http://www.mail.com/locations/1438-paris.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/locations/1438-paris.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html PARIS (AP) — 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 said. The mayor said his thoughts were with "all the little Parisians who were present, their parents and all the educational community." Police said the suicide happened shortly before noon as c... Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090244-man-shoots-head-paris-school.html 2013-05-16T13:46:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088414-murray-retires-with-pain-nadal-wins-rome.html ROME (AP) — 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, too. Rafael Nadal began his bid for a seventh Rome title by cruising past local hope Fognini of Italy 6-1, 6-3 in just 61 minutes, and two-time defending champion Maria Sharapova eased past Span... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:58:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2088414-murray-retires-with-pain-nadal-wins-rome.html 2013-05-15T20:58:36Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2087572-murray-retires-with-pain-doubtful-paris.html ROME (AP) — Andy Murray retired from his second-round match with Spanish opponent Marcel Granollers at the Italian Open on Wednesday with lower back pain and considers himself doubtful for the French Open. Murray, who was celebrating his 26th birthday, walked off the court after winning the second set to even the match. "I have an issue with my lower back... Wed, 15 May 2013 16:02:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2087572-murray-retires-with-pain-doubtful-paris.html 2013-05-15T16:02:08Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2084328-psg-city-hall-celebrations-scrapped-violence.html PARIS (AP) — A celebration of Paris Saint-Germain's first league title since 1994 was canceled Tuesday, a day after rioting during festivities in the French capital led to 21 arrests and injuries to more than 30 people. "Thugs won't have the last word in Paris," Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe declared. Fans threw stones and other objects at police, who repl... Tue, 14 May 2013 19:00:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2084328-psg-city-hall-celebrations-scrapped-violence.html 2013-05-14T19:00:22Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082764-psgs-title-celebrations-marred-fan-violence.html PARIS (AP) — The celebration to honor Paris Saint-Germain's first French league title in 19 years was cut short Monday following fights between fans and riot police in which 30 people were injured. Paris police commissioner Bernard Boucault said three police officers were among the injured from the clashes, a huge embarrassment to a club that has been try... Mon, 13 May 2013 22:50:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2082764-psgs-title-celebrations-marred-fan-violence.html 2013-05-13T22:50:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081966-danone-to-acquire-us-baby-food-maker-happy-family.html PARIS (AP) — French yogurt maker Danone says it has agreed to take a more than 90-percent stake in organic baby food maker Happy Family. Although Danone is known for its yogurt, baby food is one of its fastest-growing divisions. Revenue there rose more than 15 percent last year. But with Europe's economic crisis hitting sales hard in markets close to home... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2081966-danone-to-acquire-us-baby-food-maker-happy-family.html 2013-05-13T15:30:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html PARIS (AP) — Carlos the Jackal, the flamboyant terrorist and self-proclaimed revolutionary who was once one of the Cold War's most wanted men, is appealing his life sentence for orchestrating bombings in France two decades ago. Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, is serving two life sentences in France for a triple murder in 1975 and for the bombings in 1982 an... Mon, 13 May 2013 13:27:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081340-carlos-jackal-ex-enigma-mired-court.html 2013-05-13T13:27:09Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and aut... Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2080100-project-aims-to-track-big-city-carbon-footprints.html 2013-05-13T08:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2080302-dempsey-goal-assist-lift-spurs-epl-4th-place.html LONDON (AP) — Clint Dempsey scored the tying goal on a sliding shot into an empty net from 30 yards, then crossed to Emmanuel Adebayor for the a goal-ahead in the 83rd minute to lead Tottenham over Stoke 2-1 Sunday and into fourth place in the Premier League. Steven Nzonzi gave Stoke the lead in the third minute, and Dempsey put the ball in the net in the... Sun, 12 May 2013 23:55:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2080302-dempsey-goal-assist-lift-spurs-epl-4th-place.html 2013-05-12T23:55:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076178-3-suspected-cases-sars-related-virus-france.html PARIS (AP) — French health officials said Friday they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, in people who had close contact in the hospital with France's only confirmed case. Beatrice Degrugillers, a spokeswoman for the regional health agency in France's Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, said a nurse at the ho... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:07:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2076178-3-suspected-cases-sars-related-virus-france.html 2013-05-10T12:07:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073920-burkina-faso-fm-passes-turkey-briefing.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The foreign minister of Burkina Faso on Thursday briefly passed out during a live televised news conference with his Turkish counterpart in Ankara, forcing him to delay a planned trip to Paris the next day. State media reported that he spoke of being tired and taking flu medication, while a doctor said he had low blood sugar. Djibril... Thu, 09 May 2013 15:49:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2073920-burkina-faso-fm-passes-turkey-briefing.html 2013-05-09T15:49:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070780-france-confirms-1st-case-sars-related-virus.html PARIS (AP) — A 65-year-old Frenchman is hospitalized after contracting France's first case of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, and French health authorities said Wednesday they are trying to find anyone who might have been in contact with him to prevent it from spreading. It's unclear how or where the man was infected with the novel coronav... Wed, 08 May 2013 13:55:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2070780-france-confirms-1st-case-sars-related-virus.html 2013-05-08T13:55:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2064258-thousands-leftists-protest-hollandes-1st-year.html PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of leftist parties marched through central Paris on Sunday to express disappointment with President Francois Hollande's first year in power, criticizing the leader for reneging on his promises to rein in the world of finance and enact economic stimulus. Hollande, a Socialist, rose to the presidency last May, pr... Sun, 05 May 2013 16:21:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2064258-thousands-leftists-protest-hollandes-1st-year.html 2013-05-05T16:21:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058454-ap-interview-job-son-toppled-shah.html PARIS (AP) — The son of Iran's toppled shah has a new job as spokesman for a nascent movement that is challenging the clerical regime to hold free and fair elections — or risk a civil disobedience campaign. Reza Pahlavi said Thursday that his Paris-based collective, the Iranian National Council, brings together tens of thousands of pro-democracy proponent... Thu, 02 May 2013 17:18:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058454-ap-interview-job-son-toppled-shah.html 2013-05-02T17:18:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049546-3-killed-french-building-collapse-blast.html REIMS, France (AP) — A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a five-story residential building in France's Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 14 others, officials said. More than 100 rescue workers, firefighters, sniffer-dog squads and bomb and gas experts were deployed to the gutted building in a subsidized ho... Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:04:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2049546-3-killed-french-building-collapse-blast.html 2013-04-28T19:04:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048558-jews-ease-tunisia-famed-pilgrimage.html DJERBA, Tunisia (AP) — Under a bright Mediterranean sun Saturday, Jews whose forebears once thronged Tunisia are trekking to a celebrated synagogue under the protection of police — as organizers try to inject new momentum to an annual pilgrimage that's been depleted in recent years by fears of anti-Semitism. Jewish leaders hope the three-day pilgrimage to... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:43:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2048558-jews-ease-tunisia-famed-pilgrimage.html 2013-04-27T18:43:51Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2044298-usada-chief-armstrong-evidence-uci.html PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing body in his doping. Travis Tygart appeared at a French government hearing in Paris on Thursday to discuss ways to improve the fight against doping. After the USADA'S scathing report on systemat... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 22:45:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2044298-usada-chief-armstrong-evidence-uci.html 2013-04-25T22:45:20Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2041834-artist-decorates-louvres-iconic-pyramid.html PARIS (AP) — An Italian artist decorated the Louvre museum's glass pyramid Wednesday for the first time in the iconic monument's history, in a protest against capitalism. The artwork, a huge three-looped infinity sign made of mirrors, faces due west onto France's business district, La Defense. Michelangelo Pistoletto, one of the world's leading conceptual... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:08:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2041834-artist-decorates-louvres-iconic-pyramid.html 2013-04-24T18:08:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041014-peugeot-citroen-blames-europe-q1-sales-slump.html PARIS (AP) — PSA Peugeot Citroen said Wednesday crumbling automobile markets across Europe lay behind a steep drop in its first quarter sales. The parent company of Peugeot and Citroen reported a 10.3 percent drop in sales at its automobile division to 8.7 billion euros ($11.3 billion) for the January to March period, down from 9.7 billion euros a year ea... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:54:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2041014-peugeot-citroen-blames-europe-q1-sales-slump.html 2013-04-24T07:54:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038628-french-protest-gay-marriage-turns-violent.html PARIS (AP) — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government. Within hours, fiery clashes broke out between protesters and riot police. Legions of officers stayed late into ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:47:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038628-french-protest-gay-marriage-turns-violent.html 2013-04-23T22:47:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038400-car-bomb-french-embassy-libya-wounds-3.