CINEMA: Egeria the auteur cinema of the 1970s, Marie-France Pisier died

Reuters - French actress Marie-France Pisier, muse of auteur cinema, died at the age of 66 in the night from Saturday to Sunday
Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (Var), where she lived, it was learned from the gendarmerie.

Actress "intellectual" and committed, Marie-France Pisier was crowned twice the Cesar for Best Actress for "Cousin Cousine" (1976) Jean-Charles Tacchella and "Barocco" (1977), a work that Andre Techine made him one of its
favorite actress.

Marie-France Pisier, born May 10, 1944 in the former French Indochina, the cinema began in 1961 by Francois Truffaut, who enlisted for the sketch "Antoine and Colette" face
Jean-Pierre Léaud (Antoine Doinel) in the film "Love at Twenty."

Seventeen later, she embodied Colette in "Love on the Run," the last chapter of the adventures of Antoine Doinel she co-wrote with Truffaut.

Silhouette sophisticated distance any bourgeois tone of voice unparalleled, Marie-France Pisier was at the heart of the universe of Alain Robbe-Grillet, Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette.

Film copyright in popular cinema

But it is also found in popular hits, like "Ace of Aces" with Jean-Paul Belmondo (1982) or "The Price of danger" (1983) where she played a producer of reality TV before hour.

Yves Boisset, the director of "Price of risk", on Sunday welcomed an actress "a great class and (of) a great intelligence."

More rare in cinema in the 90s, she toured with young filmmakers in recent years. She made her last screen appearance in "The rest of the ham?" (2010), a comedy by Anne Depetrini.Theater actress, she was also a writer, screenwriter and director.

It was published in 1984 "Governor's Ball," a novel inspired by her childhood, she adapted for film in 1990 with actress Kristin Scott-Thomas in the lead role.

"C" was a woman of solar energy absolutely, who was curious about everything, who never rests on its laurels as an actress, "said Kristin Scott-Thomas on ITélé.

YEMEN: The Gulf states again recommend leaving Saleh

The monarchies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called Sunday to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh objected to cede power to his vice president, to resolve the crisis in his country continued demonstrations demanding his departure.

After a meeting in Riyadh of their foreign ministers, the six GCC members have called on the government of Mr.Saleh and opposition to a meeting in the Saudi capital for a peaceful transition in Yemen.

"The president (should) ad (r) the transfer of his powers to vice-president," Mansour Hadi Abd Rabbou, and "a government of national unity led by the opposition" will be responsible for "setting up a constitution and organize elections, "said GCC Secretary General, Abdellatif Zayani.

Protests continue, repression also

Sunday, tens of thousands of Yemenis have decried the new regime, following street battles between protesters and police in Sana'a and Taiz.

One protester was killed and dozens of people injured in the clashes with security forces on Saturday, which continued well into the night, according to a report delivered on Sunday by medical sources and by committees governing protests against the regime.

The protester died in Taiz, a city south of the capital, where four protesters were killed Friday.

In addition, 43 demonstrators were wounded by gunfire, 29 by blows and 580 others suffered from suffocation after inhaling tear gas.A dozen other protesters were arrested.

The toll was high also in Sanaa, where 30 demonstrators were wounded by gunfire, 80 by blows and 1,200 were treated for inhaling tear gas, according to medical sources.

After the fighting at night, tens of thousands of Yemenis opposed to President Saleh expressed Sunday without incident in Sana'a, Taiz and Ibb, further south-west, and Hodeidah on the Red Sea, according to witnesses.

In Sanaa, protesters camped for nearly two months on the Place du Change, marched on a major artery of the capital.

Saleh had already rejected any idea of ​​starting

The Gulf monarchies, concerned about instability in Yemen, had offered to mediate a week ago.

The Head of State, in power for 32 years, this offer was rejected Friday in the version announced by Qatar, which already provided he cedes power, while continuing to say he remained open to the proposal Gulf countries.

As a sign of anger, he had recalled its ambassador to Doha Saturday.

The Yemeni parliamentary opposition had called for his part, GCC and the international community to "take stronger measures to protect civil society against the repression and killings."

Yemen was the scene since late January demonstrations demanding the resignation of President Saleh, who made a hundred dead.

In other violence linked to Al Qaeda, a colonel in the intelligence services was killed Saturday and his son wounded in the region of Loder, in southern Yemen, officials said Sunday the security and medical sources.

The United States worked closely with the regime of President Saleh in the fight against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), which is active in southern and eastern Yemen.

Barack Obama announced his candidacy for president in 2012

AFP - U.S. President Barack Obama announced Monday his candidacy for a second term of four years as head of the United States during the 2012 presidential election, calling on his supporters to take action to "protect the progress made".

"Today we are filing papers to launch our campaign 2012," saidObama in a statement.

Ensuring that its administration and its supporters "fight to protect this progress, achieve and benefit", he stressed that "we must also begin to mobilize ourselves for 2012, well before the time comes for me to launch myself really in the campaign. "

"I will need you to develop our plan and create a campaign that goes further, more focused and more innovative than anything we've built so far," Mr.Obama, whose campaign for the 2008 election was regarded as particularly innovative, relying particularly on the Internet and social networks to mobilize many volunteers.

"This will be my last campaign, at least as a candidate," he continues, the U.S. Constitution limiting to two the number of presidential terms. "But the goal of leaving a lasting legacy for our families, our communities and our country, never concerned that a single person.And it only works if we work together. "

Dissemination of the text was preceded by that of a first video campaign with supporters of the president discussing the importance of seeing him continue the work undertaken since the beginning of his term and ending on the date 2012 with the below address barackobama.com.

Barack Obama, 49, was elected at the presidential in November 2008 and took office in January 2009, becoming the first black president of the United States.

The formal announcement of candidacy will notably allow his campaign team, which will be based in his political stronghold of Chicago (north), to begin to raise funds for the next election.

JAPAN: Nicolas Sarkozy travels to Tokyo to show the solidarity of France

AFP - Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Thursday in Tokyo, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, then members of the French community in Japan on a visit intended to show the solidarity of France after the tragedy of March 11, said Tuesday the Elysee in a statement.

After a visit to China was already on its official agenda Wednesday and Thursday, the president will visit Japan Thursday to "to express France's solidarity, nationally and as chair of the G20 and G8 with the Japanese people in the trials he goes through the dramatic events since 11 March, "it is written.

During the visit, said the statement, Mr.Sarkozy "will meet with Naoto Kan, Prime Minister of Japan, and meet the French community in Japan."

A magnitude 9 earthquake and massive tsunami that occurred on March 11 killed more than 28,000 dead or missing in north-eastern Japan and damaged the cooling of reactors in Fukushima Daiichi (No. 1), causing the start of melting nuclear fuel.

One official said Monday night UMP had told AFP that the head of State had decided that short visit to Japan on the occasion of his visit to China, focusing in particular on the reform of international monetary system placed at the top of priorities the French presidency of the G20.