France marks the liberation of Provence
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Two British warships and 14 heads of state yesterday marked the 60th anniversary of the Provence landings - the larger but lesser-known of the Allied operations to liberate France at the end of the Second World ...
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Church bells tolled across northern France, officers wept and families traced the steps of fallen relatives Saturday as Europe marked the 90th anniversary of one of history&#039;s bloodiest episodes, the Battle of the Somme.
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Three French citizens who joined the rebel insurgency in Iraq have been held by coalition forces since being captured there last year, officials said Friday.
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Forgotten participants in the liberation of France receive a deeply moving tribute in the World War II saga "Days of Glory," a film that's epic in both scope and drama as it follows a group of North African soldiers fighting the Nazis in Europe.
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France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement.
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PARIS - As France awaited word on two journalists being held hostage in Iraq, officials made clear that they expected to benefit from their stand against the US-led invasion and occupation.
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VALANJOU, France  - The village church and its steeple have dominated the skyline of rural France for centuries, surviving feuding warlords, foreign invasion and the upheavals of the French Revolution.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home Wednesday to a tearful welcome from their families, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which had opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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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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Joy swept France with the release Tuesday in Iraq of two French reporters held hostage for four months.
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A Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral celebrates the 1944 liberation of Paris from the Nazis.
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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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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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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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A Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis was honored Monday in schools across France, although some teachers defied an order by President Nicolas Sarkozy to have his final letter read aloud, saying the government was trying to twist history into propaganda.
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Parisians celebrated Wednesday in music and dance for the 60th anniversary of Paris&#39; liberation from Nazi occupation. Hundreds of thousands people watched the parades of two French
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France on Saturday marked what President Jacques Chirac called a sad anniversary -- 100 days since two French reporters were taken hostage in Iraq.