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Cannes ‘The Immigrant’ stirs emotional response
From left, actors Jeremy tenner, Marion Cotillard and director James Gray arrive for the screening of the film The Immigrant at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 24, 2013. ...
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Cannes film festival draws to a close with cliffhanger ending
Sat May 25, 2013 8:00pm EDT * Tough to predict winner of Palme d'Or * 20 films compete for coveted top prize * Jury led by star director Spielberg By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 26 (Reuters) - The 2013 Cannes festival wraps up with a cliffhanger ending on Sunday, with uncertainty surrounding which film will be declared best picture after a 12-day frenzy of premieres, celebrities, rain and ...
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Roman Polanski shakes Cannes Film Festival
The legendary Polish director Roman Polanski brought the Cannes competition to an end this weekend with a dash of S&M in his new film, Venus in Fur. When the festival ends tonight, Polanski may not win another Palme d'Or to put alongside his prize for his 2002 Holocaust drama The Pianist, but he'll certainly have made one of the best-liked, and raciest, films of this year's ...
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Police search for attacker after French soldier stabbing in Paris
A French soldier has been stabbed in a neck whilst he was patrolling La Defense area of Paris on Saturday. He was on patrol as part of the ‘Vigipirate’ anti-terrorist surveillance plan along with two other colleagues when he was attacked by an unknown man who fled the scene. Though he lost a lot of blood, police say he will survive and is being treated in a nearby hospital. French ...
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Soldier stabbed on patrol in Paris no link at this stage to London murder
A French soldier on anti-terrorist duties was stabbed in the neck Saturday in an attack that President Francois Hollande said could not "at this stage" be linked to the brutal murder this week of a military man in ...
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Albert Montanes Juan Monaco win French Open tune-up tournaments
France Frenchman Gael Monfils will go into his home grand slam off the back of a loss after going down to Spain's Albert Montanes in the ATP event in Nice.Montanes picked up his sixth career ATP title with a 6-0, 7-6 (73) victory over Monfils, who entered the French Open tune-up tournament on a wild-cart.Elsewhere Juan Monaco downed Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in the final of the ATP ...
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Cannes Philippe Rousselot Awarded Festivals First Cinematography Honor
Ryan Gosling reunites with his "Drive" director Nicolas Winding Refn in this bloodbath set in the Bangkok underworld, which premieres in the Cannes ...
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France continues to put safety first
NASCAR returns to FOX at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday. The green flag drops at 6 p.m. ET, with coverage on FOX beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET. In a press conference held at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday, France discussed wide-ranging topics from the Gen-6 car and monitoring drivers' comments on it, to tweaking the schedule to include new tracks or to accommodate drivers who ...
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Million doses of fake aspirin from China seized in France
RENNES, France (AFP) - French customs officers have seized 1.2 million doses of counterfeit aspirin from China, the biggest haul of fake medicines ever in France and the EU, the economy ministry announced Saturday.The goods, seized May 17 in the northwestern port of Le Havre, were hidden in a cargo of tea that arrived from China, the ministry said in a statement. The powder was mostly glucose ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed Laurent Fabius open new French Embassy at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi
WAM ABU DHABI: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister has emphasised the UAE's interest in promoting its bilateral relations with France in all spheres. Sheikh Abdullah was speaking at the opening ceremony of the new French Embassy at Etihad Towers in Abu Dhabi, in presence of Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister. At the ceremony, Sheikh Abdullah and Fabius ...
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French Open comes too soon for the young lions of New Tennis
A little while ago in Paris, John McEnroe shook his head and spluttered when the name Ernests Gulbis was mentioned as a young player who might one day break the grip ...
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French Soldier Stabbed in the Throat While on Patrol Outside Paris
A French soldier was stabbed by a robed assailant while he was on an antiterrorism patrol in a busy commercial district on the western outskirts of Paris. The 23-year-old soldier lost a lot of blood but he was quickly taken to the hospital and his wounds are not life-threatening. Still, the attack "sent a shudder through the French capital" considering it comes mere days after the ...
