Provides the latest RSS feeds for France News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Paris Guardian.com http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/cat/e597bd109c960ae3/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 02:11:09 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:11:09 -0400 30 Singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki died Thursday in the French Mediterranean city of Nice, his family said. He was 79. A Greek native, Moustaki grew up in Alexandria, Egypt, and arrived in Paris in 1951. He began performing at nightclubs and came to know masters of the "chanson franaise" such as Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg. Moustaki met Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214731129/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 24 May 2013 01:10:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214731129/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716277/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716277/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Rosario Dawson suffered a fashion mishap on the Cannes red carpet by accidently flashing her underwear to cameras while posing on the steps, on Monday. The 34-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a white beaded Elie Saab gown as she attended the premiere of 'As I Lay Dying', but she flaunted the front high-slit a little too much on the red carpet, Us magazine reported. After the mishap, Dawson ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711111/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711111/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Paris Hilton is looking forward to marry her toyboy boyfriend, River Viiperi, and the wedding could take place this year. The 32-year-old hotel heiress, who has been dating the 21-year-old for eight months, is hoping to be taken down the aisle in a lavish ceremony, the Mirror reported. She told the publication during Cannes that the wedding could happen anytime soon. "I trust him with my life ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708118/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708118/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Love, as the sages say, is a many-splendoured thing. You can look at it as an occasion for stress and heartbreak (which is why we fall, never rise, in love). Or love can be a celebration of life. Director Prem Raj's debut film Main Aur Mrs Khanna took a quaint capricious look at love during times of adultery. On this occasion (Ishkq in Paris) he takes flight in a Parisian paradise where two ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214730714/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:34:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214730714/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Ryan Gosling couldn't make it to the Cannes Film Festival this year despite starring in one of its premieres, "Only God Forgives." Gosling, 32, wrote a letter to Cannes director Thierry Fremaux apologizing for his absence. The Canadian actor was directing a movie of his own in Detroit, he wrote. It will be Gosling's directorial debut. Fremaux said he was sad Gosling ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729774/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:28:53 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729774/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 France For all her struggles with form and fitness in 2013, Samantha Stosur's belief in making another serious run at the French Open title remains as strong as ever.The red clay of Roland Garros just has that effect on Australian tennis's leading light.Stosur heads into her 40th grand slam, starting on Sunday, on the back of statistically her worst start to a season since 2009.And, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729237/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:57:10 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729237/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu May 23, 2013 9:18pm EDT (Adds dropped word "New" to 3rd paragraph and reference to DiCaprio's film) By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES May 24 (Reuters) - A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729238/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:18:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214729238/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing revealed Thursday that he was once attacked by a panda when the animal jumped on him at a zoo. The former Head of State ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728475/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:06:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728475/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 most widely spoken languages in the world, is in danger. That's what right-wing politicians and defenders of the language of love would have you believe after French lawmakers on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728371/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:05:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728371/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A row over plans to teach some courses at French universities in English has outraged some defenders of the language of Moliere - but plenty of French people habitually sprinkle their speech with franglais. Here, readers share their favourite ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728476/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:53:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728476/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS -- The reaction was loud, swift and fierce this week to a proposed law that would require French universities to teach more of their courses in English, a measure that a well-known scholar had called a "suicidal project" that would lead to France's sacrificing its language to "Americanization disguised as ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728477/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:48:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728477/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 received a doubly warm reception at its Cannes world premiere Friday evening. The director's austere but stirring family dramedy -- shot in black and white -- was given a prolonged and rousing standing ovation inside the Palais ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728290/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 20:45:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214728290/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Those looking to depart from convention in Paris usually head for the Left Bank. No one goes to Avenue des Champs-Elyses, on the Right Bank, looking for revolution. But, cast back 100 years ago this week, and the Thtre des Champs-Elyses was the venuefor some radical departures from choreographic ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727243/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:54:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727243/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 /enpproperty--> The ongoing Cannes Film Festival is not just about filmmakers promoting their new works and the flash of paparazzi chasing after movie stars. Film France, the French national film commission that promotes film co-production with foreign countries, is using the event as a platform to attract international producers and filmmakers, especially those from China, to shoot ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727274/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:51:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727274/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Kiwi director honoured at Cannes Film Festival A man pretending to be Gangnam Style singer Psy has fooled Cannes Festival goers, accessing lavish restaurants and parting with the stars. The man, from rural France, was "spotted all over town, attending festival parties and events and posing for photos with festgoers and other ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727419/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:47:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727419/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A Briton arrested on suspicion of organised fraud has been found hanged in a French jail. John Steele, 38, was found by prison guards hanging in his cell on Tuesday, four days after he was remanded in custody.Steele, who had lived near Paris for some years, was believed to be behind a scheme which took more than 1 million in loans from French banks.A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727358/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:35:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727358/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Alize Cornet cruised into the semi-finals of the WTA Strasbourg Open with a win over Chanelle Scheepers on a rain-affected day of play.The French third seed beat her South African opponent, who was the seventh seed, 6-3 6-1 to book her place in the last four of the Premier clay-court event.Scheepers was second best for much of the contest, and won just three of 17 points on her second serve to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727420/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214727420/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 aids gala on Thursday. There, they presumably held onto their metallic clutches extra tightly as they demonstrated creative new ways of baring flesh. For Sharon Stone, this meant accessorizing her bare back with a gilt snake ornament, while Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana chose a black gown with circular cutouts. Karlie Kloss and Janet Jackson went in the other direction, opting for sexy ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725885/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:54 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725885/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 "We missed too many chances and in a European final you pay the price for that,"lodie Thomis told UEFA.com after Olympique Lyonnais' final defeat, and Amandine Henry ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726029/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:22 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726029/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The French giants came into the game hoping to win the competition for a record third year in succession, but were made to pay for failures in front of goal at Stamford Bridge. Having won the Frauen Bundesliga and German Cup in the past fortnight, Wolfsburg completed a famous treble as Martina Muller's penalty secured the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726148/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726148/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Mads Mikkelsen stars in this French-language adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's novella, which premiered in competion at the Cannes Film ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725913/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725913/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 CANNES, France ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725862/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725862/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi, a gentle firebrand whose song ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725864/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725864/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 reports that a suspected jewelry heist of even larger proportions has occurred just a few miles away on the Cte d'Azur. Unlike the first incident, in which jewelry (and the safe holding it) was burgled from a hotel room, this time a diamond necklace worth $2.6 million went missing from a party showcasing the work of the Swiss jewelers De Grisogono--despite "80 bodyguards, local police, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724752/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724752/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Reuters © France's Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici reacts as he visits a leather goods maker during a one-day visit focused on employment in rural areas at Avoudrey, eastern France, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Charles ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724583/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:48 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724583/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Video: Lewis, MDA mum on reasons for comedian's exit from telethon When the cameras stop flashing, he leans into the microphone in front of him: "What a great table! I can see everybody!"The kid is Jerry Lewis, and he has been in show business for 82 of his 87 years, beginning with his parents' Catskills act in the early thirties. He's in Cannes to promote a new film in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724465/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:51 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724465/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Major Titles: 15 - French Open ('02), Wimbledon ('02, `03, `09, `10, `12), U.S. Open ('99, `02, `08, `12), Australian Open ('03, `05, `07, `09, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724753/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724753/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 LONDON ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726147/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:05 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726147/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 LONDON ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726146/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:29 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214726146/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 a movie by Quebec director Sebastien Pilote, has won one of the main prizes of sidebar program Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, which translates ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724393/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:29 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724393/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A man pretending to be South Korean pop star Psy has blagged his way into some of the biggest parties at the Cannes film festival, it has emerged. The imposter bears a resemblance to the Gangnam Style singer and had been spotted at VIP events at the world famous festival. He partied with stars, picked up freebies, danced on a French TV show, and even signed a deal to take part in a Monaco ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724487/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724487/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A trip to the stars -- with one of the world's biggest -- has sold at a Cannes charity auction for 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million US). The winning bidder at the AmFAR Cinema Against AIDS charity dinner held on Thursday night the Hotel du Cap won an unforgettable journey into orbit on Virgin Galactic, seated next ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724441/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724441/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 with the backing of British Film Institute and Film4, made its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects/IFC Films ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Abdellatif Kechiche's film about young female lovers beautifully explores the effects class and upbringing have on romance. Plus: Alexander Payne's new road-trip film is a ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724756/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724756/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing. There are important turf races at Churchill Downs, Belmont Park, Hollywood Park and Arlington Park. Some of the nation's top steeds will be on display in the Grade I Met Mile at Belmont. Fillies and mares are in action