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Soldiers from the People's Liberation Army navy stand guard as the Dixmude, the third French Mistral-class amphibious assault ship, arrives at Wusong military dockyard, in Shanghai on May 9, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Inside China: French flotilla in Shanghai fuels talk of deal with China

By Miles Yu

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 12, 2015, municipal police officers patrol outside the Palais des Festivals ahead of the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. France is on heightened terrorist alert after deadly attacks in Paris, and the monied French Riviera offers rich pickings for criminals. That means the world's glitziest film festival, which opens Wednesday, is the focus of an intense security operation to try and keep disaster and drama confined to the screen. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Behind the glitz, Cannes casts a tight security net

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

In this Friday, April 17, 2015 photo men work at Beur FM radio in Paris. It's called &quot;Beur FM&quot; - after a slang term for Arab people - and has become the voice of France's Islamic community in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks. Since terror struck the heart of Paris in January, Beur FM has become a staple for listeners of all walks of life who are hungry for answers about the violence - and how to reconcile alienated immigrants with mainstream society. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

French radio station takes on new role after Paris attacks

By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE - Associated Press

Only 14 women currently sit in Mali's 147-member parliament, three women belong to President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's Cabinet of 33 ministers, and men claim the vast bulk of civil service positions. (Associated Press)

Mali law would reserve one-third of government jobs for women

By Soumaila T. Diarra - Special to The Washington Times

French President Francois Hollande, center, arrives for a meeting of the European Socialists prior to an emergency EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, April 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts) ** FILE **

Francois Hollande, French president, vows punishment for any child rapes in Africa

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From left, Armenian Apostolic Church leader, Catholicos Garegin II, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Genocide memorial complex in Yerevan, Armenia, Friday, April 24, 2015. (Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Armenia marks centennial of killing of 1.5 million

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Lebanese army soldiers stand in front of French weapons at the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, April 20, 2015. Lebanon has received the first shipment of $3 billion worth of French weapons paid for by Saudi Arabia. The handover ceremony occurred Monday at Beirut’s international airport and was attended by Lebanese, French defense ministers, and top army officers. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon gets first shipment of $3B worth of French arms

By BASSEM MROUE - Associated Press

Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa CEO, at crash site: ‘Long, long time’ to understand

By Lori Hinnant - Associated Press

Secretary of State John F. Kerry (second from left) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (left) take a walk during a break in talks on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland. The U.S. and five allies have been meeting with Iranian negotiators for days in a last-ditch try to hammer out the blueprint for a final deal by the end of June. (Associated Press)

Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

This aerial image made from a video provided by NBC10 shows the scene of a small plane crash in Chester County, Pa., near the Brandywine airport, Sunday, March 29, 2015. The crash took the lives of the only two people aboard the aircraft, authorities said. (AP Photo/NBC10)

Investigators focus on German co-pilot’s mental state

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