France

France

• Cornet, Bouchard reach Strasbourg semifinals

  Third-seeded Alize Cornet and Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard won in straight sets Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International 

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  Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival

  Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 ... 

• FRENCH OPEN 2013: Capsules on men to watch

  Men to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: NOVAK DJOKOVIC Ranked: 1 Age: 26 Country: Serbia 2013 Match Record: 28-4 2013 Singles ... 

• FRENCH OPEN 2013: Tournament at a glance

  A quick glance at the French Open, the year's second Grand Slam tennis tournament: Site: Roland Garros. Surface: Red clay. Schedule: The 15-day ... 

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  Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes

  Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming ... 

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  Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes

  Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska." Payne premiered his black-and-white ... 

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  Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes

  Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food — appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty." The Italian ... 

• David Beckham bids au revoir to football

  David Beckham will give the world one last chance to see him on a football field on Sunday. The 38-year-old Beckham, who said last week he will retire ... 

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  Column: German domination of football? Not quite

  In football, is Germany a nation of chokers? The big surprise about the Champions League final on Saturday isn't the teams — Bayern Munich and ... 

• France, angry over Syria, turns against Hezbollah

  France has joined the push for the European Union to declare the militant group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, switching tack amid frustration ... 

• Georges Moustaki, who penned for Piaf, dies

  Georges Moustaki, an Egyptian-born composer, singer and poet who wrote songs for Edith Piaf and other French stars, has died at age 79. 

• France calls up Lacazette to replace injured Menez

  France coach Didier Deschamps has called up Lyon forward Alexandre Lacazette for the first time to replace the injured Jeremy Menez for next month's ... 

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  Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

  Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — ... 

• Querrey beats Stakhovsky to reach quarters in Nice

  American Sam Querrey reached the quarterfinals of the Nice Open by beating Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday. The third-seeded ... 

• France boosting security at facilities abroad

  France's Foreign Ministry says it is strengthening security measures, hiring more guards and buying new equipment to help protect French facilities ... 

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  Cannes: Scott Thomas' glorious dip into darkness

  To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas — ... 

• Hsieh, Niculescu lose in 2nd round at Strasbourg

  Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. 

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  Redford swept away in shipwreck saga 'All Is Lost'

  Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a ... 

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  EU bid to label Hezbollah wing terror group

  The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied ... 

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  Cannes: James Franco builds a bookish filmography

  James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that. The 35-year-old American has already played ... 

• Mais non! French universities may teach in English

  In France, there's a brewing debate over whether to speak anglais in universite. The National Assembly on Wednesday was taking up an education reform ... 

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  Ryan Gosling breaks Cannes' heart, misses premiere

  The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling. The 32-year-old Canadian actor was unable to ...