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20/05/2013 - France

Cannes Film Festival 2013

The 66th Cannes Film Festival opens this week. The small riviera town turns into a movie universe, with directors, writers, actors and producers all vying for awards, attention and business.

13/05/2013 - Pakistan

Pakistan general election 2013

If all goes well, Pakistan’s 11 May general election will be historic – for the first time a civilian government has served its full term without being toppled by the military or ...

08/05/2013 - France

Cannes Film Festival 2012

The 65th Cannes Film Festival will pay tribute to screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, even though she never attended when she was alive. There'll be plenty of up-to-date glamour, too.

10/04/2013

The Cahuzac affair: France's government in crisis

France’s Socialist government has been rocked by the scandal of former budget minister Jérôme Cahuzac's secret Swiss bank account, which has led to him being charged with ...

09/04/2013

War in Mali

France has sent thousands of troops to Mali in an effort to help the government win back control of the north, which was lost to an alliance of Al Qaeda-linked jihadia and Tuareg separatists in ...

31/03/2013 - Dossier

The Bettencourt scandal - the L'Oréal heiress, the photographer and the president

What started as a family spat over what France's richest woman was doing with her money has turned into the political scandal of the year, if not the decade, with claims of confict of interest, ...

09/02/2013 - Sport

Africa Cup of Nations 2013

20/01/2013 - Sport

Africa Cup of Nations 2012

Paul Myers is covering the 28th Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.

08/11/2012

US Presidential elections 2012

On 6 November 2012 America decides whether Barack Obama will have a second term as president.

13/08/2012 - Sport

London Olympic Games 2012

Thousands of competitors from more than 200 countries are vying for glory in 302 events in the 2012 London Olympics.

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