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Pedrosa wins in France takes MotoGP lead
France Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Monday morning from Cal Crutchlow to take the lead in the world championship standings.The Spaniard, following up his win in Spain last time out, made light of the tricky early wet conditions to cross the line five seconds clear of Crutchlow.The Briton manfully shrugged off a fracture to his right shin in a crash in ...
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Israel demands French TV change 13-year-old report on boys death
Israel strikes open up 'all possibilities' - Syrian minister Israel has demanded a French television station correct a report from nearly 13 years ago which helped fuel anger across the world and ignite a bloody uprising against the Jewish state. Twelve-year-old Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, were filmed crouching in terror by a wall in the Gaza Strip in September 2000, ...
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France has been ignoring its problems now the chickens are coming home to roost
By contrast, last week’s news from the eurozone was dire. Q1’s drop of 0.2pc in GDP was the sixth successive quarterly contraction. It included the second successive drop for France, thereby formally putting it in ...
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Cannes where celebrity sells and celebrities sell
Jury member actress Nicole Kidman (R) and her husband Keith Urban pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film ''Inside Llewyn Davis'' in competition during the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 19, ...
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The bling and the burglary Cannes is all about excess on screen and off
Coming up to the halfway point of the 66th Cannes film festival, the event so far might be characterized as a have/have-not dialogue, focusing on the gap between excess and deprivation. Some of this can be attributed to the choices and ideology of the Cannes programmers; some to the way things are going in the ...
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France killing divorce battle father confesses to slitting childrens throats
A British father who was allowed to spend time with his two children for the first time since an acrimonious divorce today admitted slitting their throats, according to French media ...
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Paris St Germain refuse to allow Carlo Ancelotti to leave for Real Madrid
Carlo Ancelotti wants to swap the French capital for the Spanish version, but as yet PSG have refused to release him. Photograph: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty ...
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Cannes Film Festival 2013 Jackie Stewart backs Roman Polanski saying He will always be a friend
Sir Jackie Stewart has defended his long-standing friendship with Roman Polanski ahead of the controversial director's appearance at the Cannes Film Festival this week. In an interview ...
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It costs more to live here than Paris NY London
SYDNEY'S property market has stepped up to the world stage with inner city prices topping those in Manhattan, Paris and London and uninhabitable hovels in the inner west fetching up to ...
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Pedrosa wins French GP with well-judged ride
Dani Pedrosa heads the MotoGP World Championship standings after a well-judged French Grand Prix win, while Britain's Cal Crutchlow picked up a career-best second place at a damp Le Mans. Repsol Honda rider Pedrosa only started the race from sixth on the grid, but made a good start to get away cleanly with the front runners in the tricky conditions. The Spaniard worked his way up to ...
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UPDATE 1-Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image
Sun May 19, 2013 3:54pm EDT * Bollywood films have struggled at global box office * Four Indian films screened at Cannes film festival * Industry keen to lure investment to India (Adds Bombay Talkies premiere) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 19 (Reuters) - Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns ...
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Cannes Hit by Second High-Profile Burglary
Cannes Film Festival 2013 The senior executive first exposed the burglary in a post on his official Weibo account (China’s version of Twitter) on May 16, saying that he got back to his apartment after dinner to find his door ajar and all of his luggage ...
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Cannes Oscar Isaac Greeted as Rising Star at Inside Llweyn Davis Presser
Cannes: Alexandra Maria Lara Joins All-Star Cast for German Kids Book Adaptation When Issac entered the room for the press conference, he was greeted with energetic whoops, hollers and a "bravo." A melancholic comedy set New York City in the ...
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Nice Lyon finish level
Lyon overcame the second-half dismissal of Maxime Gonalons to snatch a 1-1 Ligue 1 draw at Nice and keep themselves in pole position for the final Champions League ...
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Tearful Beckham says farewell in Paris
PARIS--David Beckham bade a tearful farewell to Paris on Saturday as the former England star made his final home appearance for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain before heading into ...
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Cannes Big Revelation The Coen Brothers Latest Is Fargo-Level Good
starting to feel down about this year's Cannes film festival, the Coen brothers came to the rescue with their gorgeous Inside Llewyn Davis, a razor-sharp deadpan comedy suffused with sorrow about a struggling folk singer in early-1960s New ...
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Coens Llewyn is a hit at Cannes
The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician. "Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered Sunday night, May 19. Joel and Ethan Coen said their primary interest was to recreate the atmosphere of ...
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Vive La France French President Signs Same-Sex Marriage Into Law
How lovely. France has officially become an equal-marriage country. Within days, many French gay couples will finally be able to celebrate legal matrimony. French wedding cake bakers and caterers delight by the news of business ...
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Europe the week ahead
Tax dodgers will get an earful this week in Brussels. With public outrage soaring over the perceived failure to pay their dues by the likes of Amazon, Eric Schmidt's Google and other squillion-dollar transnationals, European leaders will feel bound to berate and deplore, bemoan and declare. And that will pretty much be that.An EU summit on Wednesday in Brussels will declare combatting tax ...
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Former French finance minister Cahuzac withdraws candidacy
Disgraced ex-finance minister Jrme Cahuzac has bowed out from by-elections in France. Contesting his own constituency after a scandal involving secret Swiss bank accounts forced him to resign, his decision was welcome by socialists as it would spare his party further ...
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All Blacks Tuning up for France
Prop Owen Franks works out in the gym during the first day of the All Blacks' training camp in Mt Maunganui. The three-day camp is preparation for the test series against France in June. All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said while the bulk of the test squad would come from the 38 players at the camps, players' form would be continually monitored up until the announcement of the squad on June ...
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Chopard 2013 Red Carpet Collection at Cannes
The British fashion model and actress wears a diamond necklace and earrings from Chopard's 2013 Red Carpet Collection during the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony and 'The Great Gatsby' ...
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British Skier Dies In French Alps Fall
A British skier has died while tackling a famous off-piste glacier in the French Alps, local police have said. The man was out with another skier when they were caught in a bad storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix. The British man, who has not been identified, fell down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to a ...
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Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title
Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and then closed out the dominating match with a love service game to notch is sixth title of 2013. Nadal improved to 41-2 all-time on the clay courts of Foro Italico while appearing in his eighth consecutive final since returning from a knee injury ...
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Battling Lyon keep Nice at bay
Ten-man Olympique Lyonnais fought back to post a 1-1 draw at OGC Nice that leaves them needing a win next week to clinch third place and France's final UEFA Champions League ...
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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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