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A few years ago at Christmas time, my wife surprised me with something that she spent many months compiling but was one that was worth the project and I still read to this day: a collection of photo...
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Armstrong: Immunity report confirms 'vendetta'

Lance Armstrong accused U.S Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart on Thursday of waging a “vendetta” against him following reports that several former teammates have received reduced suspensions after admitting to doping in return for testifying against the seven-time Tour de France champion.

July 06, 2012

N.D. pilot not forgotten by French village

Two weeks before he died in a World War II bombing raid on the German submarine base at Lorient, France, 2nd Lt. Roy W. Christianson wrote home to Edmore, N.D., to the aunt and uncle who raised him after his parents died.

By Chuck Haga, Forum Communications Co. , May 28, 2012

France's Hollande sticking to early Afghan pullout

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first visit to the Oval Office, French President Francois Hollande declared he will withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by year's end, making clear to President Barack Obama the timeline for ending the U.S.-led war will not trump a campaign pledge that helped Hollande gain his new job.

By Associated Press , May 20, 2012

France elects new president

PARIS (AP) — Socialist Francois Hollande defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France’s next president, heralding a change in how Europe tackles its debt crisis and how France flexes its military and diplomatic muscle around the world.

By Associated Press , May 07, 2012

France chooses a new president during tough times

PARIS (AP) — France voted in a presidential run-off election Sunday that could see Socialist challenger Francois Hollande defeat incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy by capitalizing on public anger over spending cuts and a Europe-wide push for austerity.

May 06, 2012

France raises prospect of military action in Syria

France raised the prospect of military intervention in Syria on Wednesday, saying the U.N. should consider harsher measures if an international peace plan that has been shaken by violence ultimately collapses.

April 26, 2012

Sarkozy targets far-right in bid to win runoff

President Nicolas Sarkozy starkly laid out his path to re-election Monday: He will be plunging deep into far-right territory to hunt the votes he needs to beat Socialist challenger Francois Hollande in the runoff.

April 24, 2012

Turnout solid in French presidential election

PARIS — Center-right French President Nicolas Sarkozy's career was on the line on Sunday as voters turned out in solid numbers for the first round of France's presidential election, a contest that could shake-up Europe's political landscape and approach to myriad economic troubles.

By By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press , April 22, 2012

Source: Killer didn't send French attacks video

PARIS (AP) — A video apparently showing a Muslim gunman's attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school was sent to the Al-Jazeera news network — but not by him, French police said Tuesday, raising the specter of a possible accomplice.

By Jamey Keaten and Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press , March 28, 2012

French investigators focus on gunman's brother

PARIS — The brother of an Islamist fanatic behind a deadly shooting rampage in France celebrated his martyr-like death and may have helped him, police and a lawyer said Saturday.

By By Johanna Decorse and Raphael Satter, Associated Press , March 24, 2012

Authorities in France shoot suspect in shootings

TOULOUSE, France — Inspired by radical Islam and trained in Afghanistan, the gunman methodically killed French schoolchildren, a rabbi and paratroopers and faced down hundreds of police for 32 hours. Then he leapt out a window as he rained down gunfire and was fatally shot in the head.

By Johanna Decourse, Associated Press , March 23, 2012

Prosecutor: French shooter proud of the 7 slayings

TOULOUSE, France (AP) — In a tense standoff, French riot police demanded the surrender Wednesday of a gunman who reportedly boasted of shooting seven victims in an al-Qaida-linked terror spree aimed at "bringing France to its knees."

By Johanna Decorse and Sarah DiLorenzo, Associated Press , March 21, 2012

Gunman kills four at Jewish school

A gunman on a motorbike opened fire Monday at a Jewish school, killing a rabbi and his two young sons as they waited for a bus, then chased down a 7-year-old girl, shooting her dead at point-blank range. It was the latest in a series of attacks on minorities that have raised fears of a racist killer on the loose.

March 20, 2012

French breast implant firm's former execs arrested

PARIS (AP) — Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide.

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press , January 26, 2012

Turkey-France ties fray over Armenia genocide bill

PARIS — Ties between France and Turkey, strategic allies and trading partners, abruptly unraveled Thursday after French legislators passed a bill making it a crime to deny that the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constitute genocide.

By By Elaine Ganley, The Associated Press , December 22, 2011

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