English: German Chancelor Dr. Angela Merkel

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Snow Cover Across Scandinavia. In this mostly cloud-free true-color scene, much of Scandinavia can be seen to be still covered by snow.

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British model Kate Moss smokes a cigarette while modeling a creation by American fashion designer Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton's Fall-Winter, ready-to-wear 2012 fashion collection, during Paris Fashion week, presented in Paris, Wednesday, March. 9, 2011.

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Canadian singer Justin Bieber attends at the Premiere of his film 'Justin Bieber: Never Say Never' Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, in Paris.

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Pforzheim Baden-Württemberg is divided into 35 districts (Landkreise) and 9 independent cities (Stadtkreise), both grouped into the four Administrative Districts (Regierungsbezirke) of Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, and Tübingen.

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Charles Godefroy flies through Arc de Triomphe

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Argentina born conductor and music director Daniel Barenboin, rigth, is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy after he was awarded Great Officer of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.

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Argentina born conductor and music director Daniel Barenboin, rigth, is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy after he was awarded Great Officer of the Legion of Honor at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011.

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Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, right, is pictured through a glass door as he leaves the Elyse Palace followed by France's President, Nicolas Sarkozy, after their meeting in Paris, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2011. Villepin has announced that he will be leaving the presidential party, the UMP, perhaps a sign that he will present his candidature in the 2012 presidential elections.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy talks with police during a visit at the Police station and Departmental direction of the Law and order ( DDSP) in Orleans, central France.

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French adoptive parents carry orphans from Haiti arriving in France for adoption by French families, at the Roissy airport, outside of Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.More than 100 children from Haiti have arrived in France to start new lives with adoptive parents in time for the holidays.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center right, and Urban Development Minister Maurice Leroy, right, during a visit at the Police station and Departmental direction of the Law and order ( DDSP) in Orleans, central France. Sarkozy went to Orleans to visit the unit dedicated to the prevention of the crime.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech , during a visit at the Police station and Departmental direction of the Law and order ( DDSP) in Orleans, central France. Sarkozy went to Orleans to visit the unit dedicated to the prevention of the crime.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy reacts as he delivers a speech , during a visit at the Police station and Departmental direction of the Law and order ( DDSP) in Orleans, central France. Sarkozy went to Orleans to visit the unit dedicated to the prevention of the crime.

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The Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor, is an extinct species of parrot that was native to Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud, an island off the coast of west Cuba.

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Katam lake, Chad.

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The "Montagnes Bleus" in the Aïr Massif.

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French Foreign Affairs Minister Michele Alliot-Marie leaves after the cabinet Meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.

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French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, waves as he leaves a national congress in Tours, western France, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011. The daughter of French firebrand Jean-Marie Le Pen, is considered the favorite to win this weekend's race to succeed her father, but says she wants to soften the image of her far-right political party.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, flanked by French Defense minister Alain Juppe, third left,, visit a flight simulator at the military base of Saint Dizier, eastern France, Tuesday Jan. 04, 2011 before delivering his New Year Address to the army.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his New Year address to the army speech during his visit to the military base of Saint Dizier, eastern France, Tuesday Jan 04, 2011. At left is Defense Minister Alain Juppe.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers his New Year address to the army speech during his visit to the military base of Saint Dizier, eastern France, Tuesday Jan 04, 2011.

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In this Aug. 7, 2009 file photo Google employee Arthur Poirier, on a camera-equiped tricycle, records images for Google's Street View Maps in Paris, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009. The German minister for consumer protection Ilse Aigner heavily criticizes Google Inc. on Saturday, May 15, 2010, after the U.S. internet giant acknowledged a privacy breach. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

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German Chancelor Dr. Angela Merkel

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French Labor Minister Eric Woerth, center, leaves after the vote at the Senate in Paris, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. France's Senate has approved a contested pension reform raising the retirement age to 62 despite months of nationwide protests and strikes. After 140 hours of debate, the Senate approved the reform Friday with a vote of 177-153. The conservative government, eager to get the measure passed and to quell increasingly radicalized protests, cut short the debate and voting process using a special procedure.

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Bottles of absinthe are seen at the Combier distillery in Saumur, Loire Valley, France, Monday Feb.8, 2010. Combier profited from a recent resurgence in the U.S. of interest in absinthe, a strongly alcoholic drink flavored with wormwood and other plants that once rivaled wine in terms of popularity in French bistros, until it was banned in 1915. In France, however, absinthe is technically still illegal.

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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, left, and President, Nicolas Sarkozy arrive at a summit in Deauville, France, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. The leaders of France, Germany and Russia meet for two-day summit in this French beach resort of Deauville to discuss joint security challenges and the upcoming G-20 summit.

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Youth clash with riot police officers, unseen, in Nanterre, outside Paris, Monday Oct.18, 2010. French oil workers are intensifying their fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62, a conflict that has hobbled transport and sparked scattered gas shortages. French youth who have rallied to the cause, meanwhile, burned tires or set up blockades outside some schools in Paris and nearby suburbs on Monday.

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French Police patrols on the platform of the Gare du Nord station in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, as part of the reinforcement of the security in Paris. Police say the threat of a terrorist attack on French soil is at its highest as authorities suspect al-Qaida's North African affiliate may be plotting a conventional bomb attack on a crowded target.

