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Toulon book ticket to Paris
Toulon will have a chance at claiming an historic European-French double after beating reigning champions Toulouse 24-9 in Friday's Top 14 semi-final in Nantes. Toulon will now face either Clermont or Castres in the final at the Stade de France on June 1.The defending champions ensured the clash was a highly entertain spectacle, throwing the ball around like a hot potato in the classic ...
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French lessons help Novak Djokovic navigate road to Paris destiny
Novak Djokovic lost to Rafael Nadal at the French Open last year in a four-set final that spanned two days because of rain. Photograph: Christian ...
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Marseille Baup agree to one-year extension
Marseille coach Elie Baup has reached an agreement with the club to extend his contract for an extra year through to the end of the 2014/15 season, the Ligue 1 side announced Friday on the club's official ...
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Frigide Barjot The French anti-gay marriage leader under attack
John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and ...
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Frances luxury industry tourism hurt by Paris street crime
The streets of Paris are getting a reputation of being unsafe for tourists and is threatening the great brand names of French fashion. A leading association that counts Chanel and Dior as members urged the authorities to take action on the climate of insecurity which it said could keep cash-flush tourists away. Several recent incidents have tarnished the image of Paris - the world's most ...
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Julie Delpy on Before Midnight the Art of Arguing Topless and Her Days as a French “Gang Member”
The following post contains mild plot spoilers. It has been 18 years since Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke premiered their romantic, European-set indie Before Sunrise. This Friday, nine years after the charming sequel, Before Sunset, the trio reunites with Before Midnight, an exquisitely composed installment to the conversational series. Thankfully, Julie's character, ...
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On the Runway Blog Keeping it Classic in Cannes
The dominant look in Cannes at the amfAR dinner was natural glamour. Top row, from left to right: Irina Shayk, Heidi Klum, Isabeli Fontana; second row: Tanya Dziahileva, Chanel Iman and Karolina Kurkova, Stacey Keibler; third row: Milla Jovovich, Sharon Stone, Rosario Dawson; fourth row: Paris Hilton, a guest and Kylie Minogue. Cannes is one of those film festivals where the glamor is as ...
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AmfAR Gala Draws Celebrities at Cannes
The annual amfAR gala took place Thursday at theHtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes. The guests were a mix of celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Janet Jackson, and included fashion insiders like Anna Dello Russo and Karlie ...
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Cannes Cant Decide How to Feel About Marion Cotillards Prostitution Drama
The Weinstein Company Outside the Cannes Film Festival screening rooms, two French directors in competition, Franois Ozon and Abdellatif Kechiche, have brought a dash of unexpected drama to the Croisette by landing in the middle of very different controversies. Ozon, whose ...
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IMFs Lagarde escapes formal investigation in French case
PARIS (Reuters) - French magistrates decided on Friday not to place IMF chief Christine Lagarde under formal investigation over her role in a 285-million-euros ($368.5 million) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas ...
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French priest active Mason removed from parish
A French priest has been removed from ministry after he refused to end his active involvement with a Masonic lodge. Father Pascal Vesin was asked by Bishop Yves Boivineau of Annecy to quit his affiliation with a Masonic lodge, the Grand Orient of France. When he declined, the bishop removed him from his parish post, reportedly acting on orders from the ...
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Two Jihadists Shot After Niger Attack
Armed forces from France and Niger forces have shot dead two more Islamist militants who took part in an attack on a military barracks in northern Niger. A journalist at the scene said French special forces took part in an operation Friday to subdue the two militants, who had holed up in the barracks following Thursday's suicide bombing and shooting attack. Niger's defense ...
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In photos The stars plus Paris Hilton come out for amfAR at Cannes
Model Lara Lieto and actor Adrien Brody arrive at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS event in Antibes during the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday evening.(Jean-Paul ...
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Gloom over French producers lifts with activity in May survey
PARIS -- French manufacturers turned sharply brighter about their business prospects in May because activity was unexpectedly buoyant and orders were picking up, official survey data showed on ...
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French government seeks to ban extreme right-wing group
John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and ...
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T Magazine Shock of the Old | The French Designer Marc Auclert’s Whimsical Jewelry
Marc Auclert in his Paris home. In his jewelry and at home, the French designer Marc Auclert fuses ancient artifacts with modern whimsy, to fantastic ...
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France tries to win back business
THE French government is trying to woo business, amid concerns that it has antagonised the very sector needed to reinvigorate the ...
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Rocket-propelled Frenchman breaks mountain bike speed record - video
The record for the top speed reached on a mountain bike has been broken by cyclist Franois Gissy on a track near Mulhouse in eastern France. The mountain bike is powered by hydrogen peroxide and reaches speeds of 163mph. Although Gissy beat the previous mountain bike record, he narrowly missed the overall cycling speed record of 167mph set by 50-year-old Dutch ...
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Cannes Me Myself and Mum Takes Home Two Awards From Directors Fortnight
took home two awards from the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival in an evening ceremony that took place at the JW Marriott Hotel. Gallienne was honored with the Art Cinema Award, the top prize of the night, as well as the Society of Authors and Composers SACD ...
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Immigrant Drama Shoots for Top Cannes Prize
CANNES -- America's immigration debate finds echoes in a period drama that premiered at the Cannes film festival on Friday about a Polish woman who arrives at Ellis Island and fights to survive in 1920s New York. "The Immigrant" features French Oscar winner Marion Cotillard as the immigrant Ewa, speaking English and Polish in the film, with Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner as ...
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Mobile app to help fight against racism in France
PARIS (AFP) - A French anti-racism association is launching a mobile application it hopes will help eradicate racist graffiti by enabling users to take photos of offensive tags, geo-locate them and get them removed.Licra -- the International League against Racism and Antisemitism -- said the app was a "digital response" to "a big increase in racist and antisemitic acts" in ...
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For 1st time since 82 3 US men qualify in Paris
A trio of American men hadn't done that together in Paris since 1982, when Charles Strode, Craig Wittus and Derek Tarr qualified. That year, all three lost in the first round of the main ...
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Megan Rapinoe headed back to Lyon for 2013-14 season
this SI.com story that she could head back to Lyon after finishing the NWSL season with Reign FC. Rapinoe, a U.S. national team standout, is expected to join Seattle next month, but it apparently might not be for very long. She ...
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Nadal Remains the One to Beat at French Open
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Who will win Frances culture war Ask Frigide Barjot
But the French humourist is not laughing. She's scared. "No," she corrects herself. "I'm not scared. I'm very scared. Look at this..."From somewhere in the indescribable chaos of her apartment in central Paris, Barjot, the unconventional leader of the French movement against gay marriage, produces an envelope. Inside, there is a paper handkerchief stained with ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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