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Syrian Author Finds 'The Arab Of The Future' In His Own Past

An excerpt from The Arab of the Future about growing up in Libya in the 1980s, where housing was free. But another family moved into the author's home while he and his family were away. Courtesy of Henry Holt and Co. hide caption

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Syrian Author Finds 'The Arab Of The Future' In His Own Past

Riad Sattouf is a Syrian-French cartoonist who brings to life the Middle East in the 1980s. Published as a graphic novel, it provides a humorous and intimate view of the author's youth.

Syrian Author Finds 'The Arab Of The Future' In His Own Past

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Friday

42 People Die After Bus Crashes In Southwest France

Emergency personnel escort people away from the site of a collision in Puisseguin in southwestern France. At least 40 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a bus collided with a truck and caught fire in southwest France. Jean-Pierre Muller/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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42 People Die After Bus Crashes In Southwest France

Most of the passengers were senior citizens; the bus had recently departed from a village near Bordeaux for a sightseeing trip.

Monday

Banksy's 'Dismaland' To Be Dismantled And Sent To House Migrants In France

The sun sets on Banksy's 'Dismaland' in Weston-super-Mare England. The art exhibit, billed as a "bemusement park," closed permanently on Sunday, Sept. 27. BEN BIRCHALL/PA Photos /Landov hide caption

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Banksy's 'Dismaland' To Be Dismantled And Sent To House Migrants In France

Banksy's "bemusement park" in England has closed. All of the structures from the park will be sent to a refugee camp in Calais, France, to help build shelters, according to the website.

Sunday

Sunday

Deal To Remove Heavy Weapons From Ukraine 'Very Close'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin pose for a picture ahead of their meeting at the foreign ministry's guesthouse, Villa Borsig, at Lake Tegel in Berlin on Saturday. Tobias Schwarz/AP hide caption

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Deal To Remove Heavy Weapons From Ukraine 'Very Close'

The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, met in Berlin over the weekend following a two-week cease-fire that appears to have held.

With Home-Cooked Meals, France Warms To Mideast Migrants

People take part in a march Saturday in support of migrants as part of the European Day of Action in Nice, in southeastern France. Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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With Home-Cooked Meals, France Warms To Mideast Migrants

Attitudes in France toward migrants have softened recently, and many of the new arrivals say accommodations have been better than expected. Still, the adjustment to a new country will be a challenge.

With Home-Cooked Meals, France Warms To Mideast Migrants

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Parisians On Hunt For Baguettes As Bakers Get Nod To Take Vacation

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Parisians On Hunt For Baguettes As Bakers Get Nod To Take Vacation

An arcane law required bakers to tell city hall when they wanted to close up shop. Now that it's been scrapped, bakers can close any time, leaving Parisians hungry for good bread amid summer holidays.

Parisians On Hunt For Baguettes As Bakers Get Nod To Take Vacation

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Monday

3 Americans Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive France's Legion Of Honor

French President Francois Hollande and U.S. Ambassador to France Jane D. Hartley stand with (from left) Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler as they leave the Elysee Palace in Paris. The three American men, along with a British citizen, were pinned with Legion of Honor medals Monday morning for tackling a gunman on a train. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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3 Americans Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive France's Legion Of Honor

"We cannot be afraid as long as we have individuals like this in our midst," French President Francois Hollande said during a ceremony. The honor is France's highest decoration.

Sunday

Americans, Briton Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive French Medal

U.S. ambassador to France Jane Hartley presents U.S Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, student Anthony Sadler and National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Paris on Sunday. Regis Duvignau/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Americans, Briton Who Thwarted Train Attack Receive French Medal

The three Americans and a British man who took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium have received France's top honