Canadian, French soldiers honoured in Belgium for Second World War battle
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ANTWERP, Belgium (CP) - Canadian and Belgian soldiers joined together Saturday in tribute to the men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and the Belgian Secret Army who battled to free the port from German occupation.
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Singer Barbra Streisand receives France's highest civilian honour after her first concert in the country.
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Belgium paid homage on Saturday to Americans who fought and died in the Battle of the Bulge, the deadliest single battle in U.S. history.
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France honored nearly 2,000 Paris police officers Thursday who led a bloody World War II uprising against their Nazi occupiers days before Allied troops liberated the city.
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Canada sent senior officials to Paris on Friday to sound out the French government on a possible offer of support for 2,500 Canadian troops in southern Afghanistan, officials said.
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Belgium celebrates the centenary of the birth of Herge, the cartoonist who created Tintin.
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The queens of Britain and Belgium paid tribute Thursday to the Allied soldiers from British Commonwealth nations who died by the tens of thousands 90 years ago in one of the bloodiest battles of World War I.
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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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Queen Elizabeth II led Thursday commemorations marking 90 years since one of World War I&#39;s  bitterest and bloodiest battles which killed hundreds of thousands.
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LA ROCHE-EN-ARDENNE, Belgium Sixty years after the Battle of the Bulge reduced it to rubble, the "pearl of the Ardennes" is shining again.
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France, Belgium and Poland pledged Friday to fill the gaps in a European peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic, setting the delayed mission on track to be deployed next month.
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Veterans from former French colonies &#151; many of whom fought to free France from the Nazis during World War II &#151; will soon be granted better pensions, ending decades of inequality, the defense minister said Monday.
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Veterans from former French colonies _ many of whom fought to free France from the Nazis during World War II _ will soon be granted better pensions, ending decades of inequality, the defense minister said ...Comment
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Some 140 Belgian soldiers flew to Beirut  on Wednesday to join a U.N. peacekeeping force monitoring a  truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon.
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Thousands of war veterans from Britain and the Commonwealth have marched past London's Cenotaph memorial to honour their fallen comrades.
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Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax.
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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.