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A French Police patrols outside the Gare du Nord station in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 22, 2010, as part of the reinforcement of the security in Paris. Police say the threat of a terrorist attack on French soil is at its highest as authorities suspect al-Qaida's North African affiliate may be plotting a conventional bomb attack on a crowded target

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Armement et formation des forces de l'ordre

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LE SELF PRO KRAV (SPK)

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TONFA POLICE ROS

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The name of the street derives from the 17th century when Wall Street formed the northern boundary of the New Amsterdam settlement. It was constructed to protect against English colonial encroachment. In the 1640s basic picket and plank fences denoted plots and residences in the colony.[11] Later, on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, Peter Stuyvesant, in part using African slaves,[12] led the Dutch in the construction of a stronger stockade. A strengthened 12-foot (4 m) wall[13] against attack from various Native American tribes. In 1685 surveyors laid out Wall Street along the lines of the original stockade.[13] The wall started at Pearl Street, which was the shoreline back then, crossing the Indian path Broadway and ending at the other shoreline (today's Trinity Place), where it took a turn south and ran along the shore until it ended at the old fort. Because Wall Street was originally called "de Waal Straat"[14], another explanation is that it could refer to Walloons (one translation for Waal is a Walloon).[15] Among the first settlers that embarked on the ship "Nieu Nederlandt" in 1624 were 30 Walloon families. In the late 18th century, there was a buttonwood tree at the foot of Wall Street under which traders and speculators would gather to trade informally. In 1792, the traders formalized their association with the Buttonwood Agreement. This was the origin of the New York Stock Exchange.[16]

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Viking (from Old Norse víkingr) is customarily used to refer to the Norse (Scandinavian) explorers, warriors, merchants, and pirates who raided, traded, explored and settled in wide areas of Europe and the North Atlantic islands from the late eighth to the mid-11th century.[1] These Norsemen used their famed longships to travel as far east as Constantinople and the Volga River in Russia, and as far west as Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland, and as far south as Al Andalus.[2] This period of Viking expansion – known as the Viking Age – forms a major part of the medieval history of Scandinavia, Britain, Ireland and the rest of Europe in general. Popular conceptions of the Vikings often differ from the complex picture that emerges from archaeology and written sources. A romanticized picture of Vikings as Germanic noble savages began to take root in the 18th century, and this developed and became widely propagated during the 19th-century Viking revival.[3] The received views of the Vikings as violent brutes or intrepid adventurers owe much to the modern Viking myth which had taken shape by the early 20th century. Current popular representations are typically highly clichéd, presenting the Vikings as familiar caricatures.[3]

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Toni Elias Toni Elias during warm up for the Moto2 race at Silverstone, June 2010

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The Aïr Mountains (also known as the Aïr Massif or Air of Niger; the name is Ayăr in Tuareg and Azbin /Abzin in eastern / western Hausa) is a triangular massif, located in northern Niger, within the Sahara desert. Part of the West Saharan montane xeric woodlands ecoregion, they rise to more than 6,000 ft (1 830 m) and extend over 84 000 km².[2] Lying in the midst of desert north of the 17th parallel, the Aïr plateau, with an average altitude between 500 and 900 m, forms an island of Sahel climate which supports a wide variety of life, many pastoral and farming communities, and dramatic geological and archaeological sites. There are notable archaeological excavations in the region that illustrate the prehistoric past of this region.[3] The endangered Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus once existed in Air of Niger region, but may now be extirpated due to human population pressures in this region.[

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The present Nile is at least the fifth river that has flowed north from the Ethiopian Highlands. Satellite imagery was used to identify dry watercourses in the desert to the west of the Nile. An Eonile canyon, now filled by surface drift, represents an ancestral Nile called the Eonile that flowed during the later Miocene (23–5.3 million years before present). The Eonile transported clastic sediments to the Mediterranean; several natural gas fields have been discovered within these sediments. During the late-Miocene Messinian salinity crisis, when the Mediterranean Sea was a closed basin and evaporated to the point of being empty or nearly so, the Nile cut its course down to the new base level until it was several hundred feet below world ocean level at Aswan and 8,000 feet (2,400 m) below Cairo. This created a very long and deep canyon which was filled with sediment when the Mediterranean was recreated. At some point the sediments raised the riverbed sufficiently for the river to overflow westward into a depression to create Lake Moeris. Lake Tanganyika drained northwards into the Nile until the Virunga Volcanoes blocked its course in Rwanda. The Nile was much longer at that time, with its furthest headwaters in northern Zambia.

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French photographer Francois-Marie Banier arrives at the courthouse Thursday July 1, 2010 in Nanterre, outside Paris, France. The court is expected to decide Thursday if it should delay a trial on whether France's richest woman was coerced into giving euro 1 billion ($1.2 billion) of gifts of cash and artworks to a friend. The trial pits L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt against her only child. Her daughter, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers, says Banier manipulated her 87-year-old, mentally weak mother. Banier is standing trial for exploitation and risks three years of prison, a fine, and being forced to give back the gifts. Banier insists he did not take advantage of his friend.

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Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger, during a press conference Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Paris, as he promotes the 2011 Homeless Soccer World Cup that will take place in Paris from Aug.19-29 2011. Around 70 countries are expected to take part in the competition.

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Arsenal's manager Arsene Wenger, during a press conference Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, in Paris, as he promotes the 2011 Homeless Soccer World Cup that will take place in Paris from Aug.19-29 2011. Around 70 countries are expected to take part in the competition.

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Jasminum nudiflorum or Winter Jasmine, is a slender, deciduous shrub native to China. It has arching green shoots and opposite, pinnate, dark green leaves. Each leaf is divided into three oval-oblong leaflets which are about 3 cm long. As its name suggests Winter Jasmine flowers, in the Northern Hemisphere, from November to March. The solitary flowers have six petals and are bright yellow, about 1 cm across, appearing in the leaf axils.

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French Defense Minister Herve Morin, left, with United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox arrive for a meeting at the French defense ministry, in Paris, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. Morin and Fox met amid reports that Britain and France are moving closer to a deal to share aircraft carriers, a move that could save the one-time rivals money in an age of austerity.

