Marseilles, France News

Jean-Claude Beton, the man who turned the fizzy drink Orangina and its famous bulbous bottle into a global brand, has died at 88. A photo taken on June 30, 2011 in Marseille, France shows Jean-Claude Beton at an exhibition marking 75 years of Orangina.

MARSEILLE, France: Syria's Democratic Union Party, the country's most powerful Kurdish group, hopes to create an autonomous Kurdish region in a federal Syria, its chief Salih Muslim told AFP in an interview.

One of the best ways to promote international understanding - doesn't that sound so Cold War-era? - is to host a foreign exchange student.

Marseille Provence Airport, formerly known as Marseille-Marignane Airport is located 27 km northwest of Marseille on the territory of Marignane.

When Mike Conrad bought an airline ticket from Washington, D.C., to Berlin, the last thing he considered was his connection in Frankfurt, Germany.

Plans in France to relocate a living library of 7,000 wine grape varieties, some dating back to 1876, have come under fire from protestors who fear some rare varietals may not survive the journey.

A professional video-gamer known as D1abloZeTank doesn't miss a beat - or a bite - while playing on his computer at the Millenium Gaming House in Marseille, France.

But the flight, booked through United Airlines and operated by Lufthansa -- an arrangement known as a "codeshare'' flight -- gave him only 65 minutes on his return between the time he was scheduled to land in Frankfurt and when he would depart for Washington.

Excavations in the spring of 2013 for London's Crossrail, a large railway project under constructions in the city, uncovered a series of graves from the 14th century thought to be people who died of the Black plague.

"Is France Racist?" That was the recent headline in a leading French newspaper, after a far-right magazine compared the country's black justice minister to a monkey.

When Mike Conrad bought an airline ticket from Washington to Berlin, the last thing he considered was his connection in Frankfurt, Germany.

From the Departments of Cardiology, University Hospital ; EA2693, Lille-II-University ; HA pital Louis Pradel, Lyon ; INSERM 1060 CARMEN, Claude Bernard University Lyon1 ; Clinique Sainte Clotilde, Saint Denis de la RA©union ; CHU La Timone, Marseille ; CHU Mondor, CrA©teil ; CH d'Annecy, Annecy ; C.H.I.T.S. HA pital Sainte Musse, Toulon ... (more)

An interim study by Italian researchers showed that using a modelling programme together with IPSS and dosage measure can predict the severity of acute urinary symptoms in patients with early prostate cancer who underwent radiotherapy.

When Mike Conrad bought an airline ticket from Washington to Berlin, the last thing he considered was his connection in Frankfurt, Germany.

International Journal of Obesity 37, 1460–1466; doi:10.1038/ijo.2013.20; published online 5 March 2013 Correspondence: Professor D Raoult, URMITE–CNRS UMR 7278, INSERM U1095, IRD 198, Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, Marseille 13385, France.

The elder Bragiel joined the Merchant Marine at the end of World War II. His son served in the Army and did two tours of duty in Afghanistan.

Harry Curtis shows a photo of himself standing on a bomb that fell near his foxhole but didn't explode as he was positioned across the Rhine River from Mannheim, Germany, in March 1945.

TEHRAN "Mother Land", a work by Iranian artist Rokhshad Nurdeh has been put on display at the exhibition of 50 Years of Video Arts in Marseille, France.

MARSEILLE, 8th November 2013 -- H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah and American University of Sharjah? , attended the opening of the 3rd edition of the MENA Economic Forum will be held on November 7-8, 2013 in Marseille, France.