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French News, Tues 19 May 2009 published by Riviera Radio: confusion among the region’s teachers and parents

There is confusion among the region’s teachers and parents over the Ascension holiday and the long weekend. The Education Minister Xavier Darcos has left open the option of schools closing on Friday to prevent high levels of absenteeism, which was more than 30 percent last year.

Exams began yesterday without problems for university students in Nice and Toulon. There had been fears ongoing industrial action by students may have disrupted the exam period. Last Friday, barricades which had been in place for three months, were removed.

Socialist leader, Marie-George Buffet will be in Nice tonight to address supporters ahead of the European elections. She is due to meet the party faithful at the Palais Acropolis at 8pm. Marie-Christine Vergiat heads the ticket for the left in the South East; the European elections are on 7 June.
The biggest non-film event of the Cannes Festival, the AMFAR Aids benefit dinner, will be held at a new venue this year. In a surprise move, the gala hosted by actress Sharon Stone and former American President Bill Clinton, will be held in an enormous marquee in the grounds of the Eden Roc Hotel. Around 8-900 guests, most of them A-list celebrities, will attend the 15th annual dinner, which had been previously held at the Moulin de Mougins. The new deal will see the AMFAR event at the Eden Roc for the next decade. France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has called on Burma's ruling military junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who is on trial in Rangoon. In an open letter entitled "Why Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed", she said that Suu Kyi's poor health meant that her life could be at threat if she was sent to prison. Suu Kyi is being tried on charges she violated conditions of her most recent house arrest; if found guilty she faces up to five years' imprisonment.

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Football-4 clubs are still in the mix to join West Bromwich Albion in being relegated from the English Premier League on the final day of the season on Sunday.
Middlesboro would appear to be almost certainly doomed and the other berth on the trap door will be filled by either Newcastle,Hull or Sunderland who lost last night.

Cricket-England romped to an innings victory against West Indies in the second test at Chester Le Street on Monday to take the series 2-nil and regain the Wisden Trophy.
James Anderson was again England’s leading wicket taker in the tourists second innings taking 4 for 38 as West Indies crumbled to 176 all out to lose the match by an innings and 83 runs.
England needed 7 wickets at the start of the final days play and despite morning showers they wrapped up the win in the third over after lunch.
Attention now shifts to the one day series.The first match is at Headingly on Thursday.

Rugby Union-Jonny Wilkinson has confirmed that he’s joining Toulon on a two year deal in the Summer.
The England World Cup winning hero is leaving Newcastle after 12 years despite having a year left on his contract.
He’s only played 4 games this season after dislocating his left knee in September.
Reports suggest that Wilkinson’s deal with Toulon could be worth 700,000 Euros a year.

And in Tennis-Maria Sharapova has returned to action after a 9 and a half month injury lay off with a hard fought win over Tathiana Garbin in the first round of the Warsaw Open on Monday.
The 22 year old Russian who’s fallen from world number one to 126 during her absence had to show plenty of grit as she came through the match in 3 sets.
She’s now hoping to stay fit for the French Open which gets underway next week.