French WW1 veteran dies at 110
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One of the last two surviving French World War I veterans, Louis de Cazenave, dies in his sleep at the age of 110.
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AVRICOURT, FRANCE - An anti-nuclear protester was killed in France Sunday when his leg was cut off by a train carrying radioactive waste to Germany.
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French novelist Pierre Daninos, best known for his best-seller "The diary of Major Thompson", died at the age of 91.
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France on Saturday marked what President Jacques Chirac called a &quot;sad anniversary&quot; -- 100 days since two French reporters were taken hostage in Iraq.
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France marks the 100th day in captivity in Iraq of French journalists Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot.
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The official death toll from the two-week conflict reached 110, including 44 soldiers.
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George Russell Barber, an Army chaplain from the U.S. landing at Omaha Beach on D-Day during World War II, has died at age 90.
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The Czech Republic's oldest woman has died at the age 110, the news agency CTK reported Wednesday.
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Marking the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic agreement that ended centuries of war and conflict between France and Britain, President Jacques
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The death of one of the greatest figures in modern French literature, Henri Troyat, is announced in Paris.
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A soldier killed in a roadside bombing Monday was the 100th British death attributed to hostile action since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to the Ministry of Defense.
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A suicide attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed a French soldier with NATO&#39;s International Security Assistance Force, a top police officer told AFP.
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PARIS In somber ceremonies on Thursday, world leaders and war veterans paid tribute to their war dead on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Armistice Day commemorations are held on the eleventh hour
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Edward Behr, a noted British foreign correspondent and writer who penned books on history, good eating and his career as a journalist, has died in Paris, his family said Sunday. He was 81.
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A Victoria Cross awarded to a veteran of the World War I battle of Gallipoli has set a new world record after a collection of his medals sold at auction for one million dollars (750,000 US).
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Foreign Corresp. One of France's most famous Bohemian writers, Francoise Sagan, has died at the age of 69.
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Writer Henri Troyat, who fled Russia's revolution as a child and went on to become one of France's most prolific, popular and respected authors, has died, the Academie Francaise said Monday. He was 95.