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ROME - A train carrying Tunisian immigrants from Italy was halted at the French border Sunday in an escalation of an international dispute over the fate of North African migrants fleeing political unrest for refuge in Europe. But France blamed what it said were hundreds of activists on the train planning a demonstration in France, and posing a problem to public order. Traffic was re-established by evening - but not before Italy lodged a formal protest.
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France's World Cup team refused to train Sunday in protest of striker Nicolas Anelka's expulsion from the squad, prompted by a profanity-laced tirade against coach Raymond Domenech the day before. The latest round of turbulence also led to the resignation of France team director Jean-Louis Valentin, who said he was fed up with the team.
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NANCY, France -- A French anti-nuclear protester was killed Sunday in eastern France when his leg was severed by a train carrying radioactive waste to Germany, a police official said. The incident took place further down the rails from where two other anti-nuclear protesters had earlier chained themselves to the tracks near the town of Nancy, briefly delaying the train, rail officials said.
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A train from Italy with a few dozen North African immigrants crossing the border with France set off an uproar among the nations of the European Union. In Paris, Muslim women wearing veils were arrested after a ban on burqas took effect.
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Cameron dismisses talk of ground war LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Thursday that NATO isn't edging toward the deployment of ground troops in Libya despite the decision by several European nations to send military staff to assist rebel forces. Italy, France and Britain are sending combat advisers to help train and organize Libya's opposition forces. Liam Fox, Britain's defense secretary, appeared to raise the prospect of a greater role for international troops by comparing the conflict with international action in Afghanistan. TRIPOLI, Libya - Rebels battled Moammar Gadhafi's troops Thursday for control of central Misrata, driving dozens of snipers from tall buildings in hours of urban warfare and gaining a tactical advantage in the only major city held by the ...
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The newest exhibit at the Capitol Museum harks back to a time when the United States and France were the best of friends. They even exchanged presents then - on a big scale.
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PARIS - Six people attacked a young mother on a suburban Paris train, chopping off her hair and scribbling swastikas on her stomach in what leaders denounced Sunday as an example of growing anti- Semitism. As the 23-year-old woman was assaulted Friday, other train passengers watched but did nothing to help her or her infant child, who was knocked out of a stroller. Neither was seriously injured.
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CORINTH - Sterling C. "Randy" Ellison, 81, died Dec. 22, 2011. He was born May 5, 1930, in Chicago, to Geraldine (France) and Sterling Ellison. When his father died, Randy was only 3 years old. His grandfather, France, traveled by train to take him, his mother and older sister, Patricia, back to Cheboygan, Mich., to live. Times were hard during the Depression years and when he was real young he peddled newspapers on the streets of Cheboygan, Mich., for 3 cents each. Later his mother married Edward Herron and they had two children, Nancy and Teddy. His stepfather moved the family to Vancouver, Wash., where Randy graduated from high school at the top of his class. He joined the U.S. Army during the Korean War, rising to the rank of master sergeant. Before accepting the position in the pap...
