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Elections in France in Brief
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Map of Paris: share of immigrant children under 18 by district
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There is no personal sacrifice I would not be ready to make in the interests of France: on 12 April 1814 Napoleon signed the Treaty of Fontainebleau, renouncing the throne for himself and his children and departing into exile on the island of Elba
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Abstract composition with yellow patches and three red circles
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A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan
A curious resemblance between Princess Beatrix, the former Queen of the Netherlands, and Sara Alpysovna Nazarbayeva, the former First Lady of Kazakhstan. The ladies, incidentally, are almost of an age: Princess Beatrix is 84, Sara Nazarbayeva 81
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Klyuchevsky on palace coups and the nature of power in Russia after Peter I
Klyuchevsky on power in Russia after Peter I. Once again the prophetic genius of Vasily Osipovich is confirmed: he saw a great deal further than his own time
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Elizabeth II with her father, husband, son, sister and mother
Elizabeth II with her father, husband, son, sister and mother. In the course of her long life she bade farewell to everyone present in this photograph, Charles excepted
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Donkeys on the Steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the Day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem
Donkeys on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral in London on the day of the Lord's Entry into Jerusalem. As is well known, Jesus entered the city riding on a donkey, while the crowd cried "Hosanna" and strewed his path with palm branches. The
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Well, Here We Are
Well, here we are. “This means that new subjects of fundamental research will be formed by scientific and educational organisations, taking into account the priorities for developing regional economies under sanctions, and will be reviewed by governors before being sent for examination by the Russian Academy of Sciences”
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Transcontinental Breakfast: A Coffee Pot of 1927, Tacoma, Washington, and an Egg of 2002, Moscow
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