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French president to sign gay marriage bill into law French President Francois Hollande will sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law Saturday, after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition.
18 May 2013
Chinese director Jia Zhangke. ©REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier At Cannes, shock movie tests China's boundaries The only Chinese contestant in the running for this year's Palme d'Or, "A Touch of Sin" (Tian Zhu Ding) reaped enthusiastic applause at a press screening on Thursday.
17 May 2013
Hollande's headache worsens as France slips into recession President Francois Hollande's nagging headache to reboot the French economy has turned into a migraine as the economy slipped into its second recession in four years, fuelling speculation of an impending cabinet reshuffle.
16 May 2013
Cannes is global shop window for fashion designers Nicole Kidman and "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou kicked off 12-days of red carpet fashion at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.
16 May 2013
Treat or turkey? Cannes braces for "Great Gatsby" Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" was to open the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, with critics divided on whether it amounts to an inspired take on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic or a cinematic flop.
15 May 2013
Gatsby star treads in Fitzgerald's footsteps When Leonardo DiCaprio, the star of the latest big screen adaptation of "The Great Gatsby", arrives at the Cannes Film Festival this week, he will be following in the footsteps of author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
14 May 2013
One suspected case of SARS-like virus in France, one confirmed French health authorities said one person was suspected of contracting a deadly new SARS-like virus after coming into contact with a man confirmed to be infected.
11 May 2013
G7 nations meet as US pressures Europe over austerity Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies will meet in the English countryside on Friday for talks on spurring growth, amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity.
10 May 2013
Cannes facts: Glamour, drama and offbeat Following is a selection of facts about the Cannes Film Festival.
10 May 2013
Kazakhstan's actor Yerbolat Toguzakov at the poster of Shal movie directed by Yermek Tursunov. Kazakhstan-made short film to be screened in Cannes Madiyar Kassymov, producer of the short, will travel to France along with Sharipa Urazbayeva to take part in the Cannes Film Festival.
09 May 2013
Anti-government street protests mark Hollande's first year anniversary Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to mark Socialist President Francois Hollande's first year in office by accusing him of turning his back on the left.
06 May 2013
Notorious French bank robber commits suicide after drugs arrest Marc Armando, the suspected mastermind behind one of France's most spectacular bank heists two decades ago, has committed suicide in prison.
05 May 2013
Japan, France firms win Turkey nuclear contract: report Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva have won a multi-billion dollar contract to build a nuclear power plant on the Black Sea.
02 May 2013
May Day protests against austerity, 'slave labour' Tens of thousands of angry protesters staged May Day rallies in several countries of the crisis-wracked eurozone Wednesday, as fury erupted at demonstrations in Bangladesh after a deadly building collapse.
02 May 2013
©REUTERS/Luke MacGregor British police make appeal in Alps murder case British police assisting the investigation into last year's murder of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps on Monday released footage of a 4x4 vehicle seen close to the crime scene.
30 April 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ©REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch Merkel lambasted by France despite her softer tone An attack by French Socialists on Angela Merkel's drive for belt-tightening coincides with concessions by the German chancellor on austerity, but five months from elections she is loathe to trumpet her flexibility.
30 April 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ©REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz French ministers warn against picking fight with Germany Senior French ministers warned Monday against picking a fight with Germany after the ruling Socialists accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of being "selfish" in her drive for eurozone austerity.
29 April 2013
©REUTERS French teen killer bought Kalashnikov on Internet A French teenager who used a Kalashnikov to shoot three men dead obtained his murder weapon on the Internet.
27 April 2013
Japan, France set to win Turkish nuclear plant deal: report A consortium of Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva are on track to win a deal to build a $20 billion nuclear power station in Turkey.
24 April 2013
French parliament adopts landmark gay marriage law French lawmakers on Tuesday defied months of angry protests to approve a bill that is to make France the 14th country worldwide to legalise same-sex marriages.
24 April 2013
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