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NEW YORK Rufus Wainwright's "Prima Donna" took an unusual path to its United States premiere, switching companies and sopranos. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and then dropped four years ago in a language dispute, "Prima Donna" opened Sunday in
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Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and then dropped four years ago in a language dispute, "Prima Donna" o
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rufus Wainwright's "Prima Donna" took an unusual path to its United States premiere, switching companies and sopranos. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and then dropped four years ago in a language dispute, "Prima Donna" opened Sund
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La Traviata opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music last weekend for a run that ended yesterday and garnered positive reviews; but more than one reviewer or blogger has pointed to the fact that a much-awaited performance of the same opera at the much big
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France's unpopular president, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced Wednesday he will seek a second term. Here's a look at his chief challengers: ___ FRANCOIS HOLLANDE Hollande, 57, led the Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008, when the party suffered two humiliating
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France's unpopular president, Nicolas Sarkozy, announced Wednesday he will seek a second term. Here's a look at his chief challengers: Hollande, 57, led the Socialist Party from 1997 to 2008, when the party suffered two humiliating defeats in presidentia
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Here's a look at his chief challengers: Francois Hollande, France's Socialist Party (PS) candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, de
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The Associated Press, None | FILE - This Jan. 8, 2012, file photo shows French far-right leader and National Front Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen delivering her speech during a meeting for the traditional Galett
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My best friend and I were at the Arch de Triumph the day before Bastille Day, 2011 and they were starting to raise the French flag and the wind was blowing so strong that the flag was nearly set on fire by the eternal flame for the Tomb of the Unknown So
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Today's Google doodle honors Charles Dickens on his birthday. On the letters, you can see characters such as Tiny Tim of "A Christmas Carol" (one of my favorite works, in all forms, including the movie Scrooged and the Mr. Magoo cartoon). I always apprec
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"We'll always have Paris." Those iconic words uttered by Bogart to Bergman in "Casablanca" so many years ago are just as true and meaningful today. Maybe even more so. You see, recently Bertrand Delanoe, the mayor of Paris, has created something called P
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Jeff is most recently known for his book, 'Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal,' and with this column he expounds upon a variety of ideas and topics related to Mean Deviation and, in true deviant spirit, occasionally veers off that pa
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By James Lamont, James Boxell and Carola Hoyos, FT.com updated 10:04 PM EST, Tue January 31, 2012 A French Rafale jet flies over the Paris Arc de Triomphe accompanied by three Mirage 2000-N on July 14, 2011 during the Bastille Day military parade. STORY
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By James Lamont, James Boxell and Carola Hoyos, FT.com February 1, 2012 -- Updated 0304 GMT (1104 HKT) A French Rafale jet flies over the Paris Arc de Triomphe accompanied by three Mirage 2000-N on July 14, 2011 during the Bastille Day military parade. S
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Today is Australia Day. The day when our buddies down under get off of work in order to eat, drink, and attend public celebrations like concerts and festivals. Unfortunately, unlike, Cinco de Mayo or Bastille Day, it's a holiday that Americans rarely pig
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EACH January 26, former Herald Sun writer John Hamilton gives a speech about his family. Often, he finds himself on a makeshift stage, at war with flies for the microphone, in some dusty town that will never hit the news in the absence of a murder or bus
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On Monday, celebrate Chinese New Year with Peking-Style Roasted Chicken. It’ll work equally well on Bastille Day come July 14.
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Google Doodles were born way back in 1998, when Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin fiddled with the corporate logo to mark their attendance at the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. The logo was designed with a stick-figure drawing which
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DUBLIN — In light of Europe’s ongoing failure to find a shared solution to its debt crisis, I like to think that I saw it coming years ago. Back in July 2007, I wrote an oped for the Irish Times entitled “Why Europe Doesn’t Get Patriotism.” My argument w
About Bastille Day
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Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called "Fête Nationale" ("National Holiday"), in official parlance, or more commonly "quatorze juillet" ("14th of July"). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the... Full Article
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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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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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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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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...
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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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