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FILE - This Feb. 12, 2012 file photo shows seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong waiting for the start of the Ironman Panama 70.3 triathlon in Panama City, Panama. A federal judge in Austin, Texas, has thrown out Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, an attempt to stop the drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)
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A crude Roma encampment near a highway in Clamart, west of Paris, is typical of the living conditions for Gypsies in France. “Why did God even create us, if Gypsies are to live like this?” cried 35-year-old Babica, as bulldozers moved in last week to tear down his camp in Gennevilliers, on the outskirts of Paris. (Associated Press)
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Customs and Border Protection agents found 3.6 grams of marijuana hidden in this cereal box, packed in the luggage of a 15-year-old American teen returning from France. Photo from Customs and Border Protection.
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The shell of a car burns out in a neighborhood of Amiens, France, on Tuesday. Dozens of young men rioted in a troubled district in northern France after weeks of tensions. They stole vehicles, and burned a school and a youth center. The police department in Amiens says at least 16 officers were hurt by the time the riot ended Tuesday, some by buckshot. (Associated Press)
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The shell of a burnt-out car is seen Aug. 14, 2012, in a neighborhood of Amiens, France. Dozens of young men rioted in a troubled district in northern France after weeks of tensions, pulling drivers from their cars and stealing the vehicles, and burning a school and a youth center. (Associated Press)
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The United States' basketball team pose with their gold medals at center court after beating France during the women's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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United States Diana Taurasi raises her arms during a women's gold medal basketball game against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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United States' Sue Bird reacts on the bench during a women's gold medal basketball game against France at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Mike Bryan, right, and Bob Bryan, left, of the United States, celebrate after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Michael Llodra of France in the men's doubles gold medal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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associated press photographs Lebron James and Carmelo Anthony (below, battling France’s Kevin Seraphin) are two of only three U.S. men’s basketball players to take part in three Olympic Games. After having minimal playing time for the 2004 squad that took bronze in Athens, they were leaders on the ’08 team that won gold in Beijing.
