"Le tramway" returns to Paris after a 69-year gap
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Trams returned to Paris on Saturday after  a 69-year gap, with the inauguration of a new commuter service  around part of the city's southern periphery.
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LOS ANGELES  - The French are no longer  alone.
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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 U.S. forces 60 years ago to liberate the city from four years of Nazi occupation.
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A popular cable car that scales the landmark Paris peak Montmarte is reopening after a months-long shutdown, authorities said Friday.
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Tens of thousands of Parisians have braved the summer rain to dance in the cityâs streets in a re-enactment of Parisâ liberation by French and US forces 60 years ago.
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There was a time when Hindi cinema repeatedly returned to the classical music and dance heritage for sustenance.
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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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A weekend reunion brought hundreds of former dancers back to American Ballet Theater.
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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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BELGRADE, Dec 30 (IPS) - The Tito train will remind many in the Balkans of  good old times as it resumes its run Dec. 31 after almost a  quarter of a century in the shed.
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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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At a low-key ceremony on Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France inaugurated La CitÃ© de lâArchitecture et du Patrimoine, (the City of Architecture and Heritage) in Paris, which reopened after an $114 million, decade-long makeover.
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French rail traffic was returning to normal after an unexpected strike by ticket collectors following the rape of a colleague caused havoc for French rail commuters, railway operator SNCF said on Thursday.
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Was it really possible to be that happy and to believe you would be that happy again and again? In Paris, on the 25th day of a pleasantly hot August 60 years ago, the answer was an exuberant yes: the Germans were gone and the city was again free.
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The French state-owned railway system was back in the black in the first half of 2004, posting a parent net profit of 43 million euros (52.4 million dollars) after losing 243 million euros in the first half of 2003, La Tribune economic news daily reported.
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A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London on Tuesday, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time.
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The Arc de Triomphe in Paris reintroduced its museum, right, with a new permanent exhibition highlighting the history of the site. More than $1.45 million was spent to clean and refurbish the museum in the first major makeover since it opened, in 1929, Jean-Paul Ciret, director of cultural development for Franceâs national monuments, said in a telephone interview. âThe arc is the most symbolic monument of France, like the Eiffel Tower is a symbol of Paris,â he said. The exhibition, officially inaugurated by culture officials on Monday, includes video images showing famous arches throughout Europe and details of the monumentâs frieze. The arch, which opened in 1836, was visited by 1.3 million people last year, more than 80 percent of them foreigners.