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American couple pledge $380 million art donation to France

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, centre, and and French President Francois Hollande pose for a picture prior a summit with the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and France at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. (Mikhail Palinchak/Pool Photo via AP)

The Latest: Ukraine says agreement reached on road map

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This photo from Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, shows sarcophagus of king Charles X and a rose, inside the crypt of the Kostanjevica monastery in Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The only French king buried outside France, Charles X was laid to rest in Nova Gorica nearly 200 years ago, after fleeing a French revolution. Recently, a group of historians and royalists in France have been campaigning to have the king's remains reburied back home. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Some want French royal remains repatriated from Slovenia

By DARKO BANDIC and MASHA MACPHERSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2016 file photo, French president Francois Hollande reviews troops at the army base and command centre for France's anti-terror 'Vigipirate' plan, dubbed 'Operation Sentinelle', in Vincennes, outside Paris. France's government has approved Wednesday Oct. 12, 2016 a decree creating a National Guard to bolster security against extremist attacks across the country. The Guard, which is expected to reach 84,000 people by 2018, is a new, enhanced version of the existing reserve forces. (Ian Langsdon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

France creates National Guard to improve security

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press

Polish official: French ‘learned to eat with a fork from us’

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France's Paul Pogba celebrates scoring the opening goal during the World Cup Group A qualifying soccer match in the ArenA stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Pogba’s long-range strike gives France 1-0 win over Dutch

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

France's Kevin Gameiro, left, celebrates scoring his side's 4th goal with his teammate Antoine Griezman during a World Cup qualifying soccer match between France and Bulgaria at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, north of Paris, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Gameiro and Promes shine for France and Netherlands

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

The long wait seems over for France forward Kevin Gameiro

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande, left, poses with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, after Bach received an Olympic flag from the 1924 Olympics games during a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016. Paris, which last hosted the Olympics in 1924, is competing against Budapest, Rome and Los Angeles for the games. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, Pool)

IOC president ‘impressed’ by Paris 2024 bid

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Defender Jeremy Mathieu ends international career

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WWI aviator Rockwell: ‘The best and bravest of us all’

By JOHN BOYLE - Associated Press

Mangala replaces Mathieu in France squad

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Police surrounds activists standing on the roofs of dwellings in an attempt to prevent them from being dismantled in a makeshift migrants camp near Calais, France, Tuesday March 1, 2016. The slow tear-down of the encampment in Calais continued Tuesday, angering migrants who live there in squalid conditions in hopes of reaching a better life in Britain. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

French president vows to shut down Calais camp this year

By SYLVIE CORBET and THIBAULT CAMUS - Associated Press

Mladenovic and Garcia cleared to play in Fed Cup final

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France has been under a state of emergency since attacks claimed by Islamic State in Paris in November killed 130, extended after a radical truck driver killed 85 in Nice. French Muslim communities, meanwhile, are getting a sense of rising social tension. (Associated Press)

French Muslims see widening social divide in wake of terror attacks

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

An EC-135 helicopter operated by the French Societe' Civile hovers, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016, near three cars of the Panoramic Mont Blanc cable car that stalled around 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Thursday, after its cables reportedly tangled. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Tourists, trapped in Mont Blanc cable car overnight, rescued

By Samuel Maion-Fontana - Associated Press

United States' Diana Taurasi celebrates a score against France during a women's semifinal round basketball game at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

U.S. beats France, advances to women’s basketball final

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press