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A police officer watches as Roma line up for their flight, before being expelled from France at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 26 2010. The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois has added to mounting criticism of the French government's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, calling it a "circus." A poll says the French are split on the issue, and meanwhile the government puts more Roma on planes home to Eastern Europe. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, both EU member states, benefit from free circulation within the bloc, but the French labour market is not fully open to them and if they do not have a job and lodging after three months they are required to leave the country

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Roma are escorted by police officers before being expelled from France at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 26 2010. The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois has added to mounting criticism of the French government's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, calling it a "circus." A poll says the French are split on the issue, and meanwhile the government puts more Roma on planes home to Eastern Europe. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, both EU member states, benefit from free circulation within the bloc, but the French labour market is not fully open to them and if they do not have a job and lodging after three months they are required to leave the country

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Roma women gesture before being expelled from France at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 26 2010. The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois has added to mounting criticism of the French government's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, calling it a "circus." A poll says the French are split on the issue, and meanwhile the government puts more Roma on planes home to Eastern Europe. Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria, both EU member states, benefit from free circulation within the bloc, but the French labour market is not fully open to them and if they do not have a job and lodging after three months they are required to leave the country

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Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte French pronunciation: [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt], Italian: Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Napoleon was born in Corsica to parents of noble Italian ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts—the Napoleonic Wars—involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states.

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Naval Base Den Helder, North Holland Province, Holland (Apr. 20, 2004) - The High Speed Vessel Two (HSV-2) Swift leaves Naval base Den Helder located in Holland. Swift was in port for 5 days preparing for a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (N.A.T.O.) exercise 'Blue Game 2004.' U.S. Navy photo by Jacques Bakkenes. (RELEASED)

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Reporters gathering outside the Football Federation headquarters, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug.17, 2010. The French Football Federation suspended Nicolas Anelka for 18 matches for his role in the France team's World Cup fiasco, and handed a five-match ban to former captain Patrice Evra on Tuesday. The FFF's disciplinary commission also gave a three-match ban to Franck Ribery and a one-match suspension to Jeremy Toulalan. Eric Abidal, the fifth player summoned to the four-hour hearing, escaped any sanctions.

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Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. The most common English names are flame lily, fire lily, gloriosa lily, glory lily, superb lily, climbing lily, and creeping lily. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated[1]. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, especially the tubers; contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation.

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A stock trader works in Paris, on Monday, May 25, 2010. World stock markets and the euro tumbled Tuesday on fears that Europe's debt crisis will cause a prolonged slump in the region and weaken the outlook for global growth.

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iège, St Bartholomew's Mosan architecture is a distinctive branch in Romanesque architecture that produced imposing churches in Liège and Maastricht, as well as powerful monasteries in rural areas. The fully developed Mosan style of the twelfth century is a comprise between the older Meuse valley traditions and foreign influences, mainly coming from the Rhineland and Italy. An outstanding factor in Mosan architecture is the closed west front (westwards). Unfortunately, some of the main churches, such as the Stavelot and Sint-Truiden abbeys, and Liège cathedral, were destroyed and nothing remains of them.

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French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, right, addresses his UMP party (Union for a Popular Movement) members, in Paris, Saturday, May 13, 2006. Sarkozy said that he will not resign from France's troubled government, though friends have advised him to step down and concentrate on next year's presidential race.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy waits for guests at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

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Outgoing French soccer team coach Raymond Domenech, left, and head of the French soccer federation Jean-Pierre Escalettes attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday June 30, 2010. The France team's outgoing coach and federation president get grilled about the World Cup fiasco in a closed-door hearing in parliament, despite warnings from FIFA about French government meddling in football affairs. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Outgoing French soccer team coach Raymond Domenech, left, and head of the French soccer federation Jean-Pierre Escalettes attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday June 30, 2010. The France team's outgoing coach and federation president get grilled about the World Cup fiasco in a closed-door hearing in parliament, despite warnings from FIFA about French government meddling in football affairs. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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An outside view of a building located in Paris in which French prosecutors say one apartment was purchased by former Panamian dictator Manuel Noriega's family in the 1980s with profits from cocaine trafficking, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Former Panamian dictator Manuel Noriega, fresh out of Miami prison where he spent two decades, has been sent back behind bars in France to await a new legal battle, this time on charges he laundered cocaine profits by buying luxury apartments in Paris.

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Le Balcon du Cercle de la rue Royale (The Circle of the Rue Royale), 1868 James Jacques Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris

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The Gallery of H.M.S. 'Calcutta' (Portsmouth), 1877 by James Jacques Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.

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The Garden Bench, 1882 by James Jacques Tissot was born at Nantes. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Ingres, Flandrin and Lamothe, and exhibited in the Paris Salon for the first time at the age of twenty-three. In 1861 he showed The Meeting of Faust and Marguerite, which was purchased by the state for the Luxembourg Gallery. His first characteristic period made him a painter of the charms of women. Demi-mondaine would be more accurate as a description of the series of studies which he called La Femme a Paris.

