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  • 1France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 2Paris — This article is about the capital of France. For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation). Paris Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: It is tossed by the waves, but does not sink ) …

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  • 3Government of France — This article is about the political and administrative structures of the French government. For French political parties and tendencies, see Politics of France. For a history of how the current constitution was enacted, see French Fifth Republic …

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  • 4Special member state territories and the European Union — Map of European Union in the world (with overseas countries and territories (OCT) and outermost regions (OMR)) Several European Union member states have special territories which, for historical, geographical, or political reasons, enjoy special… …

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  • 5Marie Lafarge — Marie Fortunée Lafarge, née Capelle (January 15, 1816 November 7, 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. Her case became notable, because it was one of the first trials to be followed by… …

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  • 6DADVSI — First page of the bill as finally adopted by both houses of Parliament DADVSI (generally pronounced as dadsi) is the abbreviation of the French Loi sur le Droit d’Auteur et les Droits Voisins dans la Société de l’Information (in English: law on… …

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  • 7Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc — The Count of Vaublanc 31st Minister of the Interior (France) In office 26 Septe …

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  • 8Lièpvre — French commune nomcommune=Lièpvre Lièpvre seen from Hoimbach région=Alsace département=Haut Rhin arrondissement=Ribeauvillé canton=Sainte Marie aux Mines insee=68185 cp=68660 maire=Claude Ruff mandat=2001 2008 intercomm=C.C. du Val d Argent… …

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  • 910th of August (French Revolution) — On August 10, 1792, during the French Revolution, a mob with the backing of a new municipal government of Paris that came to be known as the insurrectionary Paris Commune besieged the Tuileries palace. King Louis XVI and the royal family took… …

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  • 10Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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