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Murray pulls out of French Open

US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray Tuesday announced he will skip the French Open tennis due to a back injury. The World No.2 retired with the back problem in his second-round match against Spain's Marcel Granollers at the Rome Masters last week, which posed as a bad sign for his withdrawal from the second tennis Grand Slam of the year. Scotsman Murray will now aim to be fully fit for ...
Duckworth closer to French Open berth

Australian James Duckworth has progressed to the third round of the French Open qualifiers after an impressive three-set victory over Argentina's Diego Sebastian Schwartzman.Duckworth needed one hour and 41 minutes to beat Schwartzman 6-4 2-6 6-2.The 21-year-old has looked very composed on clay this year and is set to face Serbian Dusan Lajovic in the next round.Lajovic poses a much tougher ...
French Open mens champions since 2000

Following are the French Open men's singles winners since 2000. The 2013 tournament starts at Roland Garros on Sunday:2012 _ Rafael Nadal2011 _ Rafael Nadal2010 _ Rafael Nadal2009 _ Roger Federer2008 _ Rafael Nadal2007 _ Rafael Nadal2006 _ Rafael Nadal2005 _ Rafael Nadal2004 _ Gaston Gaudio2003 _ Juan Carlos Ferrero2002 _ Albert Costa2001 _ Gustavo Kuerten2000 _ Gustavo ...
France owes EU more than empty words

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 ...
French workers’ struggle triggers ‘Kill Mittal’ game

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 ...

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Reports Paris Hilton has record deal with Cash Money Records

Paris Hilton is recording her second album, Showbiz411.com reported Wednesday. The entertainment news website said Hilton divulged her new business relationship with Cash Money Records while in France for the Cannes Film Festival. The album will feature many hip hop performers such ...
More courses in English at French universities Storm brews

English at universities, amid a storm of controversy in a nation fiercely protective of its identity. The measure, which would also introduce lessons in other languages as part of a wider bill ...
France and United Kingdom Commit to Global Transparency Standard

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

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French educators divided over use of English in universities

.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 ...

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Murray pulls out of French Open

US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray Tuesday announced he will skip the French Open tennis due to a back injury.

The World No.2 retired with the back problem in his second-round match against Spain's Marcel Granollers at the Rome Masters last week, which posed as a bad sign for his withdrawal from the second tennis Grand Slam of the year.

Scotsman Murray will now aim to be fully fit for the start of the grasscourt season at Queens Club, June 10 and in time for Wimbledon.