France holds first Bastille Day celebrations under Sarkozy
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President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday officiated for the first time over Bastille Day celebrations, with the Champs Elysee parade giving pride of place to military units from across Europe.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday and said he was âpersonally movedâ by his first audience with the pontiff.
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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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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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PARIS, Jan. 7 -- Nicolas Sarkozy, who less than three months ago became the first French president to divorce while in office, is now reported to be on the verge of becoming the first one to wed while occupying the Elysee Palace.
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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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French President Nicolas Sarkozy won a solid parliamentary majority for political and economic reforms on Monday but voters soured the right's celebrations by not giving a forecast landslide and rejecting a top minister.
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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.
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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 &#151; the day the French capital recovered its honor after four years of hardship and shame.
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RENNES, France  - Vandals scrawled swastikas and   racist slogans on the walls of two mosques in France and set   fire to one of them on Sunday, the day French Muslims started   celebrating Ramadan.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni were married at the Elysee Palace on Saturday, local district mayor Francois Lebel told Europe 1 radio.
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Nicolas Sarkozy heads for Algeria and Tunisia - his first visit outside Europe since becoming French president.
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Mesdames, Messieurs, France is now open for business. Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidency on pledges to open up the economy, and his government is selling one message: Things have changed.
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Indian security forces launched a massive security operation in New Delhi ahead of Saturday's Republic Day celebrations, officials said, with French President Nicholas Sarkozy also in the city.
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Troops from all 27 European Union nations marched in France's Bastille Day parade for the first time Saturday, part of a revamped celebration enacted by new President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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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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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.