from coast to coast and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:58:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214725548/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 WAM PARIS, May 23rd, 2013 (WAM)-- The Abu Dhabi Investment Forum in Paris, organized by Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development with the participation of over 200 businessmen and investors, successfully concluded yesterday in the French capital. The six-panel discussion forum enabled senior officials from a number of government departments, institutions and authorities in Abu Dhabi to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724339/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:54:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724339/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724754/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:28:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214724754/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 By Chine LabbPARIS (Reuters) - IMF chief Christine Lagarde was questioned in court by French magistrates on Thursday over her role in a 285-million-euro (242 million pounds) arbitration payment made to a supporter of former president Nicolas Sarkozy.Lagarde, in court the entire day, risks being placed under formal investigation when the hearing wraps up on Friday for her 2007 decision as ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723309/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723309/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Globe's film critic Liam Lacey joins Madeleine White from the Cannes film festival to discuss which films are panning and which films are quickly becoming ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723310/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:20 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723310/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723311/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:22:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723311/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723312/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:23 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723312/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) A diamond necklace valued at nearly two million euros disappeared at a party in a hotel during the Cannes Film Festival, it was reported today in the French Riviera. The jewel belongs to the Swiss house De Grisogono and the theft occurred during a gala in honor held on Tuesday in the presence of several movie stars attending the festival. Sources of Cannes police ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723313/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:19:03 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723313/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A $2.6-million necklace was stolen from an exclusive French Riviera hotel during the Cannes Film Festival this week. Thieves last week stole about $1 million worth in jewelry from the Riviera’s Novotel hotel, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723314/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:02:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723314/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723315/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:58:27 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723315/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 An Allegheny County judge on Thursday sentenced a North Versailles man to serve 15 to 30 months in jail for shooting his friend in the kitchen of a Wilmerding ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723317/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:54 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723317/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723318/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:51:53 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723318/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Alize Cornet and Eugenie Bouchard advanced but two other quarterfinals were rained out Thursday at the Strasbourg international tennis tournament in France. Cornet, seeded No. 3, defeated seventh-seeded Chanelle Scheepers 6-3, 6-1 by amassing seven breaks. Cornet won nearly two-thirds of the points when receiving serve and won in a lopsided score despite dropping serve three times. The decision ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723062/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:13 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723062/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A PARISIAN court has grilled International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde over her role in a large payout to a businessman in 2008, when she was France's finance minister. Lagarde is suspected of arranging arbitration that led to a compensation payment of more than 285 million euros ($A382.74 million) to Bernard Tapie, former principal owner of Adidas. Including interest, the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723316/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:23:33 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214723316/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 To get best possible experience using our website we recommend that you upgrade to a newer version or other web browser. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721551/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:09:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721551/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, returns to Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Friday, April 5, 2013. (Mic Smith/The Associated ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721488/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721488/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721756/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:06:20 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721756/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721758/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721758/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721584/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:36 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721584/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Police said that the "high value" necklace was stolen on Wednesday night in Cap d'Antibes. Last week, thieves stole about $1m (663,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. The jewellery was taken from the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewellery maker that has loaned items to A-list stars walking the red ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721080/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721080/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Link to video: Nebraska: 'What it lacks in voltage it makes up in warmth' - Cannes video review This year at Cannes, film after film has delved into the world of the wealthy. The Great Gatsby's lavish parties have been rivalled by only the madly superficial Roman fiesta that begins Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty. Meanwhile their glittering possessions are filched in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721257/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721257/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721451/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:19 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721451/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Filmmakers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza nabbed two awards, while Daria Belova's "Come and Play," "Pleasure" by Nina Thyberg and "Le Demantlement" by Sebastien Pilote were also ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721411/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:59 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721411/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721415/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:34:35 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721415/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 get ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721759/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:30:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721759/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 London. