http://www.mail.com/people/1500362-manuel-valls.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/1500362-manuel-valls.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161374-floods-close-lourdes-pilgrimage-site-pyrenees.html LOURDES, France (AP) — Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels. Muddy floodwaters swirled Wednesday in the grotto where nearly 6 million believers from around the world, many gravely ill, come every year seeking miracles and heal... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:11:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161374-floods-close-lourdes-pilgrimage-site-pyrenees.html 2013-06-19T16:11:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2137106-skinheads-questioned-deadly-paris-brawl.html PARIS (AP) — For years they operated in the shadows, but militant extreme-right groups have become increasingly visible in France. Since the death of a university student this week in a melee between skinheads and militant leftists, the French government says it wants to ban extreme-right groups — a complex task complicated by the hydra-like nature of the... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:49:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2137106-skinheads-questioned-deadly-paris-brawl.html 2013-06-07T17:49:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136858-eu-tries-to-close-eye-fighters-syria.html LUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union nations pledged Friday to step up cooperation in an effort to keep the more than 600 EU citizens now fighting in Syria from veering toward terrorism upon their return home. EU home affairs ministers said they plan to increase surveillance of social media, intensify cooperation with nations that border Syria like Turkey and... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:12:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136858-eu-tries-to-close-eye-fighters-syria.html 2013-06-07T16:12:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133408-french-activist-killed-fight-with-skinheads.html PARIS (AP) — A group of skinheads beat a French far-left activist to death in the heart of Paris' shopping district, officials said Thursday, in an attack that raised fears of increased far-right violence. Political tensions are high in France after months of protests against legalizing gay marriage that sometimes ended with troublemakers from the extreme... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:10:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2133408-french-activist-killed-fight-with-skinheads.html 2013-06-06T16:10:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2121046-intel-dilemma-boston-london-paris-attacks.html PARIS (AP) — Intelligence agencies that have succeeded in thwarting many of al-Qaida's plans for spectacular attacks are struggling to combat the terror network's strategy of encouraging followers to keep to themselves, use off-the-shelf weapons and strike when they see an opportunity. In recent weeks — at the Boston Marathon, in the streets of London and... Fri, 31 May 2013 16:05:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2121046-intel-dilemma-boston-london-paris-attacks.html 2013-05-31T16:05:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115558-dna-video-led-to-arrest-french-soldier-attack.html PARIS (AP) — DNA traces on an orange juice bottle and a surveillance video of a man praying in a mall led to the arrest Wednesday of a young suspected Islamic extremist accused of stabbing a French soldier patrolling a crowded area just outside Paris, officials said. The attack came days after a British soldier was slain on a London street in broad daylig... Wed, 29 May 2013 20:12:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2115558-dna-video-led-to-arrest-french-soldier-attack.html 2013-05-29T20:12:27Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2116196-frances-gay-marriage-broadcast-to-nation.html MONTPELLIER, France (AP) — In a historic ceremony broadcast live on French television, the first gay couple to marry in France said "oui," then sealed the deal with a lengthy and very public kiss. Hundreds of invited guests including a government minister gathered for the moving ceremony Wednesday inside city hall in southern French city of Montpellier. H... Wed, 29 May 2013 19:05:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2116196-frances-gay-marriage-broadcast-to-nation.html 2013-05-29T19:05:06Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2111072-protest-paris-frances-gay-marriage-law.html PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people protested against France's new gay marriage law in central Paris on Sunday, and police clashed with right-wing demonstrators. The law came into force over a week ago, but organizers decided to go ahead with the long-planned demonstration to show their continued opposition as well as their frustration with President... Sun, 26 May 2013 21:25:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2111072-protest-paris-frances-gay-marriage-law.html 2013-05-26T21:25:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100234-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/news/world/2100234-suicide-notre-dame-cathedral-paris.html 2013-05-21T21:51:56Z 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/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/news/world/2011468-gay-attack-victim-france-celebre.html PARIS (AP) — The shocking photo of a homophobic attack victim in Paris that went viral on social media this week and caused the French interior minister to weigh in was used as an emblem in a pro-gay rally Wednesday evening. The image of Wilfred de Bruijn's cut and bruised face was brandished by gay groups during a demonstration of several thousand people... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:28:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2011468-gay-attack-victim-france-celebre.html 2013-04-10T23:28:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990438-muslims-worry-broader-france-headscarf-ban.html LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Because of her choice to wear a headscarf, Samia Kaddour, a Muslim, has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon, some private sector jobs could be off limits, too. French President Francois Hollande says he wants a new law that could extend restrictions on the wearing of prominent religious symbols in st... