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Piracy forces Comoros into French military coop
After an 11-year suspension, France and Comoros have signed a new military cooperation agreement in response to the ever-approaching Somali pirates. At the same time Comoros condemned France in the ...
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Some French Households Taxed at 100
More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income in 2012, a French newspaper reported. Citing data from France's finance ministry, ...
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Briton arrested over deaths of his two children in Lyon say reports
A British man has been arrested after his two children were found with their throats cut in France, according to reports. The man was allegedly seen fleeing on rollerskates from his flat on the outskirts of Lyon.The bodies of the children, a girl aged five and her brother, 10, were found on Saturday in their father's second-floor flat at Saint-Priest, a south-eastern suburb of the ...
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Sonam makes a splash at Cannes
The Bollywood actress shares her excitement about celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema at Cannes and her style mantraWHATEVER YOUR OPINION about her Bollywood career, if there is one thing Sonam Kapoor gets right nine times out of ten, it is her choice of outfits. Despite debuting opposite another Bollywood scion Ranbir Kapoor in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Saawariya in 2007, she ...
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Cannes 2013 Foul-mouthed Carey Mulligan on scaring the Coen bros
Actress Carey Mulligan has spoken of her delight at swapping her girl-next-door roles for a "foul-mouthed, unkind, brutal" new character in Inside Llewyn ...
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Blind Detective screened in Cannes
(L to R) Chinese Hong Kong director Johnnie To, actress Sammi Cheng, actor Andy Lau and screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai pose on the red carpet before the screening of their movie "Blind Detective" presented Out of Competition at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Gao ...
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France must tackle deficit Bundesbank chief
BERLIN -- France has a special responsibility as a eurozone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...
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Briton Held Over Childrens Murders In France
A British man is due to be brought before a court in France where he is expected to be formally charged with the murders of his two children. The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his five-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. Their throats had been slit. Stevenson - who was ...
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British skier falls to his death near Chamonix in French Alps
The man, who has not been named, was out with another skier when they were caught in a storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix.He plunged down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to the cable car because of dangerously high winds and blizzards.Mountain rescue teams have yet to recover his body.Captain Patrice Ribes, of the ...
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Prix Media awarded in Cannes
Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has won the ';Prix Media'; in Cannes. The prize is awarded to the film with the best box-office potential amongst all those submitted for funding from the 2013 media programme. It was presented by Androulla Vassilliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth at the Cannes Festival. Vinterberg’s 1998 film ...
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Indian film stars flourish at Cannes Festival
Familiar faces from the Indian screen have descended on Cannes for a gala dinner to mark the centenary of their country’s movie industry. The largest contingent of stars from the world’s most productive film industry have travelled to the world’s leading cinema showcase on the French Riviera to promote their work. ';Lunchbox'; is one of four Indian films being ...
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French spiderman Jean-Michel Casanova scales 172-meter tall elevator in Hunan
French rock climber Jean-Michel Casanova climbs the 172-meter tall metal elevator frame in Zhangjiajie, a scenic spot in Central China's Hunan province, May 18, 2013.(Photo/ ...
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World Disgraced French minister bows out
Paying his debts He initially denied a report by an investigative website that he had an undeclared Swiss bank account until 2010. But after a meeting with investigating magistrates in April, he admitted to having the account, which contained about 600,000 euros (509,000; $770,000). He told the Depeche newspaper he had transferred the funds to France: he would pay his debts to the state and turn ...
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UPDATE 2-French food group Danone takes second chance with China Mengniu
Mon May 20, 2013 1:15am EDT * JV and Mengniu investment worth $417 million * Deal is latest move to restore confidence * Mengniu shares hit 17-month high (Adds analyst comment, details on China dairy market) By Donny Kwok HONG KONG, May 20 (Reuters) - Danone Group has agreed to invest 325 million euros ($417 million) in two deals with China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, marking a comeback for the ...
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Seduced and Abandoned Director James Toback on Turning the Cameras on Cannes
"I hope I'm not guilty of a horrifying amount of megalomania," says the director, who talks working with Alec Baldwin and meeting Russian billionaires in the Palais men's ...
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Cannes Download THRs Day 6 Daily
his doc about Cannes, which is premiering in a special screening. Also, more deals were announced, including the casting of Sam Claflin, who will star in The Hunger Games: Catching ...
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Cannes Kurt Russell Peter Sarsgaard to Star in Bone Tomahawk
PHOTOS: Radiant 'X-Men' Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest The movie follows an outlaw who unknowingly leads a band of cannibalistic Troglodytes into the peaceful western town of Bright Hope. When the monsters kidnap several settlers a small rescue party journey into hell to try and rescue them. 2929 Entertainment has come on board to fully finance the project. ...
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Cannes Catching Fire Star Sam Claflin Joins Lone Sherfigs Posh
Cannes Film Festival 2013 The story is set amongst the privileged elite of Oxford University and follows two first year students determined to join the infamous Riot Club where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single ...
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French Unhappy with Economy Minister Performance
Paris, May 20 (Prensa Latina) With the country in recession and the constant increase of unemployment, currently affecting over 3.22 million people, most French are unhappy with the performance of Minister of Economy and Finances, Pierre Moscovici, according to a survey released by Journal du Dimanche. At least 70 percent of people polled disapproved of the ...
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France Children Killings Briton Due In Court
A British man is due to be brought before a court in France where he is expected to be formally charged with the murders of his two children. The man, named by the Foreign Office as Julian Stevenson, was held after the bodies of his daughter, five, and 10-year-old son were found by police in his flat in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyons. Their throats had been ...
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One more French soldiers killed in Mali Elysee
PARIS, April 29 (Xinhua) -- A French soldier was killed on Monday in northern Mali, bringing the total death toll of French servicemen in the conflict-torn country to six since French forces started a military operation in January, the Elysee Palace said. French President Francois Hollande expressed in an online statement "his great sadness" for the death of one more French soldier in ...
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Indias new generation of filmmakers feted at Cannes
CANNES, France (AFP) - Unashamedly escapist, with wafer-thin plots and cheesy dialogue, all punctuated by exuberant song and dance routines, Bollywood musicals are beloved by millions despite the critics' reservations.But India's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan, in Cannes this week for a celebration of Indian cinema at the Riviera film fest, admitted he prefers not to use the word ...
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Gay marriage legal In France
People at the forum organized by the IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) in Paris, France, May 18, 2013. [Photo: ...
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Nadal Serena set out stall for French Open
Spain’s Rafael Nadal bites the trophy as he poses for photographers after defeating Switzerland’s Roger Federer at the final match of the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Nadal won 6-1, 6-3. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini ROME – Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams fired warning shots to their French Open rivals with comprehensive victories over Roger ...
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Stars arrive for screening of Inside Llewyn Davis in Cannes
US actor Justin Timberlake (front) arrives for the screening of American film Inside Llewyn Davis in competition at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Gao ...
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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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