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Matches to watch on Day 1 of French
Roger Federer’s usual brilliance, as well as the play of challenger Pablo Carreno-Busta, is reason enough to watch his first-day match. (Clive Brunskill/Getty ...
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France Drivers backed my Hamlin fine
CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR CEO Brian France said drivers supported his decision to fine Denny Hamlin for derogatory comments about the sanctioning body's new Gen 6 car in March.France told reporters Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway that drivers are allowed to say "rowdy things" and "can criticize us," but they are not allowed to put down the racing product in any ...
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Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize The Missing Picture Nabs Honor At Festival
From left, actress Zhang Ziyi, jury president Thomas Vinterberg and actress Ludivine Sagnier pose for photographers during a photo-call for the jury of Un Certain Regard at the 66th Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Francois ...
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Paris knife attack was bid to kill soldier
FRANCE'S defence minister says a soldier stabbed in Paris was targeted because he was in the army and vowed to continue his country's "implacable" fight against terrorism. "They tried to kill the soldier because he was a soldier," Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters of the Saturday attack. He added that the soldier, who was stabbed in the neck, was in a stable ...
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Cambodian documentary wins Cannes prize
Psy impersonator fools Cannes festival stars A documentary using small clay figures to tell the story of how Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's family perished under the Khmer Rouge regime won the top prize in the second most important competition at the Cannes film festival. L'Image Manquante (The Missing Picture) was among the 18 films that premiered in the Un Certain Regard category ...
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Brian France Innovation drives NASCAR racing
Help Oklahoma victims CONCORD, N.C. -- Projects such as the introduction of the Generation-6 car and the development of the Air Titan track drying system were big-ticket items for NASCAR officials heading into the 2013 season. Now that the season is nearly one-third complete -- ...
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Avoid traffic and hold-ups with a helicopter at the Cannes Film Festival
23/05/2013 16:44 CET The last weekend of the Cannes Film Festival draws in an increasing number of stars and star-gazers. More celebrities will arrive to grace the red carpet at closing ceremony on Sunday night. Organisers cannot afford to have the stars stuck in traffic jams as they make their way from Nice’s Cte d’Azur Airport. Michel de Rohozinski is the managing director of ...
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No Paris-London link at this stage
PRESIDENT Francois Hollande says there is "at this stage" no apparent link between a knife attack on a soldier in Paris and the murder of a soldier in London. His comment comes after a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris on Saturday evening and stabbed him in the neck. Police sources said the victim would survive the attack but ...
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Copycat fears as soldier knifed in Paris
President Francois Hollande says there is "at this stage" no apparent link between a knife attack on a soldier in Paris and the murder of a soldier in London. His comment comes after a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling the business district of Paris on Saturday evening and stabbed him in the neck. Police sources said the victim would survive the ...
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French soldier stabbed with Stanley knife
Police officers stand guard where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris. Picture: AP/Remy de la ...
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Authorities investigating possible link to UK attack after French soldier stabbed in throat
May 25, 2013: Police officers stand near the cordoned off spot where a French soldier was stabbed in the throat in the busy commercial district of La Defense, outside Paris, and France's president said authorities are investigating any possible links with the recent slaying of a British ...
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France begins next stage of troop withdrawal from Mali
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (R) climbs aboard his plane, on April 26, 2013 in Bamako. Le Drian's visit came shortly after the beginning of a phased withdrawal of the 4,500-strong French contingency which will see just 1,000 troops left in Mali by the end of the year. (Martin Bureau /AFP/Getty ...
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France says hed like fall race stay in Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR chairman Brian France says Charlotte track owner Bruton Smith has not asked NASCAR to move the Bank of America 500. But he left the door open to such a move. France said his preference would be to keep the race in Charlotte, but added "for one reason or another, (if) a certain market is not performing as well, it may be a better opportunity. We've seen ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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