France

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** FILE ** Khalid al-Masri, a German who says CIA agents abducted him and transported him to Afghanistan, attends a meeting of the European Parliament committee investigating claims of U.S. secret prisons and flights in Europe at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in 2006. (AP Photo/Christian Hartmann)

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Workers shout slogans and hold a banner reading " Employment, pensions, united across Europe" , during a demonstration against austerity, in Marseille, southern France, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. With rampant unemployment spreading misery in southern Europe and companies shutting factories across the continent, workers around the European Union sought to unite in a string of strikes and demonstrations on Wednesday, with strikes and protests planned in Italy, Greece, Portugal, France and Belgium. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Thierry Tilly, who was sentenced to eight years in prison by a court in Bordeaux, France, on Tuesday, was convicted of used manipulation techniques over nine years to swindle an aristocratic family of 11. (Associated Press)

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Michel Barnier (center), European Commissioner for Internal Market, speaks with French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici (left) and Swedish Finance Minister Anders Borg during a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Nov. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** French European deputy Rachida Dati is seen here July 14, 2009, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. (Associated Press)

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Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed (right), who married his live-in partner, Qiyaammudeen Jantjies, in South Africa, where gay marriage is recognized, is interviewed in Sevran, France, outside Paris, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici pauses as he speaks with journalists during a news conference in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. France is creating a new government-backed investment bank that will aim to spur economic growth by lending to small and medium-sized enterprises. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Actor Brad Pitt poses for photographs during the 65th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)

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Seven-time Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong of the United States is pictured during a stop on the third day of training with team Astana in Adelaide, Australia, on Jan. 14, 2009. UCI, cycling's governing body, agreed on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma, file)

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Cyclist Lance Armstrong holds the winner's trophy after claiming his seventh straight Tour de France race during ceremonies on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on July 24, 2005, after the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. UCI, the cycling governing body, agreed on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, to strip Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles. (AP Photo/Bernard Papon, Pool)