http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1436-france.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1436-france.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2108614-imf-chief-named-key-witness-french-payoff-case.html PARIS (AP) — After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minister — stopping short of charging her outright. Lagar... Fri, 24 May 2013 21:40:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2108614-imf-chief-named-key-witness-french-payoff-case.html 2013-05-24T21:40:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2108594-cannes-dern-leading-man-nebraska.html CANNES, France (AP) — For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys." "He said to me, 'I got an idea. Let's surprise them with you,'" Dern recalled of learning from Payn... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:52:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2108594-cannes-dern-leading-man-nebraska.html 2013-05-24T19:52:52Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2108612-hezbollah-eu-making-big-mistake.html BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group "terrorist." Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group. He did not elaborate. France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization a... Fri, 24 May 2013 19:47:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2108612-hezbollah-eu-making-big-mistake.html 2013-05-24T19:47:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108448-1st-time-82-3-us-men-qualify-paris.html PARIS (AP) — Three U.S. men have qualified for the French Open for the first time in more than 30 years. Jack Sock, Denis Kudla and Steve Johnson all won their qualifying matches Friday to earn berths in the main draw at Roland Garros. A trio of American men hadn't done that together in Paris since 1982, when Charles Strode, Craig Wittus and Derek Tarr qu... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:28:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108448-1st-time-82-3-us-men-qualify-paris.html 2013-05-24T18:28:32Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2107564-nadal-djokovic-french-open-semifinals.html PARIS (AP) — Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic in the French Open semifinals a year after they met to decide the title. Friday's draw for the clay-court Grand Slam tournament placed Nadal and Djokovic on the same half of the field, while Roger Federer could face David Ferrer in the other semifinal. Federer, the owner of... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:18:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2107564-nadal-djokovic-french-open-semifinals.html 2013-05-24T18:18:20Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108214-roger-federer-grand-slam-tournaments.html PARIS (AP) — Perhaps not surprisingly, the first three questions posed to Roger Federer at his pre-French Open news conference Friday concerned rival and nemesis Rafael Nadal. The third was about the difficulties of making a successful return from injury, the way Nadal has, reaching the final at all eight tournaments he's played in 2013 after going more t... Fri, 24 May 2013 17:23:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108214-roger-federer-grand-slam-tournaments.html 2013-05-24T17:23:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108074-cornet-meets-hradecka-strasbourg-final.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Third-seeded Alize Cornet will take on last year's runner-up Lucie Hradecka in Saturday's final of the Strasbourg International. France's Cornet edged Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-3, while Hradecka of the Czech Republic rallied to beat Italian qualifier Flavia Pennetta 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in Friday's other semifinal. A for... Fri, 24 May 2013 17:15:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2108074-cornet-meets-hradecka-strasbourg-final.html 2013-05-24T17:15:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2107992-monfils-to-face-montanes-open-de-nice-final.html NICE, France (AP) — France's Gael Monfils beat Pablo Andujar 7-5, 6-4 at the Open de Nice on Friday to line up a final against Albert Montanes of Spain. Montanes defeated French wild-card entry Edouard Roger-Vasselin 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 in the earlier semifinal. Montanes hit 11 aces and clinched victory with a backhand return winner. A former top 10 player, Mon... Fri, 24 May 2013 16:59:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2107992-monfils-to-face-montanes-open-de-nice-final.html 2013-05-24T16:59:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2108158-france-libyan-security-measures-tap.html PARIS (AP) — France's foreign minister says Libya is poised to announce new security initiatives in coming weeks, amid recent instability in the North African country and concerns that its vast south could become a haven for al-Qaida-linked terror groups. Laurent Fabius said Friday he spoke with Libya's prime minister following deadly, simultaneous terror... Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2108158-france-libyan-security-measures-tap.html 2013-05-24T16:16:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096150-heard-cannes-film-festival.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. LIBERACE'S POODLE IS TOP DOG AT CANNES Canine glamour was honored Friday in Cannes, with pampered poodle Baby Boy from Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" winning the film festival's unofficial Palm Dog prize. ... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:46:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2096150-heard-cannes-film-festival.html 2013-05-24T15:46:42Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2107674-french-help-niger-to-kill-jihadist-bombers.html NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by the extremists, according to French and Nigerien officials. For hours there had be... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:36:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2107674-french-help-niger-to-kill-jihadist-bombers.html 2013-05-24T15:36:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107888-steely-cotillard-shines-the-immigrant.html CANNES, France (AP) — Academy award-winner Marion Cotillard gave her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse offering, "The Immigrant." The gritty drama, which premieres Friday at the Cannes Film Festival and is competing for the Palme d'Or, was filmed in part on th... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:18:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107888-steely-cotillard-shines-the-immigrant.html 2013-05-24T15:18:08Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2107914-roger-federer-finally-to-tweeting.html PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer is finally on Twitter. The owner of a record 17 Grand Slam titles says Friday he waited to join the social media site until after seeing how other athletes used it. Speaking at the French Open, which begins Sunday, Federer says: "At the end of the day, it's got to be something I needed to feel comfortable with." ... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2107914-roger-federer-finally-to-tweeting.html 2013-05-24T14:25:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2107548-france-wont-force-companies-to-cap-executive-pay.html PARIS (AP) — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici told reporter... Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2107548-france-wont-force-companies-to-cap-executive-pay.html 2013-05-24T12:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107736-cannes-movie-palace-talk-tvs-rise.html CANNES, France (AP) — The annual Cannes festival on the French Riviera is the grandest platform in the world for the highest ambitions of film, a place where the art form is worshipped with wild passion and adoring reverence. Movies are projected pristinely in regal theaters, where they're greeted by the world's cinephiles with feverish excitement. But ev... Fri, 24 May 2013 12:33:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107736-cannes-movie-palace-talk-tvs-rise.html 2013-05-24T12:33:05Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107474-jc-chandor-gains-cannes-hit-with-all-lost.html CANNES, France (AP) — J.C. Chandor may just have saved someone's life during an interview in Cannes. The director who put Robert Redford in a struggle for survival as a capsized sailor in "All Is Lost" is talking about mortality when a gust of wind lifts a large beach umbrella from its base and sends it and its heavy metal pole sailing straight toward a p... Fri, 24 May 2013 10:35:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2107474-jc-chandor-gains-cannes-hit-with-all-lost.html 2013-05-24T10:35:55Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2107090-glitzy-amfar-raises-25-million-to-space.html CAP D'ANTIBES, France (AP) — With an apt rendition of "Gold-finger," singing legend Shirley Bassey roused celebrity-revelers to dig deep into their pockets at the 20th amfAR gala in the Cap D'Antibes Thursday, helping to raise an estimated $25 million for AIDS research. The British-born singer was one of several performers including Duran Duran who sang a... Fri, 24 May 2013 09:21:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/celebrity/2107090-glitzy-amfar-raises-25-million-to-space.html 2013-05-24T09:21:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2106484-un-china-offers-peacekeepers-mali.html UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China has offered to contribute troops to the new U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali, where Islamist jihadists controlled the country's north until French-led troops launched an offensive in January to oust them, a U.N. official said Thursday. Andre-Michel Essoungou, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping department, told The Associate... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:58:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2106484-un-china-offers-peacekeepers-mali.html 2013-05-23T22:58:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105874-french-open-2013-capsules-women-to-watch.html PARIS (AP) — Women to watch at the French Open, where play begins Sunday: SERENA WILLIAMS Ranked: 1 Age: 31 Country: United States 2013 Match Record: 36-2 2013 Singles Titles: 5 Career Singles Titles: 51 Major Titles: 15 — French Open ('02), Wimbledon ('02, '03, '09, '10, '12), U.S. Open ('99, '02, '08, '12), Australian Open ('03, '05, '07, '09, '10) ... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:06:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105874-french-open-2013-capsules-women-to-watch.html 2013-05-23T21:06:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2106342-10-things-to-french-open.html PARIS (AP) — A look at 10 of the top topics at the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Sunday and ends June 9: 1. WHY STOP AT SEVEN? Rafael Nadal already owns a record seven French Open titles — he broke a tie with Bjorn Borg by winning last year — and is widely considered the favorite to add No. 8. He ... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:05:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2106342-10-things-to-french-open.html 2013-05-23T20:05:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105292-jerry-lewis-repeats-distaste-female-comics.html CANNES, France (AP) — Ladies? Don't make him laugh. Asked who his favorite female comics were Thursday at a Cannes Film Festival press conference, Jerry Lewis listed Cary Grant and Burt Reynolds. He then added: "I don't have any." In 1998, Lewis famously said that watching women do comedy "sets me back a bit" and that he has trouble with the notion of wou... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:04:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105292-jerry-lewis-repeats-distaste-female-comics.html 2013-05-23T20:04:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105266-monfils-reaches-nice-semis-simon-querrey.html NICE, France (AP) — Second-seeded Gilles Simon of France and third-seeded Sam Querrey of the United States were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Open de Nice on Thursday. Spaniards Alberto Montanes and Pablo Andujar and Frenchmen Gael Monfils and Edouard Roger-Vasselin reached the last four. Wild-card entry Roger-Vasselin beat Querrey 3-6, 7-6 (2), ... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105266-monfils-reaches-nice-semis-simon-querrey.html 2013-05-23T19:59:28Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104672-imf-chief-lagarde-court-fraud-probe.html PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. The court hearing threatens to sully the reputations of both Lagarde and France. The payment was ma... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:49:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2104672-imf-chief-lagarde-court-fraud-probe.html 2013-05-23T19:49:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105030-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html CANNES, France (AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot. But the film's lead actor, Adam Bakri, says the location or political motif isn't that important. "The fact is that it is an international story, it happens in the West Bank but it d... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105030-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html 2013-05-23T19:28:15Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2106182-nadal-favored-seeded-no-1-french-open.html PARIS (AP) — Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions. Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?" The women's list features ... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:20:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2106182-nadal-favored-seeded-no-1-french-open.html 2013-05-23T19:20:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105368-cornet-bouchard-reach-strasbourg-semifinals.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Third-seeded Alize Cornet and Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard won in straight sets Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Strasbourg International. A runner-up last year, Cornet beat Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-3, 6-1, while Bouchard move into the semifinals of a tournament for the first time by defeating Anna Tatish... Thu, 23 May 2013 19:17:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2105368-cornet-bouchard-reach-strasbourg-semifinals.html 2013-05-23T19:17:39Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105254-cannes-crime-2nd-jewel-theft-film-festival.html PARIS (AP) — 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 million euros ($2.6 million) — in the second such jewelry heist during this year's Cannes Film Festival. The De Grisogono jewelry house said Thursday that the necklace was stolen after a party for f... Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2105254-cannes-crime-2nd-jewel-theft-film-festival.html 2013-05-23T18:00:59Z