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:55 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214721703/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720128/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:49:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720128/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Comedian Jerry Lewis, 87, attends a photo call for the film Max Rose at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Thursday.(Lionel ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720129/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:23 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720129/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720130/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720130/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Clermont lock Nathan Hines reckons his Toulon might struggle to back up their Heineken Cup title win in Friday's Top 14 semi-final against Toulouse. The former Scotland second row has urged Clermont to use their European heartbreak to clinch the French title, starting with Saturday's semi-final against Castres but does not expect to be given the chance to avenge their loss in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720131/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:44:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720131/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 CANNES, France -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."Payne premiered his black-and-white follow-up to "The Descendants" on Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival, where the gentle tale drew largely enthusiastic reviews for both its warmth and its colorless cinematography."It just seemed like the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720133/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:42:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720133/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Lyon on the website of Wolfsburg, the French club's opponents in this evening's UEFA Women's Champions League final. It goes without saying that no team can truly claim invincibility in the realm of sport, but ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720134/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:38:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720134/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran comedian-actor Jerry Lewis plays a dramatic role in his first movie in 18 years, "Max Rose", which is premiering at the Cannes film festival, but showed on Thursday he had lost none of his talent for playing the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719792/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:23:06 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719792/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Muriel Sauzay negotiated on behalf of Pathe. "I am delighted to be working again with my dear friends Judi Dench and Stephen ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719796/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:09 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719796/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 global ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720136/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:13:45 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720136/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 View Photo International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives at the French Republic Justice Court in Paris on May 23, 2013. French prosecutors were grilling Lagarde on Thursday to decide if she should be charged over a state payout to a disgraced tycoon during her time as finance ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720138/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:12:05 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720138/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 STRASBOURG, France ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720132/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:39 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214720132/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719977/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:04:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214719977/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718397/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:32:43 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718397/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 CANNES, France -; Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718572/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:30:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718572/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718573/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:22:24 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718573/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thieves have made off with a high-priced necklace made by Switzerland's De Grisogono in the second jewellery theft at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the company said on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717910/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:18:58 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717910/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town PARIS -- A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.A police official said Thursday that the "high-value" necklace was stolen overnight from the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes. She gave no further details ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718154/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:13:38 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718154/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Cast members Lea Seydoux (L) and Adele Exarchopoulos (R) kiss director Abdellatif Kechiche (C) as they pose during a photocall for the film ''La Vie D'Adele'' at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 23, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718224/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718224/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718343/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718343/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Ken Loach doesn't have a film in competition in Cannes, his influence is still keenly felt. Spanish director Diego Quemada-Diez was a camera assistant on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718347/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:22 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718347/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718002/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:12 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214718002/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716955/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716955/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The betting market suggests that there's approximately an 85% probability of either Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic winning the French ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716956/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:15:27 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716956/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716801/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:14:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716801/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 film critic Kenneth Turan about some of the movies at this year's Cannes Film Festival in France. They include a standout from American director Alexander Payne ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716957/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:28 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716957/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Russian model, who narrowly escaped a wardrobe malfunction by putting her sideboob on show, wore a revealing sequined black dress, the Mirror reported.Shayk's attire also boasted a plunging neckline and a cut out panelling.Cristiano Ronald's girlfriend lapped up the attention on the red carpet as she flashed a winning smile while posing for ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716958/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716958/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS -- Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival.A police official said Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but couldn't put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation is under ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716504/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:12:21 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716504/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 From left, producer Lene Borglum, actor Matthew Newman, actress Kristin Scott Thomas, director Nicolas Winding Refn, actor Vithaya Pansringarm, and musician Cliff Martinez listen during a press conference for the film Only God Forgives at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. AP CANNES, France -- Explicit gay sex has hit the big screen at the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716959/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:58 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716959/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 May 23--CANNES, France -- American movies are faring well this year in Cannes, with the Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" holding on to the No. 1 spot in the competition for the Palme d'Or, according to a poll of critics compiled by Screen International. Set in 1960s Greenwich Village, "Davis" focuses on a struggling folk singer who's a predecessor of Bob ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716960/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:09:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716960/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS – Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival. A police official said Thursday that the necklace was of "high value" but couldn't put a price on it. She would only speak on condition of anonymity because an investigation is under ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716962/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:50:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716962/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Harvey Weinstein and Kenneth Cole will host the 20th anniversary of the glitzy affair, which will feature a fashion show with 40 of the world's top ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716596/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:43 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716596/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 An anti-land mine advocacy group said it would work with a U.N. stabilization mission in Mali to clear unexploded ordnance from the country. The U.N. Mine Action Service said it was preparing to deploy an African-led mission to work with the U.N. stabilization mission in Mali on mine abatement. UNMAS set up an office in Mali in January, the same month the government called in French support to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716847/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:16 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214716847/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Security officials in Niger are on the lookout for assailants tied to the bombing Thursday of a military camp, Niger Defense Minister Mahamadou Karidjo said. Karidjo said a car bomb was detonated at a military base in Agadez in central Niger, near the site of a French mining operation. Authorities in Niger told the BBC that several attackers died in the attack, though a fifth insurgent was ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717057/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:15 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717057/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 From second left, actress Sabrina Ferilli, director Paolo Sorrentino and actor Toni Servillo arrive for the screening of The Great Beauty at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715058/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715058/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Japan's Nikkei stock index tumbled 7.3 percent after release of the report showing Chinese factory production dropped in May for the first time in seven months. It was the biggest one-day loss since Japan's March 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. Stocks in London, Paris and Frankfurt followed suit, dropping about 2 percent. U.S. future indexes fell ahead of the opening of ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:07:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714855/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 World record international scorer Mia Hamm will be at tonight's final at Stamford Bridge and expects a "hard-fought match" as she talked up Alex Popp and fellow American Megan ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715278/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:06:04 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715278/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 By Claire Davenport and Robin EmmottBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers voted on Thursday to limit the scope of a proposed free-trade deal between Europe and the United States, backing French demands to leave out culture and potentially irritating Washington.The European Parliament, which can veto EU trade accords, voted 460 in favour and 105 against with 28 abstentions to limit ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715445/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:05:59 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715445/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A third of schoolchildren in France – reputedly the land of the refined palate – are unable to identify a courgette or a leek, with some even believing pasta grows on trees, a new study has ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:37 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Fama-French Three Factor Model provides a highly useful tool for understanding portfolio performance, measuring the impact of active management, portfolio construction and estimating future returns. The Three Factor Model has replaced Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAP-M) as the most widely accepted explanation of stock prices in the aggregate and investor ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714943/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:55:31 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714943/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 BRUSSELS ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717893/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:51:17 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214717893/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Supporters of Hezbollah and relatives of Hezbollah member Hussein Ahmad Abu Hasan carry his coffin during his funeral in Beirut's suburbs May 21, ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714842/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:36:15 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714842/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu May 23, 2013 8:58am EDT * Polanski's Stewart documentary resurrected 40 years later * Frears focuses on Ali's court battle over Vietnam War * Pele plans film on his life to "inspire new generation" By Mike Davidson CANNES, May 23 (Reuters) - Three years after "Senna", the hit film biography of the late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna, sporting documentaries about ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715051/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:58:14 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214715051/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Newly-crowned European champions Toulon face defending French champions Toulouse in the first Top 14 semi-final at Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes on Friday in a rematch of last year's final. For the second time in as many weekends, Toulon's armada of stars must travel to a neutral venue as they continue their quest for a historic Heineken Cup-Top 14 double after their narrow win ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714056/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:49:05 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214714056/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A French video game is offering players the chance to become a virtual employee of steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal battling to keep a factory ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713496/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:34:10 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713496/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713485/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:26:31 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713485/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Swedish distribution indie NonStop Entertainment returns from the Cannes market with a full suitcase of titles, having picked up Scandinavian rights for a dozen titles, among ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713795/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:34 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214713795/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Legendary French composer, performer and music producer Jean Michel Jarre has given an interview to 1news.az. "I am a Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO since 1993 and I try to give full attention to this public work. Music is a true envoy of good will. It awakens in people perfect feelings which sometimes are very difficult to wake up even by words. Incidentally, during my activity I was ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712743/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:37:52 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712743/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Cannes - A man impersonating South Korean entertainer Psy - famed for his dance song ';Gangnam Style'; - ate, drank and partied with the stars in Cannes for two days, The Hollywood Reporter said on ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712744/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:34:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712744/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 France 's two friendlies in June due a back injury, the French Football Federation has confirmed. The Paris St Germain winger was called into the squad to face Uruguay and Brazil last week but has not featured for PSG since their match against Lyon on 12 May. And, after discussions ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712618/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:32:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712618/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Algiers, May 23 (BNA) - French Minister for External Trade Nicole Bricq is to pay a two-day visit to Algeria on Tuesday , May 28 with the aim of enhancing trade partnership between the two countries, the Algerian Commerce Ministry has announced . The ministry said in a statement issued here last Wednesday that during her visit, Bricq will meet with a number of Algerian officials and will also ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712541/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:29:10 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712541/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Just when will Bollywood ever get it right? As the world celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Indian stars, it seems, went a little overboard in projecting the ethnic, oriental look at the Cannes red carpet that saw Sonam Kapoor, Vidya Balan and Sherlyn Chopra either going big on bling or heavy on jewellery and embroidery.Aishwarya Rai, who has been a regular at Cannes for 11 years, didn't ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712746/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:19:06 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712746/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A new Miss India has arrived at the Cannes Film Festival to dislodge Vidya Balan from her position as top desi girl. Ameesha Patel made her Cannes debut at the screening of All Is Lost, resplendent in Manish Malhotra. Ameesha, who is in Cannes to promote her upcoming film Shortcut Romeo, cut an elegant figure in a dark blue and coral lehenga with pale gold long choli and dupatta. Coral lips and ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712747/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:23 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712747/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Niger detonated two car bombs on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit, where a French company operates a uranium mine, injuring more than a dozen people.Paris-based nuclear giant Areva said in a statement that 13 employees were hurt in the attack in Arlit, in the northern part of Niger where in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712533/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:40 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712533/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Cannes: Lars Von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' Releases First Cast Photo With Shirtless Shia LaBeouf TrustNordisk racked up a pack of international deals for the title, which screened as a work in progress at the Marche, signing agreements with Arrow Films in the U.K., Lumiere in Benelux, Focus & Company for South Korea and Japan's Nettai Museum. Magnolia, whose U.S. release ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712440/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:13:23 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214712440/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 A uranium processing plant owned by French nuclear giant Areva and a military base in northern Niger have been hit by twin car bombings.The attack on Thursday wounded multiple people."There was an explosion in front of the military base at Agadez," Defence Minister Mahamadou Karidjo told AFP, calling it a car bomb attack."The attackers have been neutralised," he said, adding: ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711591/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:29:18 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711591/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 An ultra-violent thriller set in the Bangkok underworld of brothels and fight clubs came under attack at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday for its bloodletting, which Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn defended as ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711518/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711518/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 .But unlike the countless productions of the 1786 opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic has handed the reins over to star French architect Jean Nouvel and fashion designer Azzedine Alaia for an unorthodox take on what is sometimes called the most perfect ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711526/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:22:06 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711526/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The latest victim of disruption by Internet technologies is a veteran of World War I: the missing persons search.French police will no longer search for adults