France's Chirac Gives Spielberg Top Award
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President Jacques Chirac made U.S. film director Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of Honor on Sunday, hailing him as a great filmmaker committed to fighting hatred and intolerance.
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French President Jacques Chirac started a state visit to China Saturday. President Chirac is an old friend of China. On his visit to China seven years ago he established the all-round strategic partnership
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President Jacques Chirac made U.S. film  director Steven Spielberg a knight in the French Legion of  Honor on Sunday, hailing him as a great filmmaker committed to  fighting hatred and intolerance.
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French Edith Piaf biopic, La Vie En Rose, wins the most Baftas including best actress for Marion  Cotillard while Atonement gets just two gongs
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A culture-clash drama, a quirky portrait of strong women, a harrowing imprisonment story, an unnerving fairy tale and a saga of unheralded World War II heroes are contending for top honors at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was on Sunday night conferred the prestigious "Insignia of Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters" by the French government.
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French President Jacques Chirac Sunday decorated US filmmaker Stephen Spielberg with the Legion of Honor, the country's highest distinction, in a ceremony attended by a cluster of film stars.
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French President Jacques Chirac declared on Saturday that France was a natural trade partner to China and, amid a flurry of air, rail and energy
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge said he respected film director Steven Spielberg's decision to quit his Beijing Olympics role because of China's policies in Sudan.
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Legendary film director Steven Spielberg has appealed to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a second time to use China's influence over Sudan to end the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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British director Ken Loach won  the &quot;Palme d&#039;Or&quot; at the Cannes festival on Sunday for his Irish  civil war film &quot;The Wind That Shakes The Barley,&quot; and called  the award a triumph for political cinema.
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French President Jacques Chirac, cast aside his political differences with America to decorate the US filmmaker behind such cinematic greats as Jaws and ET.
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BRUSSELS, Nov 5  - French President Jacques Chirac said Friday that Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar had accepted an invitation to visit France, in a possible sign of rapprochement between the two countries.
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French President Jacques Chirac, continuing his official visit to Britain, hailed &quot;a very strong historical link&quot; between London and Paris, while arguing his case for a &quot;multipolar and interdependent world&quot;.
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CANNES, France  - A hard-hitting Romanian movie set toward the end of the Communist era won the Cannes Film Festival's top honor on Sunday.
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A harrowing film about illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania beat 21 movies by well-known directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Ethan and Joel Coen, and Wong Kar-wai to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize Sunday.
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French president Jacques Chirac delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 3 February.Comment