French ducks on trial ..... A duck farmer living in the south-western Landes region of France was in court to face down a lawsuit from a neighbour who had claimed her birds quack too loudly. The neighbour did not show up at the courthouse.\\n\\n\\nLa propriétaire de canards de Soustons (Landes) accusés de caqueter trop fort doit faire face, au tribunal de Dax, à un procès intenté par des voisins gênés par le bruit des volatiles. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES