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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is pictured after a meeting with former Chilean president and UN Women Executive Director on May 24, 2012 at the ministry in Paris.
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Jet diverted to Maine; suspicious passenger cited
-- Officials diverted a US Airways jet to Maine after a French passenger traveling from Paris to North Carolina handed a note to a flight attendant mentioning that she had a surgically implanted device, prompting concerns about possible terrorism.There is Read more »
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Flight diverted to Maine for 'security issues'
US Airways jetliner flying from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., has been diverted to Maine because of what an airline spokesman describes as a "security issue." A person briefed on the incident said a passenger announced she had a surgically implanted device. The Read more »
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Beckham thrilled about carrying Olympic flame
wives in Athens into paparazzi -- is part of the reason that the International Olympic committee took notice of the London bid over Paris, the favorite.While Beckham the celebrity isn't shirking the attention the Olympic torch brings, Beckham the athlete really, Read more »
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France's Hollande's plane hit by lightning
Associated Press PARIS -- President Franois Hollande's plane was hit by lightning en route to Berlin yesterday. Officials said no one was hurt, but that the plane returned to Paris as a precaution. French Defense Ministry spokesman Grard Gachet said the Falcon Read more »
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Monumenta art show opens in Paris' Grand Palais
who has previous examples in his 40-year career of sparsely endowing vast expanses.His most famous permanent work in situ at Paris' Palais-Royal, triggered a national outcry in the 1980s during the two years of its creation.Filling the entire courtyard of Read more »