reported missing by their families unless there are signs that the person is in danger. The police have abandoned searches in progress and stopped accepting new search requests, according to ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711260/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:13:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711260/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Cannes Film Festival has long been a magnet for the A-List of world cinema, who flock to show off (and be part of) some of the most culturally important ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711527/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:10:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711527/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Mumbai – Australian Cadel Evans will get the nod ahead of American Tejay van Garderen as BMC Racing's number one rider at the Tour de France, team president Jim Ochowicz ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711434/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:09:00 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711434/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 (56 mins ago) French singer and composer Georges Moustaki, who sang in several languages and whose romantic ballads won him global fame, died on Thursday at the age of 79, his entourage said. Born on May 3, 1934 to an immigrant European Jewish couple who had settled in Egypt, Moustaki -- whose real name was Giuseppe Mustacchi -- penned some 300 songs including the 1958 hit ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711307/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:08:26 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711307/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Psy's 'Gentleman' Breaks Another YouTube Record Plenty of celebrities have made their way to Cannes over the past week and a half, but one music star -- who many thought made an appearance -- did ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711308/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:03:47 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214711308/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 France is to call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710505/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:26:02 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710505/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 LABOUR Minister Michel Sapin has refused calls from Socialist MPs to ease the laws against Sunday shop opening, saying he would ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710599/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:11:42 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710599/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Attackt are the first suicide attacks in Niger since a French-led offensive in January to oust Islamist rebels from neighbouring northern Mali. Image: Google ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710443/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 05:05:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214710443/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity retreated again in May despite a slight improvement in manufacturing, a survey showed on Thursday, offering little hope of a quick exit from recession in the euro zone's second-biggest economy.Data compiler Markit said its preliminary composite purchasing managers index, covering activity in the services and manufacturing sectors, was unchanged in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709051/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:15:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709051/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 According to reports, Bulls scrum-half Jano Vermaak could be the latest player from the franchise to head overseas. The Bulls waved goodbye to a number of senior players at the end of the 2011 season, with Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Gary Botha all moving abroad and it appears they face a similar fate at the end of the current ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709456/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709456/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 According to reports, Bulls scrum-half Jano Vermaak could be the latest player from the franchise to head overseas. The Bulls waved goodbye to a number of senior players at the end of the 2011 season, with Fourie du Preez, Victor Matfield, Danie Rossouw, Bakkies Botha, Gurthro Steenkamp and Gary Botha all moving abroad and it appears they face a similar fate at the end of the current ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709457/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:07 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709457/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 SENATORS have voted to order the French Tricolore to fly above the fronts of all schools and that the motto of the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709458/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:50 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709458/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 (31 mins ago) French share prices fell by 2.24 percent in initial trading on Thursday when confidence was hit by a fall of 7.32 percent on the Tokyo stock market. The Tokyo market had plunged in response to surprisingly weak figures for Chinese industrial activity, although sentiment had already been shaken by uncertainty over US monetary policy, AFP reports. The French CAC 40 index of leading ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709076/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:50:10 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709076/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Anti-Muslim rioters fought police and 10 Downing St. called crisis Cabinet meetings after men raging about Islam hacked a soldier to death on a London street. About 250 supporters of the English Defense League street protest movement, all wearing black ski masks and some in paramilitary dress, threw rocks and bottles at police in London's southeast Woolwich district. The rioting occurred ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709586/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:33:43 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214709586/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Supermodel Irina Shayk is nearly X-rated in this barely there dress last night at the Cannes Film Festival. The Victoria’s Secret stunner made a head-turning entrance at the Palais des Festivals in France for the premiere of "All is Lost," a film starring Robert Redford as a solo sailor in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708423/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:58:32 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708423/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Cannes red carpet is one of the most glamorous in the world with celebrities saving up their fashion mojo for the French Riviera. Little wonder then that India was holding it's breath for a style-savvy Bollywood showing. Here's the fashion report card so far. