France

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Clockwise from top left: butter from Parma, Italy; Vermont cultured butter; Beurre d'Isigny, France; black truffle butter; sea-salted butter from France; and Brookford Farm uncultured butter from Rollinsford, N.H. (Associated Press)

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Jose Manuel Barroso (foreground), president of the executive European Commission, speaks to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. (AP Photo)

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French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, seen earlier this month with President Nicolas Sarkozy, says her pregnancy is a nonstory to the people of France. "There isn't much to say," Mrs. Bruni-Sarkozy said. "So many women are expecting children and giving birth, and it's so uninteresting for French people." (Associated Press)

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Nick Calathes of Greece (right) releases a shot over France's Nicolas Batum at the EuroBasket tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Associated Press)

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (center) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) meet patients at the Tripoli Medical Center in Tripoli, Libya, on Sept. 15, 2011. (Associated Press)

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French Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet speaks Monday at a press conference at the nuclear site of Marcoule in southern France, where one person died in an explosion. The site treats nuclear waste. (Associated Press)

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Rescuers and medics land by helicopter at a nuclear site in Marcoule, France, on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, after an explosion at a plant that treats nuclear waste. (AP Photo/Claude Paris) ** FILE **

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde, left, talks with Tunisian Finance Minister Jelloul Ayed during the group photo at the Deauville partnership meeting in Marseille, southern France, Saturday, Sept.10, 2011. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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Marco and Marta Bonifazi of Geneva return to the bus that will take them back home to Geneva after their first shopping trip at the Carrefour supermarket across the border in Ferney-Voltaire, France. "It's just great to save money," Mr. Bonifazi, showing off his receipt, said of the Swiss franc that buys a lot more in countries that use the euro. (Associated Press)

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Federal Reserve chairman Paul Bernanke (right) and Jean-Claude Trichet, of France, president of the European Central Bank, take a stroll Aug. 26, 2011, on the veranda of the Jackson Lake Lodge before the morning session of the Economic Policy Symposium at Jackson Hole in Moran, Wyo. (Associated Press)

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Elysee Palace in Paris on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011, for talks on the eurozone's economic problems. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)

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** FILE ** French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak at a press conference during German-French consultations in Freiburg, Germany, in December 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Tour de France winner Cadel Evans, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates with fans during the victory parade in Paris. Below, supporters awaited his victory lap after the podium ceremony.

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Fans of Tour de France winner Cadel Evans of Australia wait for Evans to ride his victory lap after the podium ceremony in Paris, France, Sunday July 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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New overall leader Cadel Evans of Australia celebrates on the podium of the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 42.5 kilometers (26.4 miles) starting and finishing in Grenoble, Alps region, France on Saturday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium of the 19th stage of the Tour de France cycling race Friday. All that's left of the Tour de France is a weekend time trial and the final dash to the Champs Elysees in Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Stage winner Andy Schleck of Luxembourg crosses the finish line on Galibier pass to win the 18th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 200.5 kilometers (124.6 miles) starting in Pinerolo, Italy and finishing on Galibier pass, Alps region, France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)