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst attack on a diplomatic mission in the North African nation since the U.S. ambassador was killed last year. The attack in the heart of the capital put new pressure on the Libya's new leaders ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:21:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038400-car-bomb-french-embassy-libya-wounds-3.html 2013-04-23T20:21:55Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036962-correction-michelin-sales-story.html PARIS (AP) — In a story April 22 about Michelin, The Associated Press misstated the dollar equivalent of Michelin's first quarter sales. It was $6.36 billion, not $3.36 billion. A corrected version of the story is below: Michelin sales slump in 1st quarter Tire maker Michelin says sales slump 8.1 percent in 1st quarter French tire-maker Michelin says its ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:36:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2036962-correction-michelin-sales-story.html 2013-04-23T18:36:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039112-escaped-psychiatric-patient-attacks-rabbi-paris.html PARIS (AP) — An escapee from a psychiatric institution slashed a rabbi and his son with a box-cutter on Tuesday, prompting witnesses to tackle and subdue the attacker after a chase through a Paris synagogue, officials said. The rabbi, who is in his late 40s, was recovering from surgery for a neck injury and his 18-year-old son sustained lesser injuries in... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:27:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2039112-escaped-psychiatric-patient-attacks-rabbi-paris.html 2013-04-23T17:27:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034656-gay-marriage-opponents-demonstrate-paris.html PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to sunny Paris boulevards on Sunday to protest the expected passage this week of a bill legalizing gay marriage. One protestor called the bill "a threat to the social fabric." Legalizing gay marriage was one of President Francois Hollande's campaign promises. Polls have shown a narrow majority of French... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:34:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034656-gay-marriage-opponents-demonstrate-paris.html 2013-04-21T16:34:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030790-russias-chechnya-decades-war-terror.html MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings have their ethnic roots in Chechnya, a part of the Caucasus Mountains that has spawned decades of violence — from separatist wars to suicide attacks, blood feuds and hostage sieges. Authorities have not linked Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to any insurgent groups, and t... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:24:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030790-russias-chechnya-decades-war-terror.html 2013-04-19T23:24:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030842-probe-opens-alleged-libyan-funding-sarkozy.html PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors on Friday began investigating whether the winning presidential campaign of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 may have received illegal funding from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime. The judicial investigation doesn't specify any suspect by name and centers on allegations of corruption, influence trafficking, for... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:06:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030842-probe-opens-alleged-libyan-funding-sarkozy.html 2013-04-19T17:06:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027736-report-ansar-dine-spokesman-seeks-surrender.html BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A spokesman for an al-Qaida-linked group in northern Mali wants to surrender and be extradited to face trial in his home country of Mauritania, according to a news agency there. The Noukachott Information Agency, or ANI, posted the report late Wednesday saying Sanda Ould Boumana intended to hand himself over to authorities in Algeria. ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2027736-report-ansar-dine-spokesman-seeks-surrender.html 2013-04-18T15:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027932-4-accused-anti-gay-attack-france.html PARIS (AP) — Four people have been detained on suspicion of carrying out an attack at a Lille gay bar, the Interior Ministry said Thursday, amid nationwide tensions over a bill that would legalize gay marriage. Several other people were detained in Paris late Wednesday after a protest against gay marriage that ended with some demonstrators fighting police... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:26:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2027932-4-accused-anti-gay-attack-france.html 2013-04-18T12:26:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2020330-france-forces-ministers-to-financial-records.html PARIS (AP) — Tax Day generally passes unnoticed in France but this year a major tax scandal involving a top member of government has made April 15 a day of reckoning for French political leaders as well. In a bid to "moralize" politics after the embarrassing revelation that France's top tax collector was himself dodging the tax man, President Francois Hol... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:16:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2020330-france-forces-ministers-to-financial-records.html 2013-04-15T18:16:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018324-bus-carrying-russians-crashes-belgium-5-dead.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A Polish bus carrying Russian youngsters crashed through the guardrails of a bridge and plunged 5 meters (16 feet) to a field below on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 12, an official said. The accident occurred in Ranst, a Belgian town near the port city of Antwerp, and no other vehicles were involved, said Mayor Lode Hof... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:02:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2018324-bus-carrying-russians-crashes-belgium-5-dead.html 2013-04-14T11:02:38Z