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  • Cannes shooting sends stars scurrying for cover

    Global Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    French actor Daniel Auteuil, centre, and Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, right, flee a stage on May 17, 2013 during the Cannes Film Festival in France. A man was held after shooting a starter's pistol into the air next to an outdoor TV studio, police said. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty ...

  • France to buy American drones for Mali operation

    RT - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    War Two of America's medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country's operations against Islamist rebels in Mali. The news comes from the 'Air et Cosmos' specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 units. The French air force had already ...

  • France legalises same-sex marriage

    General Sources - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French ...

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  • 3 seek to unseat incumbent in North Versailles Township

    Tribune Review - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    A former commissioner, a former East Allegheny school director and a former social worker want to unseat the North Versailles Township Ward 6 ...

  • Cannes L.A. Film Noir With Smiths Tunes Hits The Market

    Hollywood Reporter - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    producing through the pair's London based production banner 1234 Films. McLusky said he is scheduled to put the idea out to post-Punk bands from the Californian city, likely to include musicians who play at the Smell club in downtown L.A. U.S.-based Brink Films, the label ...

  • Cannes Peter Mullans Paradise Creates Buyer Buzz

    Hollywood Reporter - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    PHOTOS: 'The Bling Ring' Steals the Spotlight at Cannes Premiere While nothing is signed, Mullan is reportedly expected to reach out to Day-Lewis as he would be the perfect choice to portray the soccer-loving priest. Celtic became the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967. The team is one of the most supported sporting entities in the world and is estimated to have more ...

  • Paris Hoffman has the drive to get the Padres home

    Sign on San Diego - Saturday 18th May, 2013

    Hoffman didn't swap residences when hired in 2006. Married with five children, he declined uprooting his clan, instead turning to the I-5 and I-15 to reach Petco ...

  • Cannes 2013 A Touch Of Sin the boldest work to emerge from China in years

    NDTV - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is driven to the limit when a gangster tries to rape her. And a young man drifts nightmarishly from job to job to try to make ends meet. These tableaux would not be out of place in a gritty ...

  • Jewel heist at Cannes festival just like a movie

    SBS - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Thieves have stolen $1 million of jewellery from an employee of Swiss jeweller Chopard that was to be worn by the stars attending the Cannes film ...

  • Directors have enjoyed setting movies at the Cannes Film Festival

    Hispanic Business Magazine - Friday 17th May, 2013

    May 17--Not many of us will ever get to the fabulous Cannes Film Festival currently taking place in the glamorous French resort town. But there is a way to enjoy the Cannes experience vicariously via the films that have used the international festival as a backdrop for narrative features, TV movies and documentaries. One example is "Seduced & Abandoned," Alec Baldwin and James ...

  • French President Francois Hollande to sign gay marriage bill into law today

    Times of India - Friday 17th May, 2013

    gay marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution cleared the bill on Friday. The ...

  • Gun scare jewellery stolen at Cannes

    West Australian - Friday 17th May, 2013

    A man has been arrested after shots were fired at the Cannes Film Festival, sparking panic on a dramatic day that also featured a jewellery heist.Chaos erupted briefly on Cannes' main thoroughfare yesterday when the suspected assailant allegedly fired two blank shots near the filming of a live television program.Police said the man, who was quickly detained, also had a fake grenade.The ...

  • France’s first Asian cabinet minister a rising force

    The Globe and Mail - Friday 17th May, 2013

    France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ...

  • Whittier grandmother appears in movie at Cannes International Film Festival Whittier Daily News

    Hispanic Business Magazine - Friday 17th May, 2013

    WHITTIER -- Never did Angela McEwan dream that on her third visit to Cannes in the south of France, she would be there to go to the premiere of a movie she appears in at the city's famed international film festival. But, there she will be Wednesday, alongside Oscar-winning screenwriter Alexander Payne and actors Bruce Dern and Will Forte at the premiere of the movie, "Nebraska." ...

  • France opposes Syria conference if Iran attends

    The Daily Star - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the 2-year-old war. No date has yet been agreed for the international meeting, which appears to face growing obstacles, including the announcement by a top U.S. military officer Friday that a Russian shipment of advanced missiles to Syria could embolden Assad. Western leaders have been cautious about the prospects of ...

  • Director Farhadis hopes for The Past in Cannes

    China Daily - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi drew enthusiastic applause on Friday for one of the most-keenly awaited films at Cannes, a Paris-set tale about shifting ...

  • Gunshots at Cannes Film Festival send TV crew and guests scrabbling for cover

    The Telegraph - Friday 17th May, 2013

    A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for ...

  • Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian

    U.S. Defense Department - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian this afternoon the Pentagon. Secretary Hagel commended Minister Le Drian for France's decisive actions in Mali and for their extensive cooperation in the broader Sahel region. Secretary Hagel conveyed that the United ...

  • Russia France Planning 7 Kourou Launches by 2015

    RIA Novosti - Friday 17th May, 2013

    MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and France will carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from the Kourou space center in French Guiana by the end of 2014, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin and President of France’s Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) Jean-Yves Le Gall reaffirmed the launch schedule ...

  • Cannes Jewel Heist How to Protect Your Valuables

    Hollywood Reporter - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Worried about sticky fingers on your jewels when traveling? There are a number of steps jewelry houses and individuals can take to avoid the fate that befell Chopard, when a reported $1.4 million’s worth of its jewelry was taken from an employee’s hotel room in Cannes sometime between late Thursday evening and early Friday ...

  • The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern

    Pravda - Friday 17th May, 2013

    The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...

  • Trove of jewels stolen in Cannes during festival

    MSNBC - Friday 17th May, 2013

    By Nancy Ing and Erin McClam, NBC News Premiering this year at Cannes: "To Catch a Thief."Someone stole a hotel room safe Friday and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gems by Chopard, a Swiss jeweler that decks the stars in its ritzy wares for the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, the most celebrated gathering in cinema. The festival opened Wednesday, ...

  • Mexican gangland film contends Cannes Palme d’Or

    Global Post - Friday 17th May, 2013

    MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- The Mexican contender for top honors at this year's Cannes Film festival is a brutal depiction of the country's poverty and the gangland carnage it's helped spawn. The initial signs have been good: Director Amat Escalante's latest film "Heli" received a 15-minute ovation when it was shown in ...

  • Cannes Film Festival Arrest After Gun Scare

    Sky News - Friday 17th May, 2013

    A man has been arrested after firing a starting pistol at the Cannes Film Festival, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover. Police arrested a suspect at the scene and found he was also carrying a dummy grenade an a knife. The alert occurred during a live TV broadcast on the resort's waterfront. French station Canal+ was interviewing the two actors when a ...

  • Harvey Weinstein charms party-goers at Cannes

    The Guardian - Friday 17th May, 2013

    Harvey Weinstein attractive. But on Friday night here in Cannes, the cyclical business of finding Harvey sexy - for both men and women - began again in a big way as the great man unveiled his slate of upcoming projects at his annual party at the Majestic Hotel.At this same bash last year, things were far more subdued: a few cocktails, a few trailers and we were all back outside, milling about on ...

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