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Fashionably late Ash didn't show up till day 5 of the festival, but when she did she more than ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708239/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:38:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708239/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thierry Fremaux is the man who holds the reins of the biggest film festival in the world. He has the last word on which films get into the competition and he also wields the 20 million euro budget of the festival. Fremaux got Hollywood and blockbuster star power to Cannes in the out of competition sections, all the while keeping the "auteur" core of the competition intact. He is the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708424/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:38:41 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708424/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Robert Redford is promoting his film ‘All is lost’. Playing a solo yachtsman adrift at sea, it’s his first major role in years. His character is not named and he has little dialogue. ‘Lost at Sea’ isn’t in the running for the top prize, the Palme d’Or, but the latest offering from Roman Polanski is. La Venus a la Fourrure (Venus in Furs) is one of the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708309/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:33:17 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214708309/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Mehriban Aliyeva, president of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, head of the Azerbaijan-France interparliamentary friendship group, met Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the National Assembly of France Elisabeth Guigou as part of her Paris visit. Greeting the First Lady of Azerbaijan, Guigou expressed hope that this visit will strengthen parliamentary relations between the two ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214707487/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:50:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214707487/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 In recent days, French President Franois Hollande has been under pressure from the European Union (EU) and also from his own Socialist Party (PS) to accelerate austerity measures, amid a slowdown of the French and world economy. On Wednesday May 15, Franois Hollande went to Brussels to meet the President of the European Commission, Jos Manuel Barroso, and twenty EU commissioners. The EU ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706337/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:48:57 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706337/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 May 22--Some called it "Life of Pi" without the tiger. Others compared it to Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." But most critics liked what they saw in "All Is Lost," an almost dialogue-free narrative feature starring Robert Redford as a sailor alone and in distress. The film premiered Tuesday at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed and written by "Margin ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706457/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:38:08 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706457/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung yesterday hailed Vietnam's valued relationship with France and declared that the two nations are making efforts to develop their ties to the strategic partnership level in 2013. The PM made the comments at a meeting with the former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is on an official working visit to the country. Dung declared ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:32:57 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214706344/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Francois Hollande, the president of France, stood in the Elysee Palace last Friday (17 May) and declared that he would lead an initiative to inject new life into the European Union. It was, he solemnly announced, his duty as the leader of a founding nation of the ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704335/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:14 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704335/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a British soldier in the suburbs of London after their meeting in ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704375/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:12:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704375/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Lakshmi Mittal to keep a factory open. Players throw barrels and beams at police in the "Kill Mittal" game inspired by the long-lasting -- and ultimately unsuccessful -- struggle in France's northeastern town of Florange to stop the closure of steel blast furnaces owned by Mittal. "This game is not an incitement to violence or to beat up the big bosses. I purposefully chose ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704337/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:46 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704337/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Thai actor Vithaya Pansringarm drew the only loud applause during the ovation, while the film's star, Ryan Gosling, was conspicuously absent from the world ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704234/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:56:30 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704234/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have selected nine projects as part of the second Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. The creative challenge "Aid is Working. Tell the World" solicited innovative communications ideas that can help change the global conversation about the impact of investments in foreign aid. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:55:24 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214704446/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Sonia Bompastor , part of the triumphant sides in 2011 and 2012, believes they can succeed again. "Traditionally when French teams came up against German sides, the French sides would always lose," the 32-year-old said. "Thankfully, with Lyon over the last couple of years we've managed to change that and show that we have the ability and talent within the team to actually beat ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214703303/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:06:44 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214703303/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 SYDNEY and PARIS, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- At a joint press conference in Paris, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and President of France Francois Hollande announced Wednesday evening that France and the United Kingdom would implement the EITI, the global standard for transparency of government revenues from natural resources. ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214703304/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:49 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214703304/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 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 ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702999/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:31:53 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702999/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 .The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education-reform bill that would allow public universities to hold some courses - like science or economics classes - in English, a plan that has alarmed language purists and the political far-right ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214701982/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:06:56 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214701982/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 August 1945: British wartime prime minister Clement Attlee, seated right, with US president Harry Truman, and Stalin. Foreign secretary Ernest Bevin stands behind, centre. Photograph: Yevgeny ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702094/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:01 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702094/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Stacy Keibler and Paul Wesley hit up the Stella Artois Suite during the 2013 Cannes Film Festival held at Radisson Blu on Wednesday (May 22) in Cannes, France. The 33-year-old entertainer looked gorgeous at the De Grisogono Party the evening ... http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702165/scat/e597bd109c960ae3 Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:57 -0400 http://www.parisguardian.com/index.php/sid/214702165/scat/e597bd109c960ae3