France Honors Police Who Fought 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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France's anti-terrorist police on Friday identified a young Frenchman killed fighting the United States in Iraq, the first confirmed case of what is believed to be a growing stream of Muslims heading from ...
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Maurice Papon's lawyer has vowed that the French Nazi collaborator would be laid to rest with the Legion of Honour even though he was stripped of the top award after his conviction for deporting Jews to Nazi death camps.
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President Jacques Chirac awarded the Legion d'Honneur order to actor and director Clint Eastwood on Saturday, calling his latest films lessons in humanity.
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Paris' new memorial to the Holocaust was dedicated Tuesday, with the French president bowing before the wall inscribed with the names of 76,000 Jews sent to Nazi death camps from France.
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Military vessels and aircraft streamed along France's Mediterranean coastline Sunday in an impressive ceremony commemorating World War II Allied landings in the region 60 years ago that proved a follow-up to the D-Day landings in Normandy.
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France today marked what President Jacques Chirac called a - oesad anniversary - - ' 100 days since two French reporters were taken hostage in Iraq.
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Convicted French Nazi collaborator  Maurice Papon asked to be buried wearing his Legion d'Honneur  medal for services to France, his lawyer said on Sunday,  causing fresh controversy after his death.
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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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Paris police were under orders by President Jacque Chirac Monday to hunt down neo-Nazis who torched a Jewish community center, the New York Times reported.
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Eastwood has been presented with the prestigious Legion d'honneur, the highest civilian distinction in France, at a special ceremony in Paris.Comment
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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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CONVICTED French Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon asked to be buried wearing his Legion d'Honneur medal for services to France, causing fresh controversy after his death.Comment
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Two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who liberated southern France near a climax.
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A prominent French political figure who ordered hundreds of Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II will be buried wearing his Legion of Honor medal, his lawyer said Sunday, even though the deceased man ...Comment
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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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Vandals targeted the grave of Marshal Philippe Petain, the leader of France's wartime Vichy regime that collaborated with the Nazis, an official said Wednesday.