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In this picture taken Saturday May 10, 2014, Bayern Munich soccer player Franck Ribery , with funny glasses, raises the trophy on the balcony of the city hall during celebrations for Bayern's Champions' title in Munich , Germany. (AP Photo/Alexander Hassenstein,Pool)

Ribery’s form worrying ahead of World Cup

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

A fireworks show prior to arrivals on the red carpet for a screening of Timbuktu at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

CANNES WATCH: Adams, MJ films sold; Jenner wows

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This photo provided Monday May 12, 2014 by the Picasso Museum shows the facade of the museum. Paris proudly hosted Picasso for decades. But two controversies around the artist’s legacy are now haunting French officials. One centers on the Paris Picasso Museum, where renovations have dragged for five years amid accusations of mismanagement, labor problems and clashes between the artist’s family and the French government. The re-opening has now been pushed back until September _ after the summer tourist season. The other is about the fate of a Left Bank studio where Picasso lived and worked for 19 years, and painted his famed anti-war opus &quot;Guernica” in 1937. A historic preservation panel is meeting Tuesday to decide what’s next. (AP Photo/Beatrice Hatala, Musee Picasso 2014)

France moves to protect Picasso legacy

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Manchester City's Samir Nasri, second right, scores his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and West Ham at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Nasri left out of France squad

By TRUNG LATIEULE - Associated Press

Manchester City's Samir Nasri, second right, scores his side's first goal during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and West Ham at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, Sunday May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Jon Super)

Nasri. Clichy, Abidal left off France roster

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Secretary of State John Kerry listens as French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks prior to their meeting at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

France: Syria launched 14 toxic attacks since Oct

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Wiggins leads Tour of California

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France's Damien Fleury reacts after scoring against Slovakia during the Group A preliminary round match at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russia routs US 6-1 at ice hockey worlds

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Russia defender Denis Denisov, left and forward Alexander Ovechkin celebrate a goal during the Group B preliminary round match between Russia and USA at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, May 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Alex Ovechkin comes up big as Russia routs U.S. at World Championships

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

Mark Cavendish, center, of Great Britain, riding for the Omega Pharma-Quickstep Cycling Team, pulls up after crossing the finish line ahead of second place finisher John Degenkolb, right, of Germany, riding for Team Giant-Shimano right, to win the Stage I of Tour of California cycling in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, May 11, 2014. In a nearly photo-finish Cavendish completed the 120 mile stage in 4 hours, 47 minutes, 17 seconds to earn the overall race leader's yellow jersey. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Mark Cavendish takes Tour of California opening stage

By Antonio Gonzalez - Associated Press

Manchester City's Samir Nasri, front, holds the cup and celebrates with team mates after being crowned Champions after the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and West Ham United at the Etihad Stadium, Manchester, England, Sunday, May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Nasri pessimistic about World Cup chances

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Italy's Markus Gander, left, scores past France's Cristobal Huet during the Group A preliminary round match between France and Italy at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, May 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Defending champ Sweden, Russia win at worlds

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Riders begin the neutral start of Stage I of the Tour of California cycling in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, May 11, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Cavendish wins 1st stage of Tour of California

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ - Associated Press

Patriotism reigns as Tour of California kicks off

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

World War II veterans Anthony Sorbero of Amsterdam, N.Y., front, and John Peregrim of Devon, Conn., stand for the national anthems of France and the United States before being presented with the insignia of the French Legion of Honor during a ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy, on Friday, May 9, 2014, in West Point, N.Y. Thirty-four U.S. veterans were honored 70 years after the D-Day landings. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

French honor 34 World War II vets at West Point

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

France's Antoine Roussel celebrates his team's first goal as Team Canada goalie James Reimer is down on the ice during first period action Friday, May 9, 2014 at the IIHF World Hockey Championship in Minsk Belarus. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot)

France stuns Canada at ice hockey worlds

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

2 French extremists arrested in Yemen

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Clermont hires 1st female coach in French pro game

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2014 photo, preschool teacher Arene Galirza, left, a 4-year-old student color a rabbit-shaped paper cutout at Community Day Preschool of Garden Grove, in Garden Grove, Calif. According to the school's executive director Sue Puisis, the enrollment at the preschool has dropped by more than 50 percent since 2008. The financial crisis that followed the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in 2008 sent birth rates tumbling around the world as couples found themselves too short of money or too fearful about their finances to have children. Six years later, birth rates haven't bounced back. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fear of economic blow as births drop around world

By BERNARD CONDON - Associated Press

Club hires 1st female coach in French pro game

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press