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Members of Paris Firefighters' brigade enter the security perimeter to Notre Dame cathedral Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Paris. France paid a daylong tribute Thursday to the Paris firefighters who saved Notre Dame Cathedral from collapse, while construction workers rushed to secure an area above one of the church's famed rose-shaped windows and other vulnerable sections of the fire-damaged landmark. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

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Police: Short-circuit likely caused Notre Dame fire

by Elaine Ganley Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressApril 19, 2019

An image made available by Gigarama.ru on Wednesday shows an aerial shot of the fire damage to Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday. Nearly $1 billion has already poured in from ordinary worshippers and high-powered magnates around the world to restore the cathedral after it was damaged in a massive fire on Monday.

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Bells ring in Notre Dame tribute

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and Nicolas Vaux-Montagny Associated PressApril 18, 2019

TV screens show French President Emmanuel during a televised address to the nation, at an electrical appliance store in Marseille, southern France, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged he's partially responsible for the anger that has fueled weeks of protests in France, an unusual admission for the leader elected last year. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)

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Macron offers concessions to protesters

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, and Angela Charlton Associated PressDecember 11, 2018

A demonstrator wearing a yellow jacket reading " Macron give us the wealth tax" protests at the toll gates on a motorway at Biarritz southwestern France, Wednesday, Dec.5, 2018.The concessions made by French president Emmanuel Macron's government in a bid to stop the huge and violent anti-government demonstrations seemed on Wednesday to have failed to convince protesters, with trade unions and disgruntled farmers now threatening to join the fray.(AP Photo/Bob Edme)

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Macron scraps French fuel tax hike

by Sylvie Corbet Associated Press, Samuel Petrequin Associated Press, and Angela Charlton Associated PressDecember 6, 2018

A man rides his bicycle past by charred cars, near the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018. A protest against rising taxes and the high cost of living turned into a riot in the French capital Saturday, as activists caused widespread damage and tagged the Arc de Triomphe with multi-colored graffiti during clashes with police. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

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Paris sees worst riot in decade over taxes, living costs

by Sylvie Corbet Associated PressDecember 2, 2018December 2, 2018

A cell at San Quentin State Prison in California is shown in this December 2015 photo.

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Convict escapes from French prison in helicopter

by Sylvie Corbet Associated PressJuly 1, 2018

FILE - In this July 11 1995 file photo, French designer Hubert de Givenchy is applauded by his models after his 1995-96 fall-winter haute couture fashion collection in Paris. French couturier Hubert de Givenchy, a pioneer of ready-to-wear who designed Audrey Hepburn's little black dress in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died at the age of 91. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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French couturier de Givenchy dies at 91

by Sylvie Corbet Associated PressMarch 12, 2018

Environmental activists display a banner as they protest in support of the Paris climate accord, at Pantheon monument in Paris, France, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Banner reads : "Not one more euro for the energies of the past.”

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Macron’s climate summit in Paris finds new money, tech help

by Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressDecember 12, 2017

In this July 13, 2017, photo, U.S President Donald Trump, left, shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Macron announced a competition for the “Make Our Planet Great Again”grants hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the global accord reached in Paris in 2015 to reduce climate-damaging emissions.

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France names winners of anti-Trump climate change grants

by Sylvie Corbet Associated PressDecember 11, 2017

Investigative police officers work at a body outside Marseille 's main train station Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017. A man with a knife attacked people at the main train station in the southeastern French city Sunday, killing two women before soldiers fatally shot the assailant, officials said. AP Photo/Claude Paris

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Man fatally knifes 2 at French station, yells ‘Allahu akbar’

by Claude Paris Associated Press, and Sylvie Corbet Associated PressOctober 1, 2017