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Top 30 must-see summer movies in 2012

Dark Knight Rises is no. 1 movie to see this summer

…the filmmakers’ attempt to capitalize on the success of “Transformers,” but with costars Liam Neeson and singer Rihanna in tow, this could be one unsinkable “Battleship.” 29. Bel Ami Release Date: June 8 Starring: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci The Scoop: R.Pattz is a beautiful friend indeed to the many lovely ladies in this 19th-…

Why do so many French people vote?

French turnout in the first round of the presidential election was more than 80 percent, one of the highest in the world

…trength of political engagement came at the ballot box, where four out of five registered French voters cast a vote. Turnout was slightly down on the 84% who voted in the last presidential election in 2007, but given the poor showings in the regional and European elections in the last few years, there had been fears it would be a lot lower. And 80% far outstrips the turnout in the most recent nati…

Fifty Shades Of Grey becomes fastest selling book in French history

Fifty Shades Of Grey has become the fastest selling book in French publishing history

…nch publishing history   Daily newspaper Le Figaro wrote: “It has no intellectual construction. It is Fifty Shades of Boredom.” The paper compared the book – first released in the UK in May 2011 – to French classic erotic writing by the Marquis de Sade and Anais Nin’s The Story Of O. It added: “Alongside them, this is soda-masochism <<lite>>, full of insignifican…

Stefan Ramin, a German tourist eaten by cannibals in Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia.

Stefan Ramin and his girlfriend, Heike Dorsch, before he disappeared and now feared to be eaten by cannibals

…sed her. Heike Dorsch, 37, managed to escape hours later to alert authorities and they began a seven-day search for her partner, Stefan Ramin. Last week, the ashes were found in a valley by a squad of 22 police officers and among the embers were bones including a jaw bone, teeth and melted metal, believed to be fillings.   Stefan Ramin and his girlfriend, Heike Dorsch, before he disappeared…

Manaf Tlas hints that French secret agents helped him flee Syria

Key Syrian defector General Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee Syria in early July

…would be organized along the lines of the Taif conference that ended Lebanon’s civil war in 1990. According to the UN, more than 18,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in March 2011. Activists put the death toll at 23,000.     Related search articles:Published News Upcoming News Submit a New Story Groups card services general james mattis fired top electronics 20…

Gerard Depardieu hands back his French passport in tax exile row

Gerard Depardieu announces he is handing back his French passport after Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault criticized him for moving to Belgium to avoid taxes

…town of Nechin, just over the border from the French city of Lille, was unpatriotic at a time of cutbacks. “I find this quite shabby. All that just to avoid paying tax,” he said on France 2 TV channel. “Paying a tax is an act of solidarity, a patriotic act.” Belgium is an attractive option for wealthy French people. Three months ago France’s richest man, Bernard Arna…

Sarkophobia: Why French people dislike President Nicolas Sarkozy?

From the moment Nicolas Sarkozy took office in 2007, no French president in modern times has been the object of such blatant dislike

From the moment Nicolas Sarkozy took office in 2007, no French president in modern times has been the object of such blatant dislike. It is an animosity quite distinct from opposition to his actual policies. All leaders expect hostility for the things they do. Few get it in such measure for the things they are. “There is an irrational hatred of Nicolas Sarkozy among much of the public, and…

Kate topless photos: Lawyers for the royal couple make criminal complaint to a French prosecutor

Prince William and Duchess of Cambridge visit the Solomon Islands as part of a tour of south-east Asia and the South Pacific

…the photographs, which were taken from a road some distance from the French chateau where the duke and duchess were staying for a short break. Chi, the Italian magazine, said it would print a special 26-page edition featuring the photographs on Monday. Closer, the French magazine which first published the photographs, and Chi are both part of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’…

Vanilla Chamu: Japanese model spent over $100K on plastic surgery to look like a French doll

Vanilla Chamu has undergone a startling physical transformation that has so far involved more than 30 cosmetic procedures at a cost of $102,000 just to look like a French doll

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Ourson Guimauve: Why the French love chocolate bears

Oursons guimauve are small chocolate-covered marshmallow teddy bears

…med The Human Marshmallow (l’Homme de Guimauve) – to be dunked in chocolate and exported along with them. The bears are predicted to make their French producers 900 million euros a year by 2015. Cecilia Hermabessiere is in her sweetshop. “I prefer oursons Lutti,” she says (Lutti is a sweet manufacturer). “They’re almost the same, but larger. The marshmallow is f…

Google threatens French media ban

Google has threatened to exclude French media sites from its search results

…copyright of a site. The publishers will continue to contest this, but the general consensus is that it is not,” he added.   Related search articles:xnxxyolanda arias American girl doll of 2014 hemarxnxx bill clintons letter to lalu no swimsuit photo pakistan kpk swat girl home video resignation letter for not meeting obligations si robertson episode parlez vous who is american girl of…

Roger Garaudy, controversial French philosopher, dies at 98

French philosopher Roger Garaudy has died on Wednesday, June 13, at the age of 98 at his home in Chennevieres-sur-Marne, near Paris

French philosopher Roger Garaudy has died on Wednesday, June 13, at the age of 98 at his home in Chennevieres-sur-Marne, near Paris. An ex-member of the communist party, the controversial philosopher converted to Islam in the 1980s. Roger Garaudy’s 1996 book The Founding Myths of Israeli Politics denied that the killing of Jews by the Nazis constituted genocide. Roger Garaudy (Ragaa Garaudy) was…

