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Rafa Nadal Serena Williams enter French Open as clear favourites
Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions.Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?"The women's list features fewer out-of-nowhere names, yet does ...
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Nadal favored but not seeded No. 1 at French Open
FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their semifinal match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco. Nadal already owns a record seven titles at Roland Garros. The French Open begins Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, ...
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Cash Money boss excited about signing Paris
Paris Hilton is the newest member of one of hip-hop's hottest labels. The heiress and reality star has signed with Cash Money Records, which is home to hitmakers Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake. Cash Money's co-founder Bryan ...
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Imperial and ‘monarchic’ scent–it could only be French
CHARRIOL Royal White eau de parfum formen There's a certain kind of attitude and swagger--the French way of doing things. "The French behave as kings," Philippe Charriol explained the idea behind and the name of his house's new men's fragrance, Royal White, in last week's launch at The Peninsula Manila. "It's very monarchic," he said, enumerating ...
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Paris Hilton Signed to Cash Money With Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Working on New Album
Lil Wayne's mentor Birdman, whose real name is Bryan Williams, announced on Twitter that Hilton, 32, had been signed to Cash Money Wednesday. Within hours, the former reality TV star was trending nationwide on the social networking site."Lil Wayne's Cash Money family has a new member! Paris Hilton: RichgangRichgirl," Birdman tweeted May ...
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France Wants Hezbollah Armed Wing on EU Terror List Soon
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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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Kim Kardashian Kris Jenner Buy Baby Toys in Paris
hinted in a recent blog post that she and her mom planned to do "some baby shopping" and explore Paris in her last place trip before her baby's July ...
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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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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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Soldier killed in Woolwich attack identified as veteran of Afghanistan
Afghanistan . Army officials said Lee Rigby, 25, nicknamed Riggers, was married with a 2-year-old son, The Guardian reported. He enlisted in 2006 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Rigby, apparently targeted because he was wearing a T-shirt for the soldiers' charity Help for Heroes, was hacked to death Wednesday outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in the Woolwich district of ...
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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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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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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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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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Rafa targets super 8 in Paris
Rafael Nadal can become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times at the French Open with few willing to risk talking down the rejuvenated Spaniard's chances.Having pulled clear of Bjorn Borg's record of six wins at Roland Garros with a seventh championship in 2012, the 26-year-old has already confounded the critics who had written him off during a seventh-month injury ...
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The French protect their language like the British protect their currency | Andrew Gallix
a new bill , which, if passed, would allow some university courses to be taught in English.Inside the paper (and in French), the editorialists urged their compatriots to "stop behaving like the last representatives of a besieged Gaulish village". The nod ...
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Eurozone crisis time for France to step up | Kenneth Rogoff
eurozone crisis must involve massive write-downs (forgiveness) of peripheral countries' debt. These countries' massive combined bank and government debt - the distinction everywhere in Europe has become blurred - makes rapid sustained growth a dream.This is hardly the first time I have stressed the need for wholesale debt write-downs. Two years ago, in ...
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IMF head Christine Lagarde in Paris court in fraud probe
Ms. Lagarde , smiling at reporters, left her Paris apartment Thursday morning and appeared at a special court that handles cases involving government ministers. She has denied wrongdoing.At the time of the ...
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French Open preview Nadal dominance to continue
The betting market suggests that there's approximately an 85% probability of either Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic winning the French ...
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Cubas Film School Celebrated in France
3 de mayo de 2013, 10:23 Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The significance of the San Antonio de los Baños International Film School (EICTV) in Cuba, where young filmmakers from many countries have trained, was highlighted in France during an exhibition of films from the school. Founded 27 years ago, the institution is one of the most important of its kind in the world, and its associated ...
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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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