviser from China's National Treasures Fund, and he has refused to pay, Xinhua news agency reported.

Paris' haute couture designers turned up their noses at the recession, delivering opulent spring-summer collections last week that obstinately refused to pay the gloomy global economic any mind.

An armed robber was killed by a waiter in a 'Kill Bill' style stabbing during an attempted raid on a Paris sushi restaurant.