Paris celebrates WWII liberation with period troop parades, 1940s swing
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Parisians turned out to see French and US military columns roll through their capital in an exuberant re-enactment of the day 60 years ago when Allied forces liberated the city from German occupation.
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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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It took a whistle-stop tour Saturday by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks to add some fizz to the Deauville Festival of American Cinema's 30th birthday party, a day after its low-key bow with a French film, Claude Lelouch's "Les Parisiens."
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France holds two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who helped liberated its south in WWII.
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Festivities are beginning in Ukraine to mark the 60th anniversary of Ukraine s liberation from the Nazi invaders.
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National Armed Forces' parade, traditional fireworks display, and a number of other events are scheduled for today to mark the 86th Independence Day of the Republic of Latvia, LETA learned from the Riga City ...
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Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax.
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Colorful parades rolled through New Orleans on Tuesday as thousands of revelers turned out to celebrate Mardi Gras in the city still scarred by Hurricane Katrina.
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Hundreds of thousands of people danced through central Paris under brilliant sunshine to the pumping sound of techno music as the city held its seventh annual techno parade.
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Military vessels and aircraft streamed along France's Mediterranean coastline Sunday in an impressive ceremony commemorating World War II Allied landings in the region 60 years ago that proved a follow-up to the D-Day landings in Normandy.
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Budapest will mark the 60th anniversary of liberation from fascist troops on Sunday.
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Dancing, drinking revelers crowded  the streets of New Orleans on Tuesday as colorful parades  rolled through the damaged city on the final day of a Mardi  Gras that locals touted as another step in the long recovery  from Hurricane Katrina.
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There was little bread and barely any butter. Without coal, electricity or gas, Parisians were cooking meals on camp fires in the streets. By the summer of 1944, the French capital &#151; under the Nazi boot for four years &#151; was hungry, exhausted and seething with revenge.
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The capital's colorful Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's biggest street parties, will get groovy on its 40th birthday this Sunday with a theme of "Freedom and Justice."
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - Paris turned back the clock Wednesday for a grand fete to remember the tears and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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It was March, 1945. With the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine River behind them, U.S. troops were swiftly moving across flat country toward Berlin.
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A military parade in Kiev marks the 60th anniversary of Ukraine's liberation from Nazi occupation.