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/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1438-paris.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862374-beckham-paris-flashbulbs-burn-differently.html PARIS (AP) — In London, the paparazzi hunt in packs, as David Beckham and other celebrities know well. When Beckham moved to Los Angeles, high-speed road chases by photographers were the norm until a Hollywood star became governor and set a few ground rules. The Parisians — soon to have the star in their midst, playing for soccer club Paris-Saint Germain — catch their prey f... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862374-beckham-paris-flashbulbs-burn-differently.html 2013-02-01T17:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862376-french-leader-to-visit-mali-talk-troop-levels.html PARIS (AP) — President Francois Hollande says he'll suggest when France will reduce troop levels in Mali during a trip there Saturday, nearly four weeks after a French-led operation against Islamic extremists began in the vast West African nation. Hollande, who will be accompanied by France's foreign and defense ministers, hopes to also boost his troops' ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862376-french-leader-to-visit-mali-talk-troop-levels.html 2013-02-01T16:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1861914-french-enthusiastic-beckham-signing-with-psg.html PARIS (AP) — David Beckham's arrival at Paris Saint-Germain was warmly received in France on Friday, a day after the 37-year-old former England captain turned down several other teams in a marketing and merchandising coup. Beckham joined the cash-rich club Thursday for five months and will donate his salary to a children's charity. Beckham aims to win the... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1861914-french-enthusiastic-beckham-signing-with-psg.html 2013-02-01T14:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1860354-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-donate-salary.html PARIS (AP) — In a dazzling career filled with riches and titles, David Beckham is taking his globe-trotting soccer tour to one of the most alluring destinations of all. The 37-year-old midfielder signed a five-month contract with Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday, and has agreed to essentially play for free. He will donate his salary to a children's charity... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1860354-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-donate-salary.html 2013-01-31T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1859798-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-play-free.html PARIS (AP) — In a lucrative career that has seen him earn millions around the world, David Beckham has joined Paris Saint-Germain pledging to play for free and donate his salary to a children's charity. The former England captain rejected other offers and signed a five-month contract for the ambitious French club on Thursday in a stunning move that came a... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1859798-beckham-joins-psg-pledges-to-play-free.html 2013-01-31T19:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858322-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html PARIS (AP) — The French are all for sex and all for family — so long as you're having sex to create one. Anything dealing with assisted reproduction makes a sizable portion of them uncomfortable, as the president's plans to legalize gay marriage have unexpectedly exposed. The debate over whether society and science are overreaching when it comes to parent... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1858322-french-gay-marriage-plans-stir-parenthood-debate.html 2013-01-31T14:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850462-mali-military-enters-fabled-town-timbuktu.html SEVARE, Mali (AP) — Backed by French helicopters and paratroopers, Malian soldiers entered the fabled city of Timbuktu on Monday after al-Qaida-linked militants who ruled the outpost by fear for nearly 10 months fled into the desert, setting fire to a library that held thousands of manuscripts dating to the Middle Ages. French Col. Thierry Burkhard, chief... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850462-mali-military-enters-fabled-town-timbuktu.html 2013-01-28T19:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850618-france-warns-extremists-prevail-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition leaders pleaded Monday for funds and political backing from the international community as France warned that extremists could prevail in Syria if nations fail to honor their pledges of support. The warning from French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius reflects growing concern over the rising power of Islamic militant groups ... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1850618-france-warns-extremists-prevail-syria.html 2013-01-28T19:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849736-karnow-vietnam-reporter-historian-dies-age-87.html Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and later won a Pulitzer for a history of the Philippines, died Sunday morning. He was 87. Karnow, who had congestive heart failure, died in his sleep at his home in Potomac, Md., said son Michael Karnow. A Paris... