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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 ...

  • German-French plan to tackle EUs youth unemployment

    Germany and France are preparing to launch a drive to combat the problem of high youth unemployment in Europe.Germany's labour minister said that she and her French counterpart will meet in Paris next week along with the countries' finance ministers and European industry representatives to discuss the initiative. Officials in Berlin say the jobs drive will focus on putting already ...

  • Suicide on Paris cathedral altar stirs Frances far right

    (Facebook) The public suicide in Paris of Dominique Venner, a 78-year-old right-wing French historian and essayist, has stirred a strong political reaction in the country. Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, then pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head, three days after a law legalizing ...

  • Does France have right revival plan

    PARIS - The man charged with reviving France’s shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest there is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite. As the country’s first-ever minister for industrial renewal, Arnaud Montebourg has told the world’s largest steelmaker it is not welcome in France; exchanged angry letters with the head of an American tire company he was ...

  • Del Porto withdraws from French Open

    Juan Martin del Potro, shown at last year's U.S. Open, on Wednesday withdrew from next week's French Open because of a viral illness. UPI/John ...


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  • Del Potro joins growing list of players out of French Open

    Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina hits a return to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during their men's singles match at the ATP Dubai Tennis Championships, February 26, 2013. (MOHAMMED ...

  • Mardy Fish Edina native out of French Open due to heart issue

    Mardy Fish celebrates his victory over Gilles Simon of France in the third round of play at the 2012 U.S. Open, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) PARIS -- Edina native Mardy Fish has pulled out of the upcoming French Open because of a heart condition, tournament organizers said Wednesday. The former top 10 player had returned to the ATP Tour in March after a ...

  • British defense secretary arrives in Mali

    British Defense Secretary Phillip Hammond said he's seen key improvements in the ability of Malian forces to take on Islamic militants. Hammond arrived in Mali to visit British forces deployed to help Malian forces ensure territorial integrity from threats by foreign rebels and al-Qaida fighters. Nomadic fighters and al-Qaida militants took control over parts of Mali after a 2012 coup. ...

  • Campaigner against gay marriage in France kills himself in Notre Dame

    The protests against the legalization of same-sex marriage in France has been surprisingly passionate and may have included yesterday's suicide in the symbolic heart of French ...

  • French director Guillaume Canet had to make New York dirtier for Blood Ties

    The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own rubbish to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language ...

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