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Students eat their lunch at the Bahria Foundation school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most of the children at the school have home cooked food for lunch, which contain eggs, chicken nuggets, bread, rice or noodles. Some have vegetables, minced mutton or beef prepared and cooked at home the night before. Principal Syeda Arifa Mohsin says the school tries to dissuade parents from fixing junk food for their children. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

AP PHOTOS: A taste of school lunches around world

By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP - Associated Press

5 things to know about the French league

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

France's President Francois Hollande, center, gestures as he talks to the media after an interview with BFM television journalist in Paris, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Hollande celebrates Tuesday his second anniversary in charge. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

France says GE offer for Alstom not good enough

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Morristown veteran to return to Normandy

By STAN JOHNSON - Associated Press

Miss France wins 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket

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The pack of cyclists is in action during the second stage, a 166,5 km race from Sion to Montreux, at the 68th Tour de Romandie UCI ProTour cycling race in Chamoson, Switzerland, Thursday, May 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)

Albasini wins Tour de Romandie stage, leads race

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** FILE ** President Barack Obama waves as he boards Air Force One during his departure at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Obama to travel to Poland, Belgium, France for D-Day commemoration

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 28, 2014 file photo, General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt leaves the Elysee Palace after meeting with French President Francois Hollande in Paris. General Electric inched closer to buying the energy-related businesses of France's Alstom by making a $16.9 billion bid, but rival offers and political concern in France may hold up or scuttle the deal. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

GE buy of Alstom energy business not a done deal

By JONATHAN FAHEY - Associated Press

U.S. giant General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt leaves the Elysee Palace after meeting with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, Monday, April 28, 2014. Hollande met Sunday with top members of the government to discuss Alstom, hours after the Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg warned the engineering company not to pursue a &quot;precipitous&quot; tie-up with U.S. giant General Electric Co., saying that France's national interest is at stake in a potential sale. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Orchestrating Alstom follows long French tradition

By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT - Associated Press

France to host Czech Republic at Roland Garros

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Police: Man intentionally run over after argument

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French President of the Euro 2016 organizing committee Jacques Lambert, left, speaks with UEFA president Michel Platini during a press conference for the presentation of the 2016 European Football Championship in Paris, Friday April 25, 2014. The Euro 2016 championship will run from June 10 to July 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Stade de France to host France’s Euro 2016 opener

By JEROME PUGMIRE - Associated Press

Ocean Springs celebrates landing

By KAREN NELSON - Associated Press

Wiggins, Froome missing for Team Sky at Giro

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In this photo taken on Sunday, April 20, 2014, and released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, checks a damaged church during his visit to the Christian village of Maaloula, near Damascus, Syria. Assad visited on Sunday a historic Christian village his forces recently captured from rebels, state media said, as the country's Greek Orthodox Patriarch vowed that Christians in the war-ravaged country "will not submit and yield" to extremists. The rebels, including fighters from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, took Maaloula several times late last year. (AP Photo/Syrian Presidency via Facebook)

French president accuses Syria’s Assad of gassing his own citizens

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

United States' Madison Keys returns a ball to France's Caroline Garcia during a Fed Cup singles world group playoff tennis match Sunday, April 20, 2014, in St. Louis. Garcia won 6-4, 6-3.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

France edges US 3-2 in Fed Cup

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France's Caroline Garcia celebrates after defeating United States' Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-2 in a Fed Cup singles world group match Saturday, April 19, 2014, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

France, United States tied at 1 in Fed Cup

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Atletico Mineiro backs off deal to sign Anelka

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 14, 2013 file photo, a female soldier leads a group of soldiers during the Bastille Day parade in Paris. France claims great success in &quot;feminizing&quot; its military, with among the world’s highest percentages of women in uniform. What it hasn't done is work to prevent sexual assault once they get there. The defense minister on Tuesday April 15, 2014 announced the first plan to address the problem and inflict harsher punishments on those found guilty.(AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

In a first, France tackles sex assault in military

By SYLVIE CORBET - Associated Press