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1849736-karnow-vietnam-reporter-historian-dies-age-87.html 2013-01-27T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849252-pro-gay-marriage-protesters-hit-paris-streets.html PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched in Paris Sunday in support of a government-sponsored bill that would legalize marriage and adoption for same-sex couples. Demonstrators waved banners emblazoned with phrases such as "Equality of rights is not a threat" as they began marching Sunday from Denfert-Rochereau square in the southern part of the c... Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1849252-pro-gay-marriage-protesters-hit-paris-streets.html 2013-01-27T16:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1846606-injured-venus-williams-paris-fed-cup.html PARIS (AP) — Venus Williams has pulled out of next week's Open GDF Suez tournament and the upcoming Fed Cup against Italy because of a back injury. The 26th-ranked Williams said in a statement Friday that she had hoped to take part in the WTA tournament in order to improve her ranking, but that "unfortunately I have a pain in my back which obliges me to r... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1846606-injured-venus-williams-paris-fed-cup.html 2013-01-25T19:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842948-mexico-france-divided-release-frenchwoman.html PARIS (AP) — She left Mexico to jeers of "killer!" but touched down Thursday in Paris to the fanfare of a state welcome. Seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges and a flawed trial made Frenchwoman Florence Cassez a cause celebre in France, where her innocence seemed nearly beyond question upon her return. Even though the court that ordered h... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1842948-mexico-france-divided-release-frenchwoman.html 2013-01-24T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842890-paris-opera-ballet-names-millepied-black-swan.html PARIS (AP) — Benjamin Millepied, the "Black Swan" choreographer who helped transform Natalie Portman into an obsessed, paranoid ballerina for the film and later married the actress, was named director of the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday. Millepied, 35, is a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet who left in 2011 to create his own dance co... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1842890-paris-opera-ballet-names-millepied-black-swan.html 2013-01-24T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1843246-court-sides-with-jewish-group-twitter.html PARIS (AP) — A French court has sided with a Jewish group seeking to identify authors of anti-Semitic messages that circulated the social network Twitter last autumn. The Paris court ordered Twitter to turn over to the French Union of Jewish Students whatever data it has that could help identify the account holders who posted the tweets. The court also or... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1843246-court-sides-with-jewish-group-twitter.html 2013-01-24T14:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841828-mexican-court-frees-frenchwoman-kidnapping-case.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Frenchwoman who had spent seven years in prison in Mexico on kidnapping charges was flying back to Paris on Thursday after Mexico's Supreme Court ordered her freed because of flaws in her trial, bringing a close to a case that had strained relations between the countries. Florence Cassez's arrest, trial and 60-year prison sentence mad... Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1841828-mexican-court-frees-frenchwoman-kidnapping-case.html 2013-01-24T09:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1839014-armani-chanel-draw-celebs-couture-day-2.html PARIS (AP) — The red-carpet glamor of haute couture — with its dripping paillettes, glistening silks and exorbitant price tag — makes it a natural bedfellow for A-list actresses the world over. The spring-summer season 2013 is certainly no exception, with Tuesday, the second day of couture week, attracting a throng of top stars, old and young — as it has ... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1839014-armani-chanel-draw-celebs-couture-day-2.html 2013-01-22T21:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838644-armani-mixes-classic-couture-with-exotic-panache.html PARIS (AP) — Only a few living designers can execute a couture show where almost every look glistens as much with classic timelessness as it does with innovation. Fashion legend Giorgio Armani, 78, is one of them. Proof was Armani Prive's spring-summer 2013 show on Tuesday: a finely balanced affair contrasting the classic with the exotic. In 54 looks, the... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1838644-armani-mixes-classic-couture-with-exotic-panache.html 2013-01-22T19:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1837266-lagerfeld-supports-gay-marriage-lesbian-couture.html PARIS (AP) — Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel's veteran couturier, has shown his support for the legalization of gay marriage in France by sending two models down a catwalk wearing couture bridal gowns. He did that to cap Paris' Grand Palais fashion show on Tuesday and also had a young nephew of his accompany the women models as they walked forward holding hands. F... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1837266-lagerfeld-supports-gay-marriage-lesbian-couture.html 2013-01-22T15:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837024-was-that-you-foul-odor-wafts-france-to-uk.html PARIS (AP) — A foul-smelling cloud of gas escaped from a factory in northern France on Tuesday, making life unpleasant from the outskirts of Paris to Britain's shores and prompting scores of emergency calls. France's Interior Ministry released a statement saying the mercaptan gas escaping from the Rouen chemical factory is harmless. Among other uses, merc... Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1837024-was-that-you-foul-odor-wafts-france-to-uk.html 2013-01-22T13:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835712-egypts-morsi-opposes-french-intervention-mali.html RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Egypt's Islamist president on Monday stated his opposition to France's military intervention in Mali, saying its actions there would create a "new conflict hotspot" that separates the Arab north from its African neighbors to the south. Addressing the opening session of an Arab economic summit in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Morsi als... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835712-egypts-morsi-opposes-french-intervention-mali.html 2013-01-21T19:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835422-french-turkish-suspect-probed-kurd-killings.html PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have filed preliminary murder and terrorism charges against a Turkish citizen who worked as a driver for one of three Kurdish activists who were gunned down this month in Paris, an official said Monday. The suspect, identified as Omer Guney, 30, drove for the most prominent victim, Sakine Cansiz, a woman in her 50s who help... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1835422-french-turkish-suspect-probed-kurd-killings.html 2013-01-21T18:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835760-iris-van-herpen-electrifies-haute-couture.html PARIS (AP) — Iris Van Herpen's electrifying haute couture show should have come with a warning sign: Danger High Voltage. A mysterious black statue in a dimly lit Parisian salon awaited revelers Monday who suddenly gasped as this "statue" began to move; the figure was in fact a performer inside a black body stocking, standing on a Tesla coil. ... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1835760-iris-van-herpen-electrifies-haute-couture.html 2013-01-21T17:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833384-lanvin-plays-proportions-snow-quilts-paris.html PARIS (AP) — The snow fell in Paris all day, blanketing the left bank's grand Fine Arts School, the stage for Lanvin's fall-winter 2013 show. The snowy cover saw the building reduced to all white — distilling its 19th-century stones to pure form and shapes. It's perhaps appropriate that designers Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver thus chose to explore sh... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 16:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1833384-lanvin-plays-proportions-snow-quilts-paris.html 2013-01-20T16:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1832500-hermes-clothes-talking-classy.html PARIS (AP) — Hermes has become a byword for simple, unpretentious luxury. With panache, veteran menswear designer Veronique Nichanian proved this again in a classy and masculine showing for fall-winter 2013. A more muted palette than last season was broken up with bright flashes of golden yellow. There was no far-flung concept, gimmick or muse, unlike mos... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1832500-hermes-clothes-talking-classy.html 2013-01-19T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830830-givenchy-menswear-combatorial.html PARIS (AP) — Gladiatorial combat is in the air for Givenchy's ever-creative Riccardo Tisci. For the fall-winter 2013 menswear show, the Italian designer delved into his rich ancestry bringing back hundreds upon hundreds of candles which carved out an ominous catwalk arena. Like Roman torches, they lit the way for the models who filed by in 48 mainly black... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830830-givenchy-menswear-combatorial.html 2013-01-18T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830998-joseph-beuys-inspires-slouchy-john-galliano.html PARIS (AP) — The trilby hat and short, baggy pants of German artist Joseph Beuys was the muse behind John Galliano's fall-winter 2013 show. Designer Bill Gaytten was spurred on creatively after seeing installation by Beuys, who died in 1986, and was famous for his slouchy style. Models walked down the Paris catwalk with a swagger in loose and flowing coat... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830998-joseph-beuys-inspires-slouchy-john-galliano.html 2013-01-18T21:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830012-john-galliano-invited-to-return-to-fashion.html John Galliano has been invited by Oscar de la Renta to return to fashion for the first time since the designer's anti-Semitic rant at a Paris cafe was captured on video. De la Renta invited Galliano to spend time in his studio over the next three weeks, according to a statement released Friday by de la Renta's company. Galliano was dismissed as creative d... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1830012-john-galliano-invited-to-return-to-fashion.html 2013-01-18T17:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1824176-germany-to-bring-gold-stored-us-france.html BERLIN (AP) — In what sounds like the setup for a stylish Hollywood heist movie, Germany is transferring nearly 700 tons of gold bars worth $36 billion from Paris and New York to its vaults in Frankfurt. The move is part of an effort by Germany's central bank to bring much of its gold home after keeping big reserves outside the country for safekeeping dur... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 20:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1824176-germany-to-bring-gold-stored-us-france.html 2013-01-16T20:41:00Z