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A photo taken from a French army refuelling plane shows a French Rafale jet fighters during a training session above the Arc of Triumph in Paris, on July 6, 2010 prior the Bastille Day's military parade. French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 126 Rafale...

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A picture taken on July 6, 2011 of a French Rafale jet flying above the region of Dreux, western France, flanked by two Mirage 2000-N during a rehearsal of the Bastille Day military parade scheduled on July 14. French plane manufacturer Dassault will halt production of its Rafale...

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A French Rafale jet flies over the Paris Arch of Triumph (Arc de Triomphe) followed by two Mirage 2000-N on July 14, 2011 during the Bastille Day military parade.

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Fireworks burst over the Eiffel Tower during traditional Bastille Day celebrations on July 14, 2011 in Paris. France held today its annual military parade on the Bastille Day national holiday, haunted by the killingwithin the last 24 hours by the killing of six of its soldiers serving...

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The Eiffel Tower is illuminated during the traditional Bastille Day fireworks display in Paris July 14, 2011.

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Fireworks illuminate the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Bastille Day celebration late Thursday, July 14, 2011.

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French ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot addresses the annual Bastille Day reception at the French ambassador's residence in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2011.

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French firemen perform during the traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris July 14, 2011.

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Soldiers of the French Foreign Legion march during the Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.

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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the annual Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, on July 14, 2011.

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People attend to the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris, Thursday July 14, 2011. France celebrated its annual Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday with a traditional military parade along the Champs-Elysees. The celebration commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison on 14 July...

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Republican Guards stand at attention during the annual Bastille Day parade on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, Thursday July 14, 2011.

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Republican Guard stand at attention during the annual Bastille Day parade, Thursday July 14, 2011 on the Champs Elysees avenue, in Paris. France celebrated its annual Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday with a traditional military parade along the Champs-Elysees. The celebration...

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France's Republican Guard stand to attention during the traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.

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Tanks roll down the Champs Elysee during the traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.

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French army soldiers open the traditional Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Thursday July 14, 2011.

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FILE - In this July 14, 2011 file photo soldiers open the traditional Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris. Fifteen years after France abolished obligatory military service, President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative party wants every French 18-year-old to swear "allegiance...

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United Nations (UN) Blue Helmets parade in front of heads of State and government during the Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees on July 14, 2008 in Paris. France kicked off Bastille Day celebrations in a whirlwind of controversy as Syrian President Bashar al-Assad joined...

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Fireworks burst over the Baie des Anges (Angels Nay) during traditional Bastille Day celebrations on July 14, 2011 in Nice, southeastern France.

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French Consul General in Arbil Fredric Tissot (R) and Massud Barzani, president of Iraq's Kurdistan region, attend a ceremony celebrating Bastille Day in the northern Iraqi Kurdish city of Arbil on July 14, 2011.

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A French Rafale jet flanked by three Mirage 2000-N flies over the Tuileries garden on July 14, 2011 during the Bastille Day military parade.

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A soldier watches the Patrouille de France alphajets trailing France's national colours in the sky, over the Arc de triomphe (Arc of triumph) during the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.

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France's Republican Guards ride down the Champs Elysees in front of the Arc de Triomphe (Arc of Triumph) during the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011.

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A French Rafale jet flanked by three Mirage 2000-N flies next to Paris on July 14, 2011 during the Bastille Day military parade.

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French minister of Solidarity and Social Cohesion Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (L) poses as junior minister attached to the Minister of Solidarity and Social Cohesion Marie-Anne Montchamp takes a picture before the annual Bastille Day military parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, on July...