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The Intervention of the Sabine Women (1799) Jacques-Louis David. After David’s wife visited him in jail, he conceived the idea of telling the story of the Sabine Women. The Sabine Women Enforcing Peace by Running between the Combatants, also called The Intervention of the Sabine Women is said to have been painted to honor his wife, with the theme being love prevailing over conflict. The painting was also seen as a plea for the people to reunite after the bloodshed of the revolution.[16] David conceived a new style for this painting, one which he called the "Grecian style," as opposed to the "Roman style" of his earlier historical paintings. The new style was influenced heavily by the work of art historian Johann Joachim Winkelmann. In David's words, “the most prominent general characteristics of the Greek masterpieces are a noble simplicity and silent greatness in pose as well as in expression. This work also brought him to the attention of Napoleon. The story for the painting is as follows: "The Romans have abducted the daughters of their neighbors, the Sabines. To avenge this abduction, the Sabines attacked Rome, although not immediately—since Hersilia, the daughter of Tatius, the leader of the Sabines, had been married to Romulus, the Roman leader, and then had two children by him in the interim. Here we see Hersilia between her father and husband as she adjures the warriors on both sides not to take wives away from their husbands or mothers away from their children. The other Sabine Women join in her exhortations." During this time, the martyrs of the revolution were taken from the Pantheon and buried in common ground, and revolutionary statues were destroyed. When he was finally released to the country, France had changed. His wife managed to get David released from prison, and he wrote letters to his former wife, and told her he never ceased loving her. He remarried her in 1796. Finally, wholly restored to his position, he retreated to his studio, took pupils

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Iranians applaud Maryam Rajavi, National Council of Resistance of Iran at a rally in Taverny, a northern suburb of Paris, Saturday, June 26, 2010. The demonstrators are pressing for regime change in Iran.

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Maryam Rajavi, leader of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, delivers a speech during a rally against the Iranian government, organised by the opposition National Council of Resistance of Iran, in Taverny, a northern suburb of Paris, Saturday, June 26, 2010. The demonstrators are expressing solidarity with Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi's supporters, who have protested in Iran for several Months to demand a new presidential election.

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French Labor Minister Eric Woerth presents his pension reform plan in Paris, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in Paris. Woerth said the country's retirement age will be raised from 60 to 62 in 2018. The measure is aimed at reducing France's growing deficit and comes as countries across Europe take cost-cutting measures.

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French Labor Minister Eric Woerth presents his pension reform plan in Paris, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 in Paris. Woerth said the country's retirement age will be raised from 60 to 62 in 2018. The measure is aimed at reducing France's growing deficit and comes as countries across Europe take cost-cutting measures.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, unseen, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Tuesday, May. 25, 2010.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen at the OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, during to Press meeting Thursday May 27, 2010, in Paris. Netanyahu is in Paris for a ceremony welcoming Israel into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a group of leading world economies.

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FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2008 file photo, actor Dennis Hopper, right, and his wife, Victoria Duffy, are shown after Hopper was awarded the "Commander in France's National Order Of Arts and Letters" in Paris.

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France's head coach Raymond Domenech speaks during a press conference of the national soccer team of France, Thursday Aug. 28, 2008, in Paris.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, with British Prime Minister David Cameron, leave after their meeting at theElysee Palace in Paris, France, Thursday, May 20, 2010.

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This species is easy to identify. The summer adult's body is white and its back and wings are much darker grey than all other gulls of similar size except the larger Laughing Gull. The wings have black tips with an adjacent white band. The bill and legs are red. The black hood of the breeding adult is mostly lost in winter. Young birds are similar to the adult but have less developed hoods and lack the white wing band. They take three years to reach maturity. Franklin's Gulls breed in colonies near prairie lakes. The nest is constructed on the ground, or sometimes floating. The 2 or 3 eggs are incubated for about three weeks. They are omnivores like most gulls, and they will scavenge as well as seeking suitable small prey. This bird was named after the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Although Franklin's Gull is uncommon on the coasts of North America, it occurs as a rare vagrant to northwest Europe, south and west Africa, Australia and Japan, with a single record from Eilat, Israel in 2002 (Smith 2002).

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People rally holding banners and Armenian flags, during a march to mark the 95th anniversary of the mass slaughter of Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I in Paris, Saturday April 26, 2010.

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Mel Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva arrive at the "Edge Of Darkness" Premiere in Paris Thursday Feb. 4, 2010.

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France's coach Raymond Domenech reacts during a news conference in Paris Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Domenech announced the players list for France against Spain at the Stade de France on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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A woman looks at a television screen displaying the French CAC 40 stock market index, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 in Paris. U.S. and European stock markets recovered much of their early losses, helped by investors looking for bargains after sharp drops in Asia overnight, although the mood in financial markets remains dark on fears of a global recession.

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Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan , right, waves after his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Wednesday, April 7, 2010.Turkey's prime minister plans to challenge the French president's support for new sanctions against Iran, and to press Paris again on Turkey's stalled EU membership bid.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speaks as French junior minister for employment Laurent Wauquiez, left, looks on, as they meet with employees during a visit at a Pole Emploi jobseekers office in Chatellerault, western France,Tuesday, March. 31, 2009 .

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, standing by an electric car, listens to technical chief JeanTherme, foreground center, as French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier, second right at rear, and French Junior Minister for Ecology Chantal Jouanno, third left at rear, look on, during a visit to the National Institute of Solar Energy, or INES, in Le Bourget du Lac, French Alps, Tuesday June 9, 2009.

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French soccer star Zinedine Zidane waves from the racing boat the Generali which is to compete in the Vendee Globe race in the western harbour of Les Sables d'Olonne, France, Saturday Nov. 8, 2008. The Vendee Globe sailing race, an around-the-world solo race that's held every four years, will start on Sunday Nov. 9.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, welcomes Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, right, prior to their meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.

Added: 2010-03-25 14:38:33

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, walks before a meeting with local politicians in Fort de France, La Martinique, a French Caribbean island, Thursday Feb. 18, 2010.

Added: 2010-03-12 12:01:46

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, gestures towards Didier Migaud, unseen, the new president of the Court of Accounts, in Paris Thursday March 11, 2010.

Added: 2010-03-12 11:22:57

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to attend a ceremony for Didier Migaud, unseen, becoming president of the Court of Accounts in Paris Thursday March 11, 2010.

