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Letter From Paris: An Appalachian Artist

Beth Arnold | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

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Beth Arnold

My prediction: Theo Edmonds is going to stir up the Paris art world. Better get a painting while you can.

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French Delights Overshadow Economic Slump, Uncertainty

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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Magda Abu-Fadil

France may be in a slump, with a hyper-kinetic president intent on structural reforms to counter mounting deficits, but it remains the number one international destination for visitors offering more delights than can be fathomed on a 20-day visit.

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Health Care: France & the U.S., Social Security and the Single-Payer Model

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

France enjoys the benefit of a National Health Program or 'assurance maladie.' Typically, social protection and health care work in combination and that is a concept widely accepted in Europe.

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Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June

William Bradley | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

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William Bradley

On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.

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Obama In Paris, Will Meet Michelle And Kids

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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WEIMAR, Germany — President Barack Obama absorbed the stark horrors memorialized at the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday and said the lesson...

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D-Day Memories and Heroism

Huffington Post | Matthew Palevsky | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

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Leading up to the 65th anniversary of D-Day, The Huffington Post asked readers to send in their memories of that historic day when Allied forces storm...

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Sarkozy, Obama To Be United On D-Day -- With Or Without Her Majesty

AP | ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy is a big fan of the United States and makes no secret of his craving for the limelight. Enter Barack Obama, th...

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Obama Lobbies For D-Day Invitation To Queen, Says White House

The Guardian | Daniel Nasaw in Washington and Haroon Siddique | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Unlike some of his compatriots on the right, Barack Obama is probably far too diplomatic to bring up the debt owed to the US by France from world war ...

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France: Swine Flu Hits US Official Preparing For Obama's Visit

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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PARIS — A U.S. official in Normandy to prepare President Barack Obama's upcoming visit has been diagnosed with swine flu and is being treated in...

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