France remembers WWII Riviera mission
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ABOARD THE CHARLES DE GAULLE -- France yesterday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip -- one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II.
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DAKAR, Senegal  - Issa Cisse thought of himself as  French when he left Senegal to help free his colonial masters  from the grip of the Germans at the end of World War II.
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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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Prince Charles has led commemorations in northern France to  mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme -- the bloodiest engagement of World War I, and a conflict seared forever in to Britain&#039;s collective memory.
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French Interior Minister Dominique deVillepin announced Friday that France is to reinforce security in sensible places, especially around embassies after the explosion near the Indonesian embassy in Paris.
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France marks the 100th day in captivity in Iraq of French journalists Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot.
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France has lavished praise on the painstaking work of its foreign intelligence agency, the DGSE, credited with securing the release of two hostages held for 124 days in Iraq.
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Large crowds have lined Paris streets to witness military columns roll through marking the 60th anniversary of the cityâs liberation from German occupation.
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FRANCE was on the brink of war with one of its former African colonies last night after planes belonging to the Ivory Coast government bombed peacekeepers in the rebel-held north, killing nine French troops and an American citizen and wounding 23 French
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Britain and France paid tribute on Tuesday to one of the greatest spies of the Second World War, a little-known Baltimore woman who organized resistance and sabotage behind Nazi lines despite a prewar hunting mishap that left her with only one leg.
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French defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie delivers her speech Saturday Dec.18, 2004 in Paris, after an Ariane rocket placed France&#39;s third military spy satellite into orbit.
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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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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 today marked what President Jacques Chirac called a - oesad anniversary - - ' 100 days since two French reporters were taken hostage in Iraq.
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Thousands of people in Paris are preparing to mark the anniversary of the city&#39;s liberation in World War II. Sixty years ago, the Nazi troops who had occupied the French capital for four years, surrendered.
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The Champs-Elysees, free at last, was awash with wild joy on Aug. 25, 1944. But deep in the heart of France the war raged on, with Frenchmen killing Frenchmen to aid a desperate Germany.
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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.