Added: 2010-03-12 10:46:19

French President Nicolas Sarkozy shakes hands with supporters before a meeting with local politicians in Fort de France, La Martinique, a French Caribbean island, Thursday Feb.18, 2010.

Added: 2010-03-07 07:01:03

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, welcomes Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Monday Feb. 22, 2010, at the Elysee Palace in Paris. France greets Abbas, recentering the international focus away from Iran and back to deadlocked Middle East peace talks, just as France's foreign minister suggests declaring a Palestinian state even before borders with Israel are defined. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2010-02-22 19:01:13

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy on North Korea Jack Lang is seen during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Lang said France will not recognize North Korea soon.

Added: 2010-02-08 16:38:35

In this Jan. 11, 2010 file photo the new Peugeot cars logo is seen in Paris. French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroen is recalling 100,000 cars across Europe to change accelerator pedals on two models, a PSA spokesman said Sunday Jan. 31, 2010, declaring that the recall involves cars built between mid-2005 and mid-2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2010-01-31 15:30:03

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with French President Nicolas Sarkozy before their talks in Paris, Wednesday June 24, 2009. Netanyahu arrived in Paris for talks with Sarkozy, as differences with the United States over settlements emerged as a key issue.

Added: 2010-01-30 15:35:26

Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin speaks after the verdict of the slander trial at the Paris courthouse Thursday Jan. 28, 2010 in Paris. The court acquitted de Villepin on charges related to his alleged role in a smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy. Thursday's acquittal paves the way for de Villepin to try to return to the world of politics, including a possible run for the presidency in 2012.

Added: 2010-01-29 08:34:09

Former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin speaks after the verdict of the slander trial at the courthouse Thursday Jan. 28, 2010 in Paris. The court acquitted de Villepin on charges related to his alleged role in a smear campaign against President Nicolas Sarkozy. Thursday's acquittal paves the way for de Villepin to try to return to the world of politics, including a possible run for the presidency in 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2010-01-28 17:44:08

German Chancelor Dr. Angela Merkel

Added: 2009-12-17 10:36:43

They have been called the "Niagara falls of Mali".[1] The river is about 500 m wide at this point, and drops 16 m over the falls. The volume of water is 12-13 m3 per second in the dry season, and up to 2430 m3 in the rainy season.[2] The government of Mali is investigating the possibility of developing the electric power potential of the Senegal River: the smaller Falls of Félou downstream and the Gouina Falls have the power potential of 100MW.[3]

Added: 2009-12-02 17:53:01

Tsomoriri Lake and wildlife. Korzok Monastery is situated on the western bank of India's Tsomoriri Lake, one of the highest lakes in the world. It covers an area of 120 square kilometers (46 sq mi).[8] The water of the lake is partly brackish and partly sweet. Its depth in the lake is 30 meters (98 ft). The valley formed by the Tsomoriri and other lakes, is known as the Rupshu Valley. The lake and its surrounding area is a Ramsar designated wetland.[3] Korzok is hemmed between Ladakh in the north and Tibet in the east and Zanskar in the west. The Changthang plateau is the geographical setting with snow peaks that is the source of water to the Lake. The Rupshu Valley, also called the Chungthang valley, is a unique landscape. The barley fields around Korzok village inhabited by the nomadic Chang-pa herdsmen (apart from the monks staying in the monastery), have been described as the highest cultivated land in the world.[1] The nomadic herdsmen seen here living in tents only, rear herds of goats, cows and yaks. The wildlife seen in the area consists of Himalayan birds, wild ass (Kiang), foxes and marmots.[1][3][6][12] The streams, which rise in the valley, are used for irrigation. Summer temperatures in the area reach a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F)

Added: 2009-11-29 21:12:35

France's soccer players Florent Malouda, right, with Gael Clichy and teammates during a training session at France's training camp in Clairefontaine, near Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. The French team will face Austria on Saturday in their opening 2010 World Cup soccer qualifier.

Added: 2009-11-15 10:20:00

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, with German's Chancellor Angela Merkel as they meet at the Elysee Palace on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009 before a working dinner ahead of Thursday's EU summit.

Added: 2009-10-31 15:06:24

French President Nicolas Sarkozy chairs a meeting with Health industry managers at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Oct. 26, 2009. At left is Finance Minister Christine Lagarde.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to chair a meeting with Health industry managers at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday Oct. 26, 2009. At right are Health minister Roselyne Bachelot, Industry Minister Christian Estrosi and High Education and Research minister Valerie Pecresse.

Added: 2009-10-27 15:04:43

French lawyers of Christine and Jean-Marie Villemin parents of murdered 4-year-old Gregory, Marie-Christine Chastant-Morand, right, and Thierry Moser, following a press conference in Paris Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, about the DNA traces from a man and a woman which were found on a threatening anonymous letter in 'the Gregory Affair'. French detectives have found DNA traces from the child murder case of Gregory Villemin; a 4-year-old boy; who was found dead with his feet and hands bound in a river near his home in eastern France.

Added: 2009-10-24 23:30:08

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin arrives at the Paris courthouse, Tuesday Oct. 20, 2009, for the slander trial known as the Clearstream affair, involving alleged dirty tricks by top politicians and businessmen. The trial, that started on Sept. 21, is due to end this week.

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Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin arrives at the Paris courthouse, Monday Oct. 12, 2009, for the slander trial known as the Clearstream affair, involving alleged dirty tricks by top politicians and businessmen. The trial, that started on Sept. 21, is due to last one month.

Added: 2009-10-20 19:21:32

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, waits for Chad's President Idriss Deby at the Elysee Palace, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, in Paris.

