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France

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  PSG president wants to keep working with Beckham

  Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi wants David Beckham to carry on working with the club after his retirement and is hopeful of reaching ... 

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  Column: Love or hate Beckham, he can't be ignored

  Like his former Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, David Beckham has picked the right time and best way to retire — as a winner and before the ... 

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  Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes

  Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: Will a switched-at-birth Japanese drama tug on Steven Spielberg's ... 

• Lyon looks for step closer to Champions League

  Lyon gets the chance to move to within 90 minutes of Champions League football next season when it faces Nice on Saturday. With champion Paris ... 

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  Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes

  Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a ... 

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  Beckham's role after retirement to remain global

  After David Beckham's long and distinguished football career ends on a remote plastic field in northwestern France, his life promises to be far more ... 

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  Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward

  Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by the leaders of ... 

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  At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom

  Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years ... 

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  Model-actress Marine Vacth a Cannes rising star

  Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities ... 

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  Julianne Moore: 'bad Mom' role is her antithesis

  Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate. 

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  Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes

  The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama ... 

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  Nasri, Gourcuff back for Uruguay, Brazil matches

  France coach Didier Deschamps recalled midfielders Yoann Gourcuff and Samir Nasri on Thursday for two friendly matches against Uruguay and Brazil next ... 

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  Man shoots himself in head at Paris school

  A dozen students and a teacher saw a man kill himself with a shot in the head at a private Catholic school on Thursday, Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe ... 

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  Eurozone recession is now longest in currency bloc

  The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession — a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial crisis ... 

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  Murray retires with back pain; Nadal wins in Rome

  Back pain forced Andy Murray to retire midway through his second-round match at the Italian Open on Wednesday. He may have to sit out the French Open, ... 

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  DiCaprio, Spielberg open a stormy Cannes

  The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" opened on a soggy French Riviera. Amid heavy ... 

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  Nations pledge billions to rebuild Mali

  A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international ... 

• French club offers to replay its women's cup win

  French club Lyon says it is willing to replay a women's French Cup semifinal which its team won on penalties — because its opponent had a spot kick ... 

• Sharara re-elected president of table tennis body

  Adham Sharara of Canada has been re-elected president of the International Table Tennis Federation. Sharara defeated challenger Stefano Bosi of Italy, ... 

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  Oscar rivals Spielberg, Lee reunited at Cannes

  Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, ... 

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  Murray retires with back pain; doubtful for Paris

  Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers at the Italian Open on Wednesday with lower back pain and ... 

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  DiCaprio's 'Gatsby' brings 1920s glamor to Cannes

  Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio read and loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager. But he says he only recently began to understand it. 

• French economy falls back into recession

  France's economy is in recession again — and that could spell more trouble for Europe. The national statistics agency, Insee, said Wednesday that ...