Skeptics question French President Sarkozy's Facebook post suggesting he saw Berlin Wall fall
Sun-Sentinel - Mon Nov 9, 1:20 pm ETPARIS (AP) — Where was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell?
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Merkel, Brown, Sarkozy Mark 20 Years After Fall of Berlin Wall
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 6:07 am ETNov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel called it the “happiest day in German history.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy drove all the way from Paris to witness it, and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said it helped build trust.
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Sarkozy Berlin Wall claims raise questions
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 9, 1:50 pm ETPARIS (AP) - Where was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell? The French president suggests - in a casual post on his Facebook page - that he was at Checkpoint Charlie, chipping away at the Cold War with a pickax alonside throngs of Berliners on Nov. 9, 1989.
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Sarkozy Recalls Berlin Trip as Wall Collapsed in Facebook Post
Bloomberg - Sun Nov 8, 1:53 pm ETNov. 8 (Bloomberg) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, and joined German families using pickaxes to tear down the concrete slabs, he said in a post on his Facebook Internet page.
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Apple to Open First Shop in France at Paris’s Louvre Museum
Bloomberg - Fri Nov 6, 6:50 am ETNov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. , maker of the iPhone and iMac computer, opens the doors tomorrow to its first store in France, sharing a home with Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa at the Louvre museum.
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Netanyahu Heads for Paris After Obama Meeting on Mideast Peace
Bloomberg - 1 hour 42 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Paris today in a bid to round up international support as Middle East peace efforts flounder and his country stands accused of war crimes in Gaza.
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Netanyahu Heads for Paris After Obama Meeting on Mideast Peace
Bloomberg - Tue Nov 10, 1:05 am ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Paris today in a bid to round up international support as Middle East peace efforts flounder and his country stands accused of war crimes in Gaza.
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Netanyahu Heads for Paris After Obama Meeting on Mideast Peace
Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 11:53 pm ETNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Paris today in a bid to round up international support as Middle East peace efforts flounder and his country stands accused of war crimes in Gaza.
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Apple Store opens in the Louvre: Where next?
CNET - Mon Nov 9, 3:24 pm ETApple has opened an Apple Store at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, an upscale shopping center beneath the famous Louvre art gallery. So where next for Apple? Here are our suggestions.
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French envoy in NKorea for talks on ties, nukes
NBC26 Green Bay - Mon Nov 9, 7:06 am ETPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy began talks Monday with North Korea on establishing diplomatic relations and the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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French envoy in NKorea for talks on ties, nukes
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 9, 7:05 am ETPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy began talks Monday with North Korea on establishing diplomatic relations and the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
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Sarkozy Berlin Wall claims raise questions
Channel 8 San Diego - Mon Nov 9, 1:49 pm ETWhere was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell?
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Sarkozy Berlin Wall claims raise questions
KWQC-TV 6 Davenport - Mon Nov 9, 1:52 pm ETWhere was Nicolas Sarkozy when the Berlin Wall fell?
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France plans reform to cut role of powerful investigating judges
The Morning Call - Thu Nov 5, 4:58 am ETPARIS (AP) — France's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial.
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French envoy meets with NKorean foreign minister
Boston Globe - Tue Nov 10, 1:03 am ETThe French president's special envoy on North Korea held talks Tuesday with the country's foreign minister during a visit to Pyongyang to explore the possibility of establishing diplomatic ties with the communist regime.
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France plans to cut powerful judges down to size
NBC26 Green Bay - Thu Nov 5, 8:21 am ETPARIS (AP) - France's investigating judges are a powerful lot: They can order phone taps and home searches, interrogate terrorists and bring down politicians. Now, one has even ordered former French President Jacques Chirac to stand trial.
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