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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 European Commission French President Hollande accelerate austerity

    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 ...

  • Vietnam-France relations edge closer

    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 ...

  • 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 ...


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Phone Booth

Phone Booth

What surprises most about Phone Booth is not that director Joel Schumacher manages to keep us interested and engrossed in a story that takes place entirely inside a glass phone booth on a New York street corner, but that the story needs very little visual razzle-dazzle to keep the momentum going forward. In fact, as usual, Schumacher comes close to overdirecting to the point of distraction ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Hollande Cameron condemn murder of British soldier

    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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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