Le Pen builds lasting legacy
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France's far-right National Front significantly influences French politics despite trailing in the polls.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, the father of the Palestinian national movement who died yesterday at the age of 75 in France, was one of the most durable figures on the international scene.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The French leader has the classic Gaullist vision: Europe, with our former prime minister in the chair, shaping the world
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France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.
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'There is without doubt a life after politics. Right up until death,' said Jacques Chirac.Comment
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President Jacques Chirac's decision to bow out of French politics put his legacy under the spotlight Monday, while his refusal to immediately anoint a successor left next month's election race wide open.
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Rachida Dati has advanced further in French politics than any other person of Arab origin. But the media fracas she has ignited suggests a political class uncertain in its dealing with racial issues
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COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards honored the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Monday and said his work paved the way for this year's precedent-shattering White House candidacies.
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LOS ANGELES  - The sequence was vast: A long walk across war-torn France, with thousands of extras, German bombers, tanks and artillery strewn across the landscape -- the kind of scope that would have made David Lean proud.
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King Norodom Sihanouk, known as much for his colorful personality as his controversial statesmanship, has been synonymous with Cambodia&#39;s modern history for six decades.
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The conservative French President reaches across party lines in filling a key foreign-affairs post
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France's crusader of the far right, who rallied flag-waving followers at a National Front party congress Sunday, is making his sixth long-shot bid for France's presidency.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, the father of the Palestinian national movement who died today at the age of 75 in France, was one of the most durable figures on the international scene.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen is to unveil his presidential platform as the far-right leader trails in the opinion polls.
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Sixty years after the historic Yalta conference, its repercussions can still be felt throughout Europe.
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The success of Paris&#39; bid for Olympic Games 2012 would bring an exceptional development for France for at least 6 years, said Jean-Francois Lamour, French minister for Youth and Sports on Tuesday.
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Their new president wants to get the French to work harder to compete in global markets, but some traditions are likely to endure -- including long holidays, a kiss for colleagues in the morning, and a decent lunch.