Paris Turns Back Clock for Mark Liberation
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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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PARIS The French government vowed on Monday that it would not yield to demands from militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris withdraw a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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The famous Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris, traditional site for the New Year&#39;s celebration, is to wear mourning Friday evening to pay tribute to victims in Asian tsunamis, announced Thursday the City Hall of Paris.
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After a green light from the UN, France decided Tuesday to scrap its neutrality and help fend off a rebel advance.
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Paris's Eiffel Tower reopened to impatient tourists after a three-day strike by workers concerned about job security, the management of the world-famous monument said.
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France scrambled to secure the release of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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<img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20071024/capt.fc5e5224d7d04d70afc3ea2ce8d0e555.france_environemnt_par101.jpg?x=100&y=130&sig=OCqHdDExdgc.WJ6j9o.h5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="100" alt="Cars line up on the highway just outside Paris, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2007. France's government began national talks Wednesday aimed at changing the way the French treat the environment, as part of the president's bid to put the country in the forefront of the fight against global warming. The European Parliament proposed tighter emissions limits for car makers but more time to reach them as part of plans to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) \
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France scrambled to secure the freedom of  two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave  Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools.
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The optimism that Paris expressed, at the end of last week, concerning releasing the kidnapped French journalists Chesnot and Malbrunot in Iraq, turned into caution at the beginning of this week.
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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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A Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral celebrates the 1944 liberation of Paris from the Nazis.
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One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into a haven for pedestrians and cyclists.
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French President Jacques Chirac paid homage to his predecessor and political role model Charles de Gaulle in ceremonies commemorating the World War II liberation of Paris.
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Parisians mark the 60th anniversary of the French capital's liberation from the Nazis.
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Islamic militants who held two French hostage gave Paris 48 hours to scrap a ban on Muslim head scarves, according to footage aired by the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel on Saturday.
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Two columns of Second World War tanks,  trucks and cars rumbled through Paris on Wednesday to re-enact  the arrival of French and United States forces 60 years ago to  liberate the city from four years of Nazi occupation.
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30 August 2004 -- Paris said today that it will not repeal a ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves in public schools, despite the demands of hostage-takers in Iraq holding two French journalists.