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France Wants Hezbollah Armed Wing on EU Terror List Soon
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Eugenie Bouchard advance to Strasbourg International semi-finals
Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, returns to Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Friday, April 5, 2013. (Mic Smith/The Associated ...
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France approves English language classes
France's lower parliament has approved a proposal to allow universities to teach some classes in English, despite claims that it could turn French into a "dead ...
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Suicide bombers in Niger strike military barracks and French mine
General view taken on 23 February 2005 at Somair mineral treatment plant near the uranium opencast mine exploited by Areva of France, in Arlit, Niger. On Thursday, the mine was hit by suicide bombings that injured dozens. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty ...
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Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group say France Britain Germany
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ...
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Second jewellery theft reported near Cannes
Police said that the "high value" necklace was stolen on Wednesday night in Cap d'Antibes. Last week, thieves stole about $1m (663,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. The jewellery was taken from the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewellery maker that has loaned items to A-list stars walking the red ...
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Boos for violent Ryan Gosling film at Cannes
acclaim for the crime heist thriller . It also garnered best-director honours for Refn. However, their latest movie, starring Gosling as a drug-smuggler in Bangkok pressured by his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) to avenge his brother's death, has polarized critics at Cannes with its violence. A brutal scene involving eye and ear mutilation had audiences squirming, while another in which a ...
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Cannes comes down to earth with depression-era movie Nebraska
Link to video: Nebraska: 'What it lacks in voltage it makes up in warmth' - Cannes video review This year at Cannes, film after film has delved into the world of the wealthy. The Great Gatsby's lavish parties have been rivalled by only the madly superficial Roman fiesta that begins Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty. Meanwhile their glittering possessions are filched in ...
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French singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki dies following illness
Georges Moustaki was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star. Photograph: Manciet/Dalmas/Sipa/Rex ...
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Cannes Salvo Tops Critics Week Awards
Filmmakers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza nabbed two awards, while Daria Belova's "Come and Play," "Pleasure" by Nina Thyberg and "Le Demantlement" by Sebastien Pilote were also ...
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Paris Singer and Piaf songwriter Moustaki dies
French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki has died after a long illness. He was 79. Greek-born Moustaki arrived in Paris in 1951 and will be remembered by many for his songs celebrating liberty and his collaborations with Edith Piaf. French Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti hailed an ';artist with convictions who conveyed humanist values… and a great poet.'; Twitter was ...
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Unions seek probe of Qatari buyout of famed French store
PARIS (AFP) - Unions at the French department store Printemps have asked authorities open a probe into what they call opaque finances in the sale of the luxury shop chain to investors from the gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar."We have turned to the prosecutor because we have discovered multiple financial arrangements in the sale specifying exorbitant commissions and intermediaries which also ...
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Emal and Kizad in French link-up talks
The French industrial engineer Fives Group has proposed setting up a new operation within Kizad to provide Emal with state-of-the-art technology to manufacture anodes crucial to the production of aluminium. Rich-Joseph Facun / The ...
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In photos Jerry Lewis in fine form at Cannes
Comedian Jerry Lewis, 87, attends a photo call for the film Max Rose at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Thursday.(Lionel ...
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A French filmmaker looks back at his teenaged self
Unlike many French teenagers who would grow up to become filmmakers, 16-year-old Olivier Assayas didn't care much about movies. His principal passions were politics, painting and pop music, and not always in that order. Now 58 years old and one of the world's most celebrated directors ...
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Hines backs Toulouse to stop Toulon
Clermont lock Nathan Hines reckons his Toulon might struggle to back up their Heineken Cup title win in Friday's Top 14 semi-final against Toulouse. The former Scotland second row has urged Clermont to use their European heartbreak to clinch the French title, starting with Saturday's semi-final against Castres but does not expect to be given the chance to avenge their loss in ...
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Payne back on the road with Nebraska at Cannes
CANNES, France -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."Payne premiered his black-and-white follow-up to "The Descendants" on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the gentle tale drew largely enthusiastic reviews for both its warmth and its colorless cinematography."It just seemed like the ...
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Holders Lyon still hungry for more
Lyon on the website of Wolfsburg, the French club's opponents in this evening's UEFA Women's Champions League final. It goes without saying that no team can truly claim invincibility in the realm of sport, but ...
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Jerry Lewis plays both straight man and clown at Cannes festival
CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the ...
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Cannes Weinstein Co. Officially Lands Stephen Frears Dramedy Philomena
Muriel Sauzay negotiated on behalf of Pathe. "I am delighted to be working again with my dear friends Judi Dench and Stephen ...
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Ricoh to cut 13 of French workforce
PARIS (AFP) - Japanese office equipment and digital camera maker Ricoh will cut 338 jobs in France, some 13 percent of its workforce in the country, union officials said Thursday."The management told us it intends to cut 338 posts among the 2,500 the company has in France," said CGT union representative Thang Doan following a meeting with company officials.Hit hard by the 2008-09 ...
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IMF chief grilled in Paris court over 2007 payout scandal
View Photo International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives at the French Republic Justice Court in Paris on May 23, 2013. French prosecutors were grilling Lagarde on Thursday to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance ...
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Cornet Bouchard Reach Strasbourg Semifinals
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Paris hosts First Meeting in 2013 of France-UAE Strategic Dialogue
WAM Paris, 23rd May 2013 (WAM) - The France-United Arab Emirates Strategic Dialogue was convened on 22 May 2013 in Paris, its first meeting of the year, and was co-chaired by Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and Pierre Sellal, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Personal representative of the President of the ...
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France says it will protect its interests following Niger bombings
PARIS // The French president, Francois Hollande, vowed yesterday to help Niger "destroy" the militants who launched deadly attacks against a military base and a French-run uranium mine in the west African country. Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously yesterday, one in a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the town of Arlit inside a ...
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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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