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High-value jewelry stolen 2nd time during Cannes Film Festival, this time a necklace

PARIS - A second jewelry theft has been reported in the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival, this time an expensive necklace.

At Cannes Film Festival, Jerry Lewis still not laughing at female comedians

CANNES, France - Ladies? Don't make him laugh.

26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger targeting French mine and barracks

NIAMEY, Niger - Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.

Stocks around the world take a battering after Japan's Nikkei tanks over 7 per cent

LONDON - Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.

Thieves strike again during Cannes Festival: police say necklace stolen in Cap d'Antibes

PARIS - Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival.

Paolo Sorrentino serves up a sumptuous repast in Cannes entry 'The Great Beauty'

CANNES, France - Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food - appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty."

Bronx 'ghetto' tours stopped; angry residents say gritty community has survived its past

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged neighbourhood.

Suicide bomber in Niger takes military cadets hostage in attack which killed 20, says minister

NIAMEY, Niger - Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets hostage.

25 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger targeting French uranium mine and army barracks

NIAMEY, Niger - Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit inside a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 25 people and injuring 29, according to the ministry of defence.

Youths in Stockholm burn down restaurant, torch more than 30 cars in 4th night of rioting

STOCKHOLM - Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish capital that started following a fatal police shooting.

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