Added: 2009-10-20 13:38:01

US Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern reacts during a press conference in Paris, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. The French host of climate talks among the world's biggest polluters said Tuesday that the United States had backpedaled on promises to slash carbon emissions but China appeared "absolutely determined" to make deep cuts. The environment chiefs are also discussing how to raise $100 billion a year to help poor countries adapt to climate change.

Added: 2009-10-18 15:00:56

A model presents an ensemble as part of the Fall-Winter 2007/2008, ready to wear collection by French fashion house Celine, in Paris, Thursday, March 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Bulgarian's Irina Bokova, leaves after her election as new director-general of UNESCO, in Paris, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009.The chairman of UNESCO's executive board said Bulgaria's ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, has beaten longtime Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny in secret balloting. UNESCO's press office says Bokova won 31 to 27 Tuesday in a suspenseful fifth round

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Bulgarian's Irina Bokova, arrives after the election of a new director-general of UNESCO, in Paris, Tuesday Sept. 22, 2009. The chairman of UNESCO's executive board says Bulgaria's ambassador to France, Irina Bokova, has beaten longtime Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosny in secret balloting. UNESCO's press office says Bokova won 31 to 27 Tuesday in a suspenseful fifth round.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures, as he delivers a speech following his visit to the Research and Innovation Center in Artemare, southeastern France,Thursday Sept. 10, 2009. Sarkozy is determined to press ahead with a controversial plan to tax carbon emissions by individuals and businesses, ignoring opposition from voters of all political stripes in his bid to claim a leading role in global efforts to stem climate change.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures, as he delivers a speech following his visit to the Research and Innovation Center in Artemare, southeastern France, Thursday Sept. 10, 2009. Sarkozy is determined to press ahead with a controversial plan to tax carbon emissions by individuals and businesses, ignoring opposition from voters of all political stripes in his bid to claim a leading role in global efforts to stem climate change.

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Greenpeace demonstrators protest with five tons of tuna heads unloaded outside the Agriculture ministry in Paris Monday, Nov. 17, 2008. The European Union's executive body asked member nations last week to approve dramatically tougher enforcement of fishing rules to stop years of illegal catches that have devastated species such as cod and tuna. French part of banner reads: Red Tuna (Bluefin Tuna is know as Red Tuna in France) close(stop) the fishing

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People walk past the headquarters of Vivendi SA in Paris, Monday, Dec. 3, 2007. Shares of Vivendi SA rose Monday after the company said a day earlier that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision Inc. in a deal that would create a rival to to Electronic Arts Inc. as the world's largest video game publisher

Added: 2009-09-09 22:58:21

Men walk past a France Telecom shop Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Paris. France Telecom SA said Wednesday that 2007 net profit rose 52 percent thanks to improving margins and lower taxes and financial charges, as its mobile phone businesses fueled revenue growth. France's dominant telecommunications operator, through its Orange mobile arm, is the country's sole vendor of the Apple iPhone, which has registered higher than expected sales since its release in November.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2009-09-08 10:33:18

AC Milan's midfielder Ricardo Kaka, of Brazil kisses the Golden Ball after winning France's Football Player of the Year and the prestigious Golden Ball award at a photocall in Paris Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007, after helping the club win the Champions League title this year with some standout performances. The 25-year-old Brazil international scored 10 goals in the competition with his two-goal performance at Manchester United in the semifinals being hailed as one of the best of the tournament.

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French riot police officers patrol by a burning car in Bagnolet, Paris suburban, Tuesday Aug. 11, 2009, where an 18-year old youth worked, before dying in a motorbike accident while fleeing police Sunday night. Some 40 rioters in a Paris suburb hurled Molotov cocktails at police and firefighters and torched cars in a rampage prompted by the death of a teen pizza deliverer fleeing police. The interior minister called Monday for calm after the overnight violence.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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This DEc.10, 2008 file photo shows ArcelorMittal French headquarters outside Paris. France's competition authorities Tuesday Dec.16, 2008 slapped a record Euro 575 million ($776 million) in fines on 11 companies, including subsidiaries of global steel giant ArcelorMittal, for running a cartel in the steel trading sector from 1999 to 2004. The Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal, is the world's largest steelmaker and has over 326,000 employees in more than 60 countries.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives to deliver a speech following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance after an overnight hospital stay this weekend following his collapse while jogging. My health is good," he told reporters outside the Elysee presidential palace following a Cabinet Meeting. "I was really tired."

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, seen, after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance after an overnight hospital stay this weekend following his collapse while jogging. My health is good," he told reporters outside the Elysee presidential palace following a Cabinet Meeting. "I was really tired."

Added: 2009-07-30 16:54:56

French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he delivers a speech following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance after an overnight hospital stay this weekend following his collapse while jogging. My health is good," he told reporters outside the Elysee presidential palace following a Cabinet Meeting. "I was really tired."

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures as he delivers a speech following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee palace, in Paris, Wednesday, July 29, 2009. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to dispel worries about his health Wednesday during his first official appearance after an overnight hospital stay this weekend following his collapse while jogging. My health is good," he told reporters outside the Elysee presidential palace following a Cabinet Meeting. "I was really tired."

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British fashion designer John Galliano acknowledges applause at the end of the presentation of his Haute Couture house Dior, Fall Winter 2009-2010 collection, in Paris, Monday July 6, 2009 .(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center, waves while leaving the Val-de-Grace military hospital, in Paris Monday, July 27, 2009, as Val-de-Grace doctor Yves Diraison, rear right, looks on. Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader's collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork.

