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France's Hollande Booed at Tribute to Fallen WWI Soldiers

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French police arrested about 70 people at an Armistice Day memorial ceremony on Monday after protesters, who the government said were linked to the far right, booed President Francois Hollande. Newscasters said it was the first time a French head of state had been jeered on November 11, which commemorates the signing of the armistice in 1918 between World War I allies and Germany. Scuffles erupted between police and the protesters as the Socialist president's motorcade drove up the...

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