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Former French Prime Ministers (L-R) Lionel Jospin, Jean-Pierre Raffarin and Dominique de Villepin during a tribute to the late French Prime minister Pierre Mauroy at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris, France
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Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and wife Marie-Laure pose during the inauguration party of the new Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar on November 22, 2008. The museum has
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