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Europe: For Bastille Day, France commemorates World War I

YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 15, 2014July 16, 202304

PARIS (AP) — Soldiers carrying the flags of 76 countries marched Monday down the Champs-Elysees in Paris, as France’s traditional Bastille Day military parade commemorated...

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Entertainment: Strike lowers curtain on debut night of French Avignon festival

YoopyaJuly 5, 2014July 25, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 5, 2014July 25, 202304

(Reuters) – The show will not go on at the Avignon Festival on Friday, as theater workers voted for a one-day strike that hits the...

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World cup: France, Germany meet in all-Euro World Cup quarter

YoopyaJuly 4, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 4, 2014July 16, 202302

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A European presence in the World Cup semifinals is assured as Germany and France meet at the Maracana on Friday,...

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Europe: French ex-president Sarkozy held for questioning: legal source

YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 1, 2014July 16, 202305

(Reuters) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was held on Tuesday for questioning into suspicions that a network of informers kept him abreast of a...

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Europe: Hollande wants to discuss BNP bank fine with Obama

YoopyaJune 5, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 5, 2014July 16, 202308

BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande (frahn-SWAH’ oh-LAWND’) says he wants to discuss with President Barack Obama a potential multibillion-dollar fine that France’s largest...

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World news: Obama, top European allies conferring on Ukraine

YoopyaJune 5, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 5, 2014July 16, 202300

BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama is consulting with two of his most important European allies — Britain and France — as they navigate shifting...

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World: WWII museum: 2 days of D-Day vets, historians

YoopyaJune 5, 2014June 24, 2023

by YoopyaJune 5, 2014June 24, 202303

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For months, 19-year-old Cpl. Roland Chaisson and his demolition squad had trained in England to invade Normandy. Twice a day they...

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French Open: Sharapova advances to French Open semifinals

YoopyaJune 3, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 3, 2014July 16, 202305

PARIS (AP) — Maria Sharapova advanced to the semifinals of the French Open for the fourth straight year, beating Garbine Muguruza of Spain 1-6, 7-5,...

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France news: French police clear out migrant camps in Calais

YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 19, 2023

by YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 19, 202302

PARIS (AP) — French police raided makeshift camps in the English Channel port of Calais on Wednesday, clearing out ramshackle shelters that housed hundreds of...

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Europe: Aesthetics-minded Americans decry Paris love locks

YoopyaApril 21, 2014July 21, 2023

by YoopyaApril 21, 2014July 21, 202301

PARIS (AP) — Without love, what is Paris? And yet what is a trip to Paris without unfettered vistas of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre...