France remembers WWII Riviera mission
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco, 13 African heads of state, and representatives of eight other nations joined President Jacques Chirac for the belated tribute to the Aug.
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The Champs-Elysees, free at last, was awash with wild joy on Aug. 25, 1944.
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The tears, the joy, and the euphoria that ushered in the liberation of Paris 60 years ago Wednesday were on the agenda of a grandiose fete to help Parisians relive the day they threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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France's foreign minister says he "understands" two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah last year are alive.
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French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie and Britain's Princess Anne presided over a ceremony commemorating the members of the SAS who lost their lives during World War II.
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The two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for 124 days and freed on Tuesday arrived at about 1730 GMT Wednesday at the Villacoublay military airbase near Paris,where French president greeted them in the drizzle.
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Thousands of people lined the streets of Paris Wednesday to watch a reenactment of the French and US liberation of the city from Nazi occupation 60 years ago.
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France's first permanent military base since the end of the colonial era gives it a strategic role in the Strait of Hormuz bordering Iran, the main supply route for world oil.
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - With French and American flags, vintage military vehicles and heartfelt memories, Paris on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary of its liberation from the occupying Nazis the day the
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France will set up a permanent military base of up to 500 troops in the United Arab Emirates, the French government announced Tuesday during a visit by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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French soldiers from International Security Assistance Force patrol in a residential area of Kabul, Afghanistan&#39;s capital, on Saturday, Oct.30.
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French officials on Friday inaugurated a museum that gives visitors a close-up glimpse of a network of tunnels where Allied forces hid as they prepared to attack German lines during World War I.
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World War II tanks rumbled through Paris on Wednesday and thousands of Parisians danced in the streets to re-enact the arrival of French and US forces 60 years ago to liberate
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France is ready to rejoin NATO&#39;s  military command structure provided European defense  integration moves forward and the U.S.-led alliance reserves  top positions for the French, President Nicolas Sarkozy was  quoted on Monday as saying.
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The tears, the joy and the euphoria that ushered in the liberation of Paris 60 years ago Wednesday were on the agenda of a grandiose fete meant to help Parisians relive the day they threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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The naval ship's pantry is stocked with wines, baguettes and pate, and its casual dress code is shorts and sandals. There's even an artist &#151; a painter to keep an illustrated record of the trip. With a panache all its own, France's military is delivering aid to tsunami-battered Indonesia &#151; and showing how a small force can make a difference.
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France is quietly preparing to play a tougher role in the strengthened U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, rolling out hefty tanks, powerful artillery, and sophisticated radar systems to pinpoint artillery launch sites.