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Demi Moore: Sightseeing with Scout Celebrity Gossip 30 Mar 09 Enjoying life in the south of France, Demi Moore spent the day sightseeing with her daughter Scout LaRue in Nice on Monday. Braving the windy weather, the lovely pair ate up lunch in “Gran Caffe” in Beaulieu-sur-Mer and visited the Matisse Museum.

Steve Ballmer named Media Person of the Year at Cannes BtoB 30 Mar 09 Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp., will be presented with the Media Person of the Year Award at the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in June.

Canal Plus to begin analogue switch off in PACA region TMCnet.com 30 Mar 09 French pay TV channel Canal Plus will cease analogue broadcasts in the Provence-Cote d'Azur (PACA) region on 25 November 2009. Other regions will follow until all Canal Plus analogue services end on 6 December 2010.

The full Monte can be yours -- for a cool €22m Independent.ie 30 Mar 09 With the tiny principality of Monaco fearful of finding itself on a blacklist of tax havens to be made public at the G20 summit in London this week, officials are seeking to bolster the inflow of millionaires through what may be the most exclusive tourist initiative ever. Adam Sage.

Ashton Kutcher films scenes on a boat in the south of France Daily Mail 28 Mar 09 Ashton, who is married to 46-year-old actress Demi Moore, was taking part in scenes on the super yacht Nomad which is anchored in Nice harbour. He is believed to be filming for the action comedy The Five Killers in which he will star alongside Grey's Anatomy actress Katherine Heigl.

Video Colonna's life sentence sparks Corsican nationalist anger France 24 28 Mar 09 A Paris appeals court sentenced Yvan Colonna, a Corsican shepherd, to life in jail for the 1998 murder of prefect Claude Erignac, sparking anger in Corsica where he is widely considered the victim of a biased justice system. AFP/Luke Brown.

Sarkozy threatens to renounce Andorra title EUobserver.com 27 Mar 09 Ms Morano was referring to comments made by Mr Sarkozy on Wednesday to deputies from his UMP party. Participants at that meeting later reported him as saying: "I want a list of tax havens and I want them to be sanctioned...I will resign from my post of co-prince of Andorra." "Monaco has to align as well: I will talk to Prince Albert." Elitsa Vucheva.

A Personal Lesson in Late-Period Picasso New York Times 25 Mar 09 What was Picasso thinking during the final years of his life, when he was living in Notre-Dame-de-Vie on the French Riviera? Carol Vogel.

Rainbow Warrior agent dies in plane crash NZHerald.co.nz 25 Mar 09 A member of the French Secret Service team that carried out the Rainbow Warrior bombing in 1985 has been killed in a plane crash in the French Alps. Catherine Field.

Video Confusion as to whether 'tug-of-love' child is in Russia France 24 TV 23 Mar 09 The whereabouts of three-year-old child Elise Andre, who was snatched from her father's care in southern France, are still unclear. Her father told FRANCE 24 in an exclusive interview that his ex-wife will "never be prosecuted."

Cavendish wins Milan-San Remo; Armstrong trails Associated Press 22 Mar 09 Sprint standout Mark Cavendish won the Milan-San Remo cycling classic in his debut Saturday, beating Heinrich Haussler of Germany in a photo finish. Lance Armstrong, riding the first European race in his comeback from three and a half years of retirement, dropped back and out of contention in an uphill climb shortly before the finish. Andrew Dampf.

Ben Mutai Kimwole sets course record in Monaco Marathon The Canadian Press 22 Mar 09 Ben Mutai Kimwole of Kenya set a course record in winning the Monaco Marathon on Sunday.

Three buried in French Alps avalanche iol.ca.za 20 Mar 09 Annecy - Three people were buried on Friday by an avalanche in the French Alps, a regional official said.

Unions say 3 million protesters yesterday Riviera Radio 20 Mar 09 In Nice, Marseille, Paris and over 200 towns in France, estimates say over 3 million people demonstrated yesterday against government economic policies. Public and private sector workers held demonstrations and marches all over the country.

Curtain will go Up on this year's Cannes with 3-D yarn The Guardian 19 Mar 09 The Cannes film festival will enter an uncharted new dimension in May when it pulls back the curtain on Up, an animated 3-D feature from the Disney Pixar studios. Produced by John Lasseter, the film will be the first animation to open the event in its 62-year history. Xan Brooks.

France raises a glass to VAT victory FT.com 17 Mar 09 The cost of a long lunch in a French bistro should become significantly cheaper after Paris won a seven-year battle with the European Union to allow it to slash the value-added tax on meals. Ben Hall.

Brussels enrages Provence rosé winemakers The Guardian 17 Mar 09 In Provence winemakers are up in arms and warning that the whole art-de-vivre and economy of the south of France is under threat from the EC's proposal to allow producers in all member states to make rosé by simply mixing red and white wine. Angelique Chrisafis.

Sean Connery wins Riviera property court ruling Telegraph.co.uk 17 Mar 09 The veteran James Bond star had been accused of profiting from fabulously expensive diamonds and villas which once belonged to a close friend. After a week-long hearing in Switzerland, where the case was brought, judges in Geneva ruled after there was no case for Sir Sean to answer. Peter Allen.

Commentary: Karl Marx redux Middle Est Times 16 Mar 09 One real estate operator in Antibes told us about suitcases filled with $100 bills for the purchase of one $70 million property...Liechtenstein with 35,000 people and Andorra with 80,000 are also amending banking secrecy laws. Monaco, the size of New York's Central Park, is still standing firm. Arnaud de Borchgrave. (UPI Editor at Large).

Bernard Buffet: Return of the 'poser' The Independent 16 Mar 09 The first large retrospective of Buffet paintings in France for more than 40 years began at the weekend and will last until June. Sixty canvasses, including many never shown publicly, have been gathered by the Musée de la Vielle Charité in Marseilles. The town of Carpentras, north of Marseille, also announced last week that it planned to create a museum dedicated to Buffet's work. John Lichfield.

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