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy waves while leaving the Val-de-Grace military hospital, Monday, in Paris July 27, 2009. Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader's collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, center right, escorted by his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, left, gestures as he leaves the Val-de-Grace military hospital, in Paris Monday, July 27, 2009. Sarkozy has been discharged from the military hospital where he spent the night and his office says the French leader's collapse while jogging was due to heat and overwork. Val-de-Grace doctor Yves Diraison is seen second right.

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Activists of Medecins du Monde cover a Joan of Arc statue with an Afghan burqa in Paris early Tuesday, June 12, 2001, as they launch a campaign to raise awareness on the famine threatening Afghanistan.

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Singer Britney Spears poses in front of the Eiffel Tower Friday May 5, 2000, in Paris. Spears will performs Friday night

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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gestures as he answers reporters during a press conference he gave on the opening day of the 48th Paris Air Show at the Bourget airport, Monday June 15, 2009.

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The Pond—Moonlight is a pictorialist photograph by Edward Steichen. The photograph was made in 1904 in Mamaroneck, New York, and features a forest across a pond, with part of the moon appearing over the horizon in a gap in the trees. The Pond—Moonlight is an early color photograph, created through the use of light-sensitive gums. Only three copies are known to exist. In February 2006, a print of the photograph sold for US $2.9 million,[1] at the time, the highest price ever paid for a photograph at auction. The auction itself is also presented in the part 6 of the BBC documentary "The Genius of Photography".[2]

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U.S. actor Ben Stiller is seen during a photocall at a Paris hotel for his latest movie "Tropic Thunder," Thurdsay, Sept. 18, 2008.

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An Airbus A300 lands as an airbus A340 taxis before is exhibition flight at the 48th Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, north of Paris. Wednesday June 17, 2009. Plunging passenger numbers and tight credit have scaled back business at the world's biggest air show this year, which has also been haunted by unresolved questions about the crash of Air France Flight 447(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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An Air France plane taxies on the tarmac of Roissy airport, north of Paris, Tuesday, May 18, 2004. Air France swung into profit in the first three months of 2004, the airline said on Tuesday, ending a "difficult" fiscal year marked by the SARS virus in Asia and costly strikes back home. The earnings figures are the last to be published by Air France independently of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, after the two carriers merged earlier this month to create the world's largest airline group by sales.

Added: 2009-06-04 15:23:05

Air France planes are grounded at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Friday Sept.6, 2002, as Air France pilots started a four-day strike forcing the airline to cancel half its European flights. Pilots are asking a 10 percent pay increase.

Added: 2009-06-03 10:59:50

In this March 9, 2007 photo, French fashion designer Christian Lacroix is seen in Paris. Christian Lacroix SNC said Thursday May 28 2009 it has launched insolvency proceedings after the 22-year old French fashion house fell victim to the global recession.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

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Belgium's Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the UCI Pro Tour classic Paris - Roubaix cycling race in Roubaix, northern France, Sunday, April 12, 2009.

Added: 2009-05-09 14:03:09

Coach Paul Le Guen of PSG reacts at the end of the French Premier League soccer match between Valenciennes and Paris Saint Germain, at Parc des Princes Stadium in Paris, Saturday March. 15, 2008. Valenciennes drew the match 1-1. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2009-05-06 13:16:50

French actress Audrey Tautou, left, and US actor Alessandro Nivola, seen during a photocall for the film "Coco avant Chanel" (coco before Chanel), in Paris, Monday, April 6, 2009.

Added: 2009-04-24 19:42:46

Men walk past a France Telecom shop Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Paris. France Telecom SA said Wednesday that 2007 net profit rose 52 percent thanks to improving margins and lower taxes and financial charges, as its mobile phone businesses fueled revenue growth. France's dominant telecommunications operator, through its Orange mobile arm, is the country's sole vendor of the Apple iPhone, which has registered higher than expected sales since its release in November.

Added: 2009-04-14 09:52:23

Lille's midfielder Michel Fernandes Bastos gets the ball past goalkeeper Remy Vercoutre and score Lyon, during their French League one soccer match in Paris, at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north outskirts of Paris, Saturday, March 7, 2009 .Lille won the match 2-0

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U.S. actress Julia Roberts, right, and British actor Clive Owen, left, react during a photocall for the film "Duplicity", Paris, Thursday, March 12, 2009.

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Fine Art - The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, speaks as French junior minister for employment Laurent Wauquiez, left, looks on, as they meet with employees during a visit at a Pole Emploi jobseekers office in Chatellerault, western France,Tuesday, March. 31, 2009 .

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IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn delivers his speech in Paris Friday March 27, 2009 ahead of next week's G20 meeting in London.

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A demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest in downtown Paris, Thursday, March 19, 2009. A new wave of nationwide strikes hit France on Thursday as angry workers demanded that President Nicolas Sarkozy open new talks on the government's policies to fight the economic crisis.

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U.S. actor Dustin Hoffman reacts at the annual 34th Cesar awards ceremony in Paris, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009. The French film industry has given Dustin Hoffman a special Cesar for his body of work.

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U.S. Dustin Hoffman, left, receives a a special Cesar for his body of work from British Actress Emma Thompson at the annual 34th Cesar awards ceremony in Paris, Friday, Feb. 27, 2009.

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People take a last glance at the Samaritaine the department store shortly before it closes for renovation work in Paris, Wednesday, June 15, 2005. Modern day worry about fire regulations is forcing the famed store which is steeped in history and sentiment, to shut down for at least four years of renovation

Added: 2009-02-18 13:53:36

Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Saturday, July 12, 2008. Meetings were held Saturday between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and individual Mediterranean leaders ahead of a crucial summit which takes place on Sunday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2009-02-18 13:35:48

French Human Rights Minister Rama Yade, left, and Justice Minister Rachida Dati share an early morning coffee in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy sent a strong signal to France's disaffected minorities by appointing an outspoken advocate of Muslim women and a woman of Senegalese origin to his government, among France's most diverse ever. The victory of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has sparked pride and hope across the world for greater political diversity.

