Paris recalls euphoria of liberation from Nazi rule
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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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Ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Paris from Nazi rule have continued with Mass at the city's Notre Dame Cathedral.
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Hundreds of thousands of Parisians and tourists, encouraged by the mild autumn weather, flooded the streets of the French capital for the annual 'Nuit Blanche' (Sleepless Night), a night-long cutural festival which saw squares and street corners turned into open-air cinemas and music venues.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes'  welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in  national joy at their release.
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DEAUVILLE, France  - It took a  whistle-stop tour Saturday by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks to  add some fizz to the Deauville Festival of American Cinema's  30th birthday party, a day after its low-key bow with a French  film, Claude Lelouch's "Les Parisiens."
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A Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral celebrates the 1944 liberation of Paris from the Nazis.
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PARIS Aug. 25, 2004 - Paris turned back the clock Wednesday for a grand fete to remember the tears and the euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital 60 years ago as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
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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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Ceremonies that drew thousands of people into the streets culminated with a solemn tribute to the heroes of the liberation at Paris City Hall - followed by a jubilant outdoor ball.
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WARSAW -- An empty lawn in the heart of what was once the Warsaw Ghetto will soon become a place not only of mourning, but of celebrating the Jewish life that flourished in Poland before it was destroyed in the Holocaust.
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HBO's film of segregation in New York is at its best when it captures the fleeting joys of lost days.
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Germany marks the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with fond memories of that day's joyous celebrations and somber ceremonies in honor of those killed in a desperate dash for freedom.
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Today, Germans remember the fall of the Berlin wall - an ecstatic night of pure joy when the communist East German government allowed its citizens unhindered access to the bright lights, well-stocked department stores, and warmhearted greetings of
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Berlin's annual film festival opened Thursday with a tribute to the turbulent story of diva Edith Piaf &#151; part of a strong French contingent at this year's event.
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PARIS -- With name after name engraved on pale stone walls, a new monument in the city's Jewish quarter pays tribute to the 76,000 Jews rounded up in France during the Holocaust and sent to Nazi death camps.
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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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The Hungarian-born photographer helped to create the black-and-white images that to this day define mid-20th-century Paris as a city of romance and mystique.