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:04:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1990438-muslims-worry-broader-france-headscarf-ban.html 2013-04-01T19:04:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1957330-france-considers-amnesty-ransacking-strikers.html PARIS (AP) — With its long vacations, short hours and myriad workers' rights, France has a reputation for being a hard place to do business. Now add this to the mix: A law working its way through parliament would grant amnesty to workers who have ransacked their company's offices or threatened their bosses during a labor dispute. Tensions — and even confr... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:15:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1957330-france-considers-amnesty-ransacking-strikers.html 2013-03-15T18:15:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1892032-tunisias-premier-to-field-govt-resign.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's prime minister will continue to oppose his own political party and seek to form a government of technocrats by Saturday to solve the country's crisis or resign, he announced Thursday. Hamadi Jebali said he will hold talks with representatives of all political parties on Friday to see if there is sufficient support for his s... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:36:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1892032-tunisias-premier-to-field-govt-resign.html 2013-02-14T16:36:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879584-tunisian-pm-cabinet-needed-crisis.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's Islamist prime minister said Saturday that he will resign if his proposal to appoint a nonpolitical Cabinet by mid-week is rejected. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali first called for that change on Wednesday after Tunisia was thrown into a crisis when a prominent opposition politician was shot and killed in Tunis, touching off ... Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1879584-tunisian-pm-cabinet-needed-crisis.html 2013-02-09T20:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874498-french-try-to-root-would-be-jihadists.html PARIS (AP) — France, waging war against Islamist extremists in Mali, is on the hunt for would-be fighters at home, fearful that they will join militants in the conflict in its former African colony or take radical action on French soil. With Iraq and Afghanistan no longer magnets for foreign fighters, officials say they worry that some angry youth among t... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1874498-french-try-to-root-would-be-jihadists.html 2013-02-07T18:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869184-france-4-detained-suspected-extremist-links.html PARIS (AP) — French authorities detained four people Tuesday in a counterterrorism operation targeting those suspected of trying to join Islamist extremists abroad. The raid in the Paris region comes amid fears that European extremists who once joined jihadi groups in Afghanistan or Iraq are now joining radical fighters in the civil war in Syria and the c... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 11:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869184-france-4-detained-suspected-extremist-links.html 2013-02-05T11:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821366-france-girds-threats-amid-mali-operation.html PARIS (AP) — France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that the French could be targeted within their own borders. On Tuesday, as security forces stepped up patrols everywhere from airports to the Eiffel Tower, France's top security official issued a grim warning: the enem... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1821366-france-girds-threats-amid-mali-operation.html 2013-01-15T20:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1820368-french-president-bares-tough-side-africa-fights.html PARIS (AP) — Bombing militants in Mali may be the most popular thing Francois Hollande has done as France's president. The bespectacled and self-described "normal" man who was once lampooned as resembling flimsy yellow custard, is now flexing France's military muscle against al-Qaida-linked Islamist extremists who he believes pose a threat to northwest Af... Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1820368-french-president-bares-tough-side-africa-fights.html 2013-01-14T20:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1817064-beaches-bombs-gangsters-corsicas-dilemma.html AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — The bombs exploded across hundreds of miles of Corsican coastline, gutting two dozen villas nearly simultaneously on some of Europe's most beautiful — and valuable — land. Elsewhere on the same French island off the Mediterranean coast, a young man was shot to death in his car, his stepson wounded beside him. The night of violence ... Sun, 13 Jan 2013 18:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1817064-beaches-bombs-gangsters-corsicas-dilemma.html 2013-01-13T18:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810768-3-kurds-killed-paris-political-motive-claimed.html PARIS (AP) — Three Kurdish activists, including reportedly one of the founding members of a militant separatist group, were shot dead in what authorities called an "execution" in central Paris. The slayings prompted speculation that the long-running conflict between insurgents from the minority group and Turkey was playing out on French shores. The slayin... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810768-3-kurds-killed-paris-political-motive-claimed.html 2013-01-10T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810680-3-kurdish-women-shot-dead-paris-office.html PARIS (AP) — Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution. RTL radio reported on Thursday that one of the women was apparently a founder of the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which seeks autonomy for Kurds in Turkey. Police would not confirm RTL's report ... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1810680-3-kurdish-women-shot-dead-paris-office.html 2013-01-10T08:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794676-france-counts-1193-cars-torched-years-eve.html PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year's Eve, set afire by young revelers, a much lamented tradition that remained intact this year with 1,193 vehicles burned, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Tuesday. His announcement was the first time in three years that such figures have been released. The conservative ... Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1794676-france-counts-1193-cars-torched-years-eve.html 2013-01-01T20:49:00Z