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Abu Dhabi Investment Forum in Paris
The Abu Dhabi Investment Forum is set to begin in Paris next Wednesday. The event is organised by the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, with the participation of a high-level official government delegation led by Nasser Ahmed Al Sowaidi, the Chairman Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development, in the presence of more than 200 senior French government officials, businessmen and ...
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Vigilante’ editor seeks out corruption and abuse in French political and financial life
French journalist Edwy Plenel founder and managing editor of French online newspaper Mediapart. He will testify tomorrow at a French parliamentary commission into the Jrme Cahuzac affair, in which Mediapart revealed that the socialist minister of the budget had stashed at least EUR600,000 in Switzerland and Singapore, was about "the struggle of the little media David against all the ...
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Cannes Keanu Reeves Makes Directorial Debut With Man of Tai Chi
have been running high ever since the project was announced in December 2011. Once Ted, later "The One" and now a director, Reeves spent months in China shooting the project, which will feature an abundance of Chinese dialogue and ...
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Death March Cannes Review
The infamous forced march of Filipino and American soldiers by the victorious Japanese after the Battle of Bataan in 1942 has all the impact of a little theater production ...
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Shield of Straw Cannes Review
Monsoon Shootout: Cannes Review Miike has traveled all over the genre map from horror to yakuza and samurai films, his work peppered with lurid violence, bizarrely kinky sex and black humor. Based on a novel ...
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Lyon stays 3rd after 1-1 against Nice in France
NICE, France -- Lyon cemented third place in the French league to remain on course for the final Champions League berth after a 1-1 draw against Nice despite being reduced to 10 men.Nice slipped to sixth and out of Champions League reckoning ahead of the last weekend of the season.Nice took the lead in the 47th minute when Dario Cvitanich converted from the penalty spot after the forward had ...
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Style file desi goes disastrously wrong at Cannes
India is celebrating 100 years of cinema this year and, befittingly, the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been bedazzled by Bollywood. Vidya Balan made it to the star-studded jury list. Amitabh Bachchan gave the opening address. Sonam Kapoor was - well, she was there. The Cannes appearance of these three was underlined by a common factor besides their Indian origins: their fantastic ...
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Cannes Diary India and China have a strong presence
While many stars come to the French Riviera to party, the main business of Cannes is business itself. Selim El Azar, the chief executive of the Qatar-based Gulf Film, and Abdulaziz Al Khater, the new head of the Doha Film Institute, are both in Cannes this week to shake hands and make deals. Also on the sales-pitch circuit is the directing legend Martin Scorsese, drumming up interest in his ...
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Newly slim Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walks Cannes red carpet
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, made her 11th appearance on the Croisette's red carpet. Bachchan was spotted arriving at the Nice Cte d'Azur International Airport on Friday with her husband Abhishek and daughter Aaradhya. On Sunday, she attended the premiere of the Coen brothers' new ...
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Japans Shield of Straw an action pic in Cannes
Director Takashi Miike gestures during a photo call for the film Shield of Straw at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois ...
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France Child MurderBritish man confessing murdering his own 2 children in France UK News
The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his son and daughter were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. Their throats had been slit. The children have been named in local reports as Mathew, 10, and Carla, five. Stevenson – who was said to be unemployed – had been living in France for some time, possibly around ...
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Briton to be charged in France with childrens murder
A British man who has reportedly admitted killing his two children by slitting their throats is due to appear in court in Lyon charged with their murder."He has recognised the facts, he has given factual elements of what happened, but he has not gone into details about the motive and hasn't shown much remorse," the French prosecutors' office reportedly said.Investigators are ...
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Cannes Sutra Sherlyn Chopra stuns at the red carpet
Sherlyn Chopra, who is at the Cannes International Film Festival where the second trailer of her debut film Kamasutra 3D will be unveiled, tweeted her picture from the French Riviera.The actor is wearing a black revealing blouse with heavy jewellery and her hair falling on one side. Looking at the picture, it looks the Playboy girl has got it right. Suprisingly, she is looking ...
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The Last of the Unjust Cannes Review
Claude Lanzmann's previously unseen 1975 interview with the last Jewish Council Elder, Benjamin Murmelstein, is a unique historical document, screening out of competition at the ...
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Serena Williams on record streak remains No. 1
World No. 1 Serena Williams, shown in a file photo from the 2012 Olympics, has won a personal record 24 consecutive matches, including a run through last week's Italian Open. UPI/Hugo ...
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Comoran island Mayotte is now a French department
Despite strong protests from the government of Comoros, the island of Mayotte has officially become the 101st department of France; or an integral part of the French ...
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Mayotte issue to split or join Comoros France
Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer ...
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Dior Cruise 2014 in pictures
Raf Simons gave the Cannes Film Festival a high-fashion interval with his showcase of the Dior Cruise 2014 collection in neighbouring Monte ...
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Ibrahimovic takes French players award
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 's fantastic first year in French football was recognised at the Union Nationale des Footballeurs Professionnels (UNFP) awards ...
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Cannes An Idiosyncratic Healer From Abroad Soothes a Troubled Indian
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France not charging Britons who killed two kids
(6 mins ago) French prosecutors said Monday they were currently not charging a 48-year-old divorced Briton with premeditated murder after he admitted slitting the throats of his two young children. "We are presently holding back from the charge of premeditated murder but this could always change in the light of (more) testimony,'' a prosecutor said, AFP reports. Prosecutors ...
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Beckham Departs Paris In Tears
David Beckham in tears David Beckham left the pitch in tears as he completed the final home match of his 20-year career. Paris St-Germain’s game against Brest was briefly halted as Beckham, captain for the night, was substituted after 81 minutes, his team-mates congregating in the middle of the pitch to applaud him. PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi said afterwards: ';It’s up ...
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Cannes First Look at Jerry Lewis Return to Big Screen in Max Rose
The legendary funnyman, now 87, is a French fav and will be in Cannes this week for the premiere of this drama, which features his first leading role in 18 ...
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Cannes Romanian Studio Facilities to Combine Under Moniker Solar Studios
to form production studio operator Solar Studios. The group will combine a film facility formerly known as Kentauros Studios, which Savulescu recently acquired, and Paunescu’s Mandragora Studios, the partners said in making the announcement in Cannes on ...
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France We can start bombing Libya tonight
The French Defence Minister has confirmed that military action against the Ghaddafi regime can start only hours after the UN Security Council approves of ...
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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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