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GR, GRP, PR: What do the French hiking signs mean?
What are the coloured symbols on French hiking routes? Who paints them there and why?
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Miss France: glam - but not sexy
Miss France organiser Geneviève de Fontenay fears she is fighting a losing battle to protect her 'Cinderella dream' from vulgarity
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Normandy Landings visit for Queen
Queen Elizabeth has confirmed a state visit to France, ending rumours she is handing over duties to Charles
De Niro leads Cannes line-up
Actor Denis Podalydès plays President Sarkozy in the out-of-competion La Conquête
TWICE winner and now three-times president, Robert de Niro returns to Cannes this month to lead the jury at the film festival with a strong line-up of contenders for the Palme d’Or, including Pedro Almodovar, Paolo Sorrentino, Terrence Malick, the Dardenne brothers, Lars Von Trier and Lynne Ramsay.
Famous faces on the Croisette will include Jodie Foster, whose The Beaver is showing out of competition; Pirates of the Caribbean pair Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz, plus President Sarkozy in Xavier Durringer’s new take on the 2007 presidential election, La Conquête.