France holds first Bastille Day celebrations under Sarkozy
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday led his first Bastille Day celebrations since taking office, giving pride of place to regiments from across Europe in the traditional military parade.
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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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PARIS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The government of President Nicolas Sarkozy  announced after it was swept into power this spring that its  policies would bring a "tranquil rupture" with many  cherished traditions, particularly in education.
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Troops stepped up patrols in many parts of India on Saturday, especially in the restive northeast and Kashmir, as the government prepared to host French President Nicolas Sarkozy for its Republic Day celebrations.
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Celebrations to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France took a musical turn with a big concert in London bringing together stars from both sides of the Channel.
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France's popular president leads national day celebrations with several breaks with tradition.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday called for a strong Europe and for friendship with the United States in his first major address on foreign policy since taking office.
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Paris celebrates the 60th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi occupation Wednesday, with a series of commemorations, parties and dances.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s government on Thursday unveiled details of a costly masterplan to &quot;shock&quot; the economy back to life, the first part of his ambitious economic and social reform drive.
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Gays across France celebrated the launch of the country&#39;s first television channel for homosexuals on Monday, anticipating a pink mixture of fashion, travel, talk, cult movies, music and soap operas.
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With solemn commemorations, a ceremonial flag-raising at the Eiffel Tower and columns of 1940s-era tanks and army jeeps, Parisians on Wednesday marked the 60th anniversary
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Celebrations to mark the centenary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France took a musical turn Saturday with a big concert in London bringing together stars from both sides of the Channel.
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Nicolas Sarkozy becomes the first French president to hold talks with the far-right's  Jean-Marie Le Pen in decades.
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Jacques Chirac has officiated at the traditional July 14 military procession in central Paris, on what is almost certainly his last Bastille Day as president.
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PARIS, Jun 20 (IPS) - In his successful bid to lead the country this past  spring, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made reform of the  country's immigration system a centrepiece of his campaign,  at one point telling a news conference that France was  "exasperated by the dispute about national identity and by  uncontrolled immigration."
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a solid majority for political and economic reforms in parliamentary polls on Monday, but the defeat of a top minister in a late Socialist surge soured the right's celebrations.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy married supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni at the Elysee Palace on Saturday, French radio reported quoting several witnesses.