The Swiss justice ministry decided it would not challenge a court’s decision to accept a bail offer of 4.5 million dollars to free film-maker Roman Polanski who is still waiting for a ruling on a US extradition request.
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The reality TV singing contest "Afghan Star", inspired by the popular "Pop Idol" format, has taken Afghanistan by storm. But a documentary about the show reveals the power of the resurgent Taliban, who forced the exile of the programme’s host.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that he would like Nobel Prize winning author Albert Camus’s remains moved from a cemetery in Provence to the Panthéon in Paris, where France’s greatest men and women are buried.
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Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, has announced that she is ending her hugely popular daytime talk show after its 25th season concludes in 2011.
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Finally, it’s here: the official uncorking of the Beaujolais Nouveau, France’s favorite fruity wine. This year, the vintage is being touted as one of the best in half a century.
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American actor and director Clint Eastwood can now add Commander of the French Legion of Honour to his list of achievements, after receiving one of France’s highest honours from President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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French-Senegalese author Marie NDiaye, who last week won France’s top literary prize, the Goncourt,says she stands by her comments about President Nicolas Sarkozy creating the "atmosphere of a police state" in France.
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