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"I'm calm, I'm at ease and ready to speak candidly," Lance Armstrong said before sitting down with Oprah Winfrey for an interview Monday that is to be broadcast Thursday. The cyclist was expected to make an apology and a limited confession about using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. (Associated Press)

Armstrong ready as Oprah comes to town

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

French ‘Switched’ star living the American dream

By ALICIA RANCILIO - Associated Press

Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a forehand return to France's Paul-Henri Mathieu during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

Djokovic starts Australian Open defense

By John Pye - Associated Press

**FILE** Lance Armstrong speaks Aug. 24, 2009, during the opening session of the Livestrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin, Ireland. (Associated Press)

Oprah Winfrey calls Lance Armstrong interview ‘intense’

By Jim Litke and Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

FILE - This combination image made of file photos shows Lance Armstrong, left, on Oct. 7, 2012, and Oprah Winfrey, right, on March 9, 2012. Armstrong plans to admit to doping throughout his career during an upcoming interview with Oprah Winfrey, USA Today reported late Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. (AP Photos/File)

Lance Armstrong to ‘speak candidly’ in Oprah interview

By Jim Vertuno - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)

Report: Armstrong to confess doping to Oprah

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Kurds demonstrate on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, in front of a pro-Kurdish center in Paris where three Kurdish women were killed in what the French interior minister called an execution. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

France: 3 Kurdish women ‘executed’ in Paris

By Elaine Ganley and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Cycling icon Lance Armstrong stopped his fight against doping allegations and was stripped of his Tour de France titles. (Associated Press)

Lance Armstrong grants Oprah Winfrey first interview

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Depardieu: ‘I’m French’ despite Russian passport

By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press

** FILE ** Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) greets French actor Gerard Depardieu after Mr. Depardieu's arrival late Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at the president's residence in Sochi, Russia, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Gerard Depardieu: French actor gets Russian passport

By Lynn Berry - Associated Press

French actor Depardieu gets Russian passport

By LYNN BERRY - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)

Report: Lance Armstrong weighs doping admission

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** FILE ** Former French film star Brigitte Bardot smiles following her meeting with French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin in Paris Monday, July 16, 2001. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Brigitte Bardot: 1960s screen diva threatens to leave France over elephants

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France’s Bardot threatens exile over elephants

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

**FILE** Women wearing veils, as mandated by Islamist group Ansar Dine, walk along a street in Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 18, 2012. (Associated Press

Al Qaeda carves out own country in Mali

By Rukmini Callimachi - Associated Press

Court upholds order on NASCAR CEO’s divorce case

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

French troops sent to Bangui amid chaos

By Hippolyte Marboua - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Now All Roads Lead to France’

By Martin Rubin - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama returns a Marine honor guard's salute as he steps off the Marine One helicopter and walks on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington on Dec. 27, 2012, as he returned early from his Hawaii vacation for meetings on the fiscal cliff. (Associated Press)

Embassy Row: Name droppers

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Hot spots draw believers, but not doomsday

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press