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A visitor points to the name of a relative on one of the pale stone walls engraved with the names of 76,000 people deported from France to Nazi death camps dsuring World War II, in the Jewish quarter of central Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005. The wall of names is part of a renovated Holocaust memorial and will be inaugurated by French President Jacques Chirac later this month.

Added: 2009-02-17 15:22:24

A visitor looks at a wall of photos at the exibition of some of the 76,000 people deported from France to Nazi death camps in WWII, at the Holocaust memorial in central Paris' jewish quarter Wednesday Jan 19, 2005. The renovated Holocaust memorial will be inaugurated by French President Chirac on Jan. 25.

Added: 2009-02-16 19:29:34

yphoon Higos had just acquired Level 4 Super Typhoon status as the time this image was acquired on September 29th with winds of 135 knots (1 knot = 1.15 mph). Higos began on September 26th as a tropical depression (with less than 34 knot winds) and grew to a tropical storm (34-63 knot winds) that same day. All throughout the 26th and 27th, Higos fluctuated between being a tropical depression and storm, and even dissipated twice. But finally, late on the 27th, Higos became a typhoon. Thereafter, its growth was rapid. On the 28th it grew from a level 1 to a level 3, and on the 29th it became a level 4, with 135-knot maximum sustained winds. On September 30th, the day after the Terra MODIS instrument acquired this image, Higos began losing momentum, and by October 2nd it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. During its run, Higos made landfall on Japan’s main island, Honshu, and traveled northward over Hokkaido Island, until it dissipated in the Sea of Okhostk. The last super typhoon in this region was Phanfone (level 4) during mid-August. Phanfone abruptly turned east before it could make landfall on Japan, and dissipated in the Pacific Ocean.

Added: 2009-02-12 22:47:13

This Dec. 4, 2008 file photo shows the Renault headquarters outside Paris. The French government was set to unveil Monday Feb. 9, 2009, a bailout plan for the auto industry that includes euro 6 billion ($7.7 billion) in loans for Renault SA and PSA Peugeot-Citroen, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Added: 2009-02-12 12:44:04

View of telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent building in Velizy, outside Paris, Friday Feb. 1, 2008. Alcatel-Lucent said it will slash 500 people in France, in the latest restructuring plan, among them 250 in Velizy.

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American actress Kate Hudson poses during a photocall for her film "Bride Wars", directed by Gary Winick, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009 in Paris.

Added: 2009-01-27 22:51:16

French soccer star Zinedine Zidane waves from the racing boat the Generali which is to compete in the Vendee Globe race in the western harbour of Les Sables d'Olonne, France, Saturday Nov. 8, 2008. The Vendee Globe sailing race, an around-the-world solo race that's held every four years, will start on Sunday Nov. 9.

Added: 2009-01-22 15:33:32

A woman waves the "Betsy Ross Flag", the first flag of the United States, bearing 13 stars, that was used between 1777 and 1795, as people watch during a ceremony at the Paris town hall, a big television screen broadcasting Barack Obama being sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Brinon)

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Religious praise to Allah.

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Pyramid of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

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Camel, Egypt.

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Directions to pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

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Sunset on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Sphinx, Egypt.

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Sunset on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Sunset on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

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Sunset on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Sunset on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramids of Giza, Egypt.

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Sailing boat on Nile, Cairo, Egypt.

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Camel, Egypt.

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Pyramid of Giza, Cairo.

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Pyramids of Giza, Cairo,Egypt.

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Pyramid of Giza and man on camel, Egypt.

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Pyramid of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.

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Camels, Egypt.

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Overview of sandy Cairo, Egypt.

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Local boy, Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramid of Giza, Egypt.

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No climbing the Pyramids, Cairo, Egypt.

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Sahara desert, Egypt.

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Sahara dessert, Egypt.

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Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

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Traffic in Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

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Traffic in Cairo, Egypt.

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Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

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Traffic in Cairo, Egypt.

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Mogotes, Vinales, Cuba.

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Cuban boy, Havana, cuba.

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Classic Dodge Car, Cuba.

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Trinidad beach, Cuba.

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Insect, Cuba.

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Green butterfly, Cuba.

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Museo romantico, Trinidad, cuba.

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Bicitaxis, Cuba.

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Shoe shining, Cuba.

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Cuban balcony of house, Cuba.

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Yellow taxi, Cuba.

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Turkey vultures, Cuba.

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Hotel Plaza, Trinidad, Cuba.

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Santiago, Cuba.

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Old man and his statue, Cuba.

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Family house, Cuba.

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Horse and cart, Cuba.

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Bicitaxi rank, Cuba.

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Fidel Castro's hideout, Sierra Maestra, Cuba.

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Lizard, Cuba.

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Sierra Maestra, Cuba.

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Young Fidel Castro.

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Church, Cuba.

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Man at work, Cuba.

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Change of guard, Santiago, Cuba.

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Castillo del Moro, Santiago, Cuba.

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Propaganda billboard, Cuba.

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Coastline, Cuba.

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Cuban Musicians, Havana, Cuba.

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Farmer, Vinales, Cuba.

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Farmer, Vinales, Cuba.

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House, Vinales, Cuba.

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Farmers hut and horse, Vinales, Cuba.

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Tobacco hut, Vinales, Cuba.

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Mogotes, Vinales, Cuba

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Mogotes, Vinales, Cuba.

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Farmers, Vinales, Cuba.

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Farmer, Vinales, Cuba.

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Cigar maker, Vinales, Cuba.

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