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Belmokhtar jihadi group threatens more Niger attacks

The Signatories in Blood group, led by Algerian jihadi Mokhtar Belmokhtar, has threatened more attacks against French and other interests in Niger after Thursday’s double suicide bombings that claimed more than 20 lives.

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Actors Amalric and Del Toro in a still from "Jimmy P." by Arnaud Desplechin
19/05/2013 - Report: Cannes 2013

The cast of Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian is an intense transatlantic film . And it’s quite the thing at Cannes this year.

16/05/2013 - Report: Cannes 2013

At the Cannes Film Festival, the first French film out of six in the main competition is by François Ozon.

13/05/2013 - France

A panel of experts in France on Monday recommended imposing taxes on smartphones and tablets but rejected a call for Google to be charged for linking to media content.

Dancers perform on the red carpet for the screening of the film The Great Gatsby as they arrive for the opening ceremony of the 66th Cannes Film Festival
16/05/2013 - Report: Cannes 2013

The South Coast of France has a reputation for sun and fun, but torrential rain swept through Cannes as the 66th Cannes Film Festival got underway.

11/05/2013 - Report: France - Culture

Everyone has super-hero or super heroine potential. Some people do take a life-time to realise it, if at all. An interactive exhibition in Paris, called Captain Future and Superpowers ...

07/05/2013 - France

French actor Alain Delon is to be honoured at the Cannes film festival later this month with a screening of Plein Soleil, René Clement's 1960 adaptation of "The Talented Mr ...

05/05/2013 - Report: Culture

Mauritian bluesman, Eric Triton, scratches the surface of the idealistically portrayed rainbow island of Mauritius. His soulful songs call for unity and often blame politicians for communal rifts.

The joy of bows - the Tokso Folk String Quartet
28/04/2013 - World music matters

Tokso Folk String Quartet - four talented musicians from Greece, Norway and France - talk about the joys of composing for each other and why the island of Crete lives and breathes folk music.

26/04/2013 - Report: France

Les Bains Douches was once a famous Paris nightclub and concert hall. At the beginning of 2013 a group of artists transformed the site into a creative space.

24/04/2013 - France - world cinema

The Cannes Festival jury panel for 2013 has just been announced, and it is wide-ranging and gender-balanced.

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