http://www.mail.com/int/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/int/locations/1436-france.html http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096150-heard-cannes-film-festival.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. DAMIAN LEWIS FROM HOMELAND TO SCOTLAND "Homeland" without Sgt. Nicholas Brody? Damian Lewis says it's possible. The British actor has become an American television star playing the U.S. Marine... Wed, 22 May 2013 09:41:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096150-heard-cannes-film-festival.html 2013-05-22T09:41:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray withdrew from the French Open on Tuesday because of a chronic back injury and will now focus on preparing for the start of the grass-court season next month. The U.S. Open champion met with specialists this week after being forced to pull out of his second-match against Marcel Granollers of Spain at the Italian Open last Wednesda... Tue, 21 May 2013 22:18:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2101308-andy-murray-french-open-to-injury.html 2013-05-21T22:18:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100252-fognini-stakhovsky-mathieu-advance-nice-open.html NICE, France (AP) — Sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy rallied past Marco Cecchinato 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 Tuesday in an all-Italian match in the first round at the Nice Open. Fognini won only three points on his opponent's serve in the first set, but broke twice in the second set and three times in the third. He faces French wild card Gael Monfils, who came fro... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2100252-fognini-stakhovsky-mathieu-advance-nice-open.html 2013-05-21T21:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2100108-suicide-notre-dame-cathedral-paris.html PARIS (AP) — Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head. It's the first suicide in decades at the landmark site, Monsignor Patrick Jacquin, the cathedral's rector, told The Associated Press. "It's unfortunate... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:51:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2100108-suicide-notre-dame-cathedral-paris.html 2013-05-21T21:51:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2100572-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "A Castle in Italy" both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their center. Bruni Tedeschi — the only woman among the 20 directors... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:19:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2100572-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html 2013-05-21T20:19:52Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2099896-top-seeded-players-strasbourg-international.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were beaten Tuesday in the first round of the Strasbourg International. Bartoli, the 2007 Wimbledon finalist, lost 6-3, 6-2 to the 88th-ranked Camila Giorgi after dropping serve six times. Paszek was beaten 6-1, 6-4 by wild-card entry Virgine Razzano. Lauren Davis upset sixth-seed... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:44:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2099896-top-seeded-players-strasbourg-international.html 2013-05-21T18:44:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100680-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html PARIS (AP) — Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defense ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery... Tue, 21 May 2013 18:23:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2100680-algerian-president-leaves-paris-military-hospital.html 2013-05-21T18:23:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html NANTERRE, France (AP) — The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety. But after years of delays in one of France's biggest recent health scandals, the proceedings could still be pushed back further. Between 1976 and 2009, ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:37:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/health/2099986-france-drugmaker-trial-suspected-deaths.html 2013-05-21T17:37:57Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2100534-toback-baldwin-eye-cannes-movie-making-underbelly.html CANNES, France (AP) — A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers." The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of deal-making in luxury hotels along the Croisette promenade and aboard yachts moored offshore. Films are pitched with various ingredients — a director, a script, a few stars — as agents and ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2100534-toback-baldwin-eye-cannes-movie-making-underbelly.html 2013-05-21T17:33:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2099634-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html PARIS (AP) — The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here 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 Americ... Tue, 21 May 2013 14:36:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2099634-france-plan-to-revive-economy.html 2013-05-21T14:36:36Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2099950-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html CANNES, France (AP) — Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both carry a movie and perform the songs central to the film. Then they met Oscar Isaac. "It just didn't happen until he wa... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2099950-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html 2013-05-21T13:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2099962-rennes-hires-philippe-montanier-coach.html RENNES, France (AP) — French club Rennes has hired Real Sociedad's Philippe Montanier as its new coach for next season. Rennes had an inconsistent season and is in 11th place with one match remaining. Coach Frederic Antontetti had already announced his intention to leave the club at the end of the season. Rennes said on its website Tuesday that Montanier ... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2099962-rennes-hires-philippe-montanier-coach.html 2013-05-21T13:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2099778-ari-folman-animates-robin-wright-the-congress.html CANNES, France (AP) — Hollywood is hell. That's an idea to set tongues wagging at the Cannes Film Festival, and it's the distinct impression left by Israeli director Ari Folman's head-spinning part-animated feature "The Congress." Fittingly, Cannes provided the inspiration for the director's dystopian vision of the entertainment business, which stars actr... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2099778-ari-folman-animates-robin-wright-the-congress.html 2013-05-21T12:06:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2099590-french-economy-compares-to-germanys-uks.html PARIS (AP) — Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2012) France: 2 trillion euros ($2.7 trillion) Germany: 2.6 trillion euros ($3.3 trillion) Britain: 1.9 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion) MANUFACTURING AS A PERCENT OF GDP (2009) France: 10.7 percent ... Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2099590-french-economy-compares-to-germanys-uks.html 2013-05-21T10:50:06Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2097904-lleyton-hewitt-andreas-seppi-beaten-nice-open.html NICE, France (AP) — Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost Monday in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in this tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this... Mon, 20 May 2013 21:40:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2097904-lleyton-hewitt-andreas-seppi-beaten-nice-open.html 2013-05-20T21:40:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098512-opening-day-strasbourg-international-washed.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Heavy rain prevented any play at the Strasbourg International, forcing all seven first-round matches to be postponed to Tuesday. Top-seeded Marion Bartoli of France, Tamira Paszek of Austria and Christina McHale of the United States had been scheduled to play Monday. The Strasbourg International is a warm-up tournament for the Fr... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2098512-opening-day-strasbourg-international-washed.html 2013-05-20T20:12:12Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2098150-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial. The French film festival has rolled out the red carpet for Indian cinema this year, with events including a gala dinner and screening Sunday of "Bombay Talkies," a portmanteau movie with four dire... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2098150-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html 2013-05-20T16:34:58Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097566-japans-shield-straw-action-pic-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Director Takashi Miike says shooting an action movie in Japan is a lot harder than it looks. His Cannes Film Festival entry "Shield of Straw" is a robust thriller about a team of police tasked with escorting a child-killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head safely across the country. "It was extremely difficult to shoot all the sc... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097566-japans-shield-straw-action-pic-cannes.html 2013-05-20T11:48:25Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097568-amalric-plays-frenchman-america-jimmy-p.html CANNES, France (AP) — Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. The French actor depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. Based o... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:39:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/lifestyle/2097568-amalric-plays-frenchman-america-jimmy-p.html 2013-05-20T10:39:29Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096324-ancelotti-asks-to-leave-psg-madrid-option.html PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Carlo Ancelotti wants to leave the club and says Real Madrid is a possible destination. The Italian had a meeting to discuss his future with club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Leonardo on Sunday. But it's believed the recently crowned French league champions are reluctant to release him a year be... Sun, 19 May 2013 22:50:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096324-ancelotti-asks-to-leave-psg-madrid-option.html 2013-05-19T22:50:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2096252-israel-disputes-french-tv-claim-boys-death.html JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel. France 2 network's images from Sept. 30, 2000, days after a Palestinian uprising erupted, allegedly showe... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:28:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2096252-israel-disputes-french-tv-claim-boys-death.html 2013-05-19T18:28:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096486-ricardas-berankis-upsets-denis-istomin-nice.html NICE, France (AP) — Ricardas Berankis reached the second round of the Nice Open by beating eighth-seeded Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday. The Lithuanian broke Istomin five times in the opening match of the tournament. He will face Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France, who advanced when Colombia's Alejandro Falla retired with a left calf injury ... Sun, 19 May 2013 18:17:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096486-ricardas-berankis-upsets-denis-istomin-nice.html 2013-05-19T18:17:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096106-coens-folk-revival-llewyn-serenades-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician. "Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered Sunday night. Joel and Ethan Coen said their primary inter... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096106-coens-folk-revival-llewyn-serenades-cannes.html 2013-05-19T17:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2096266-visconti-solo-victory-snowy-15th-giro-stage.html COL DU GALIBIER, France (AP) — A superb solo ride up the grueling Col du Galibier enbaled Giovanni Visconti to win a weather-affected 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia Sunday, while favorite Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead. Atrocious weather conditions once again altered the race course and heavy snow fell at the finish as Visconti won in a time o... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:36:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2096266-visconti-solo-victory-snowy-15th-giro-stage.html 2013-05-19T17:36:22Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096084-nadal-beats-federer-serena-wins-italian-open.html ROME (AP) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. "Rafa was just too good today," Federer said. It tied for the second ... Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/tennis/2096084-nadal-beats-federer-serena-wins-italian-open.html 2013-05-19T17:18:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096218-lyon-stays-3rd-1-1-nice-france.html NICE, France (AP) — Lyon cemented third place in the French league to remain on course for the final Champions League berth after a 1-1 draw against Nice despite being reduced to 10 men. Nice slipped to sixth and out of Champions League reckoning ahead of the last weekend of the season. Nice took the lead in the 47th minute when Dario Cvitanich converted ... Sun, 19 May 2013 15:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/soccer/2096218-lyon-stays-3rd-1-1-nice-france.html 2013-05-19T15:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2096154-pedrosa-wins-french-motogp-to-take-lead.html LE MANS, France (AP) — Dani Pedrosa won the French Grand Prix on Sunday for his second victory of the season and took over the MotoGP championship lead from Marc Marquez. Pedrosa started sixth on the grid after crashing in qualifying but the Spanish GP winner powered to the front to win in 49 minutes, 17.707 seconds. Cal Crutchlow managed to finish second... Sun, 19 May 2013 14:42:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/sports/other/2096154-pedrosa-wins-french-motogp-to-take-lead.html 2013-05-19T14:42:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096072-devilish-dutch-drama-borgman-debuts-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — There's something nasty lurking in the woods — and inside the characters' heads — in darkly comic Cannes Film Festival entry "Borgman." In Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam's supernaturally-tinged psychological drama, a mysterious interloper emerges from a forest and knocks on the door of a wealthy family's modernist mansion. Borgman... Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/entertainment/celebrity/2096072-devilish-dutch-drama-borgman-debuts-cannes.html 2013-05-19T13:13:58Z