Marine Le Pen vows blank vote in Sunday’s French presidential poll

Marine Le Pen told a rally of her National Front party that she could back neither incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy nor Socialist Francois Hollande and told supporters to follow their conscience

ers: “French people want change.” He added that now he was no longer the candidate of the Socialist Party but the candidate of “the whole united Left”. After the first round on 22 April, far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon – who polled 11% of the vote – told his supporters to rally behind Francois Hollande in the second round. Francois Hollande has chosen not…

Oscars 2012: The Artist, the silent black and white French film, leads the race

The silent black and white French film The Artist is the clear favorite to take the coveted best picture prize at Oscars 2012

The silent black and white French film The Artist is the clear favorite to take the coveted best picture prize as the final countdown to the 2012 Oscars has begun. The Artist has won most of the major pre-Oscar honors during awards season. The film has 10 nominations in total, while Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film Hugo leads the race with 11, including best film and director. The 84th Acad…

Gerard Depardieu spotted in Rome after renouncing French citizenship

Gerard Depardieu was spotted stocking up on his favorite cheese before flying to Italy, sparking rumors that he has finally left France for good

Gerard Depardieu was spotted stocking up on his favorite cheese before flying to Italy – sparking rumors that he has finally left France for good after publicly renouncing his citizenship. Gerard Depardieu, 63, was wheeled out of Ciampino Airport in Rome after publicly slamming the introduction of a new top rate of tax in France in January 2013. It is unclear whether the actor famous for hi…

France opens Yasser Arafat murder case

Prosecutors in France have opened a murder inquiry into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

…he was poisoned with polonium-210, a radioactive element. Polonium was apparently found on some of Arafat’s belongings by Swiss scientists. The medical records of Arafat, who died near Paris in 2004, say he had a stroke resulting from a blood disorder. However, many Palestinians continue to believe Arafat was poisoned by Israel because he was an obstacle to peace. Israel has denied any invo…

Danielle Mitterand, former French First Lady, dies at 87

Danielle Mitterrand died in Georges-Pompidou hospital in Paris after being taken ill on Friday

rdently were numerous, the agency reported. Born Danielle Gouze in the eastern town of Verdun, she joined the Resistance as a nurse aged only 17, when German troops occupied most of France in 1940. On 27 October, 1944, she married Francois Mitterrand, a fellow Resistance member, whom she met when he was on the run from the Gestapo. Danielle and Francois Mitternad had two sons, Gilbert and Jean-Chr…

French elections: Nicolas Sarkozy vs. Francois Hollande

Nicolas Sarkozy vs. Francois Hollande

Nicolas Sarkozy • Will balance French finances by 2016. • Promises to call national referendums on compulsory training for the long-term unemployed and how to deal with illegal immigrants. • In a bid to shed his reputation for favoring the rich, he promises to tax dividend income, apply a minimum 15% tax on major French corporations and introduce a levy for tax exiles who seek refuge abroad. • To…

Christine Lagarde questioned by French court in Bernard Tapie case

Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris for questioning over a payout to controversial tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance minister

Christine Lagarde has arrived at a court in Paris for questioning over a payout to controversial tycoon Bernard Tapie during her time as finance minister. The IMF chief is being asked to explain her handling of a row in 2007 which resulted in some 400 million euros ($516 million) being paid to Bernard Tapie. She is appearing before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), which investigates mi…

Libya: Explosion at French embassy in Tripoli

A car bomb has exploded outside the French embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, wounding two guards and causing extensive damage

…ing extensive damage to the buildings and parked cars. Diplomatic missions in Libya have been attacked in the past, the most notable being the US consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi in September 2012 that led to the death of its ambassador Christopher Stevens and three Americans. This is the first major attack on a foreign embassy in the Libyan capital, observers say. Related search artic…

Olympics 2012: Team GB cyclists accused by French of cheating by using magic wheels

British cyclist Jason Kenny powered to victory over Frenchman Gregory Bauge in the men’s sprint in front of 6,000 baying fans

Team GB stormed to yet another cycling gold yesterday as the forlorn French said the British riders are hiding their “magic wheels” after the races. Jason Kenny, 24, powered to victory over Frenchman Gregory Bauge in the men’s sprint in front of 6,000 baying fans. It was Britain’s fifth track cycling gold out of seven events. There are hopes of three more today with Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendle…

French secret services stopped tracking Mohamed Merah

Mohamed Merah killed seven people in March before being shot dead by police

…iers and four Jewish people. The leaked papers suggest there was more than just suspicion on the part of the French intelligence services. Mohamed Merah had been tracked by the security services since 2006. The report prepared for the French government and leaked to Le Monde cites a DCRI officer raising concerns about the man in March 2011. The officer said Mohamed Merah rarely left his home and w…

Carla Bruni almost unrecognizable as she voted in the French election

Carla Bruni looked almost unrecognizable yesterday as she voted in the French presidential elections

Jocelyn Wildenstein who severely altered her face through cosmetic procedures intended to make her look younger. “Carla is barely recognizable as the glamorous young woman who married Sarkozy in 2008. She looks extremely tired and as if she’s been trying too hard to hold back the years.” Carla Bruni looked almost unrecognizable yesterday as she voted in the French presidential elections In…

Gaddafi killed by French secret serviceman on the express orders of Nicolas Sarkozy

Gaddafi was killed on October 20, 2011, in a final assault on his hometown Sirte

…siness deals. Nicolas Sarkozy, who once welcomed Gaddafi as a “brother leader” during a state visit to Paris, was said to have received millions from the Libyan despot to fund his election campaign in 2007.   The conspiracy theory will be of huge concern to Britain which sent RAF jet to bomb Libya last year with the sole intention of “saving civilian lives”. A United Nations mandate which san…

French march against same-sex marriage

Tens of thousands of people have protested in France against plans to legalize same-sex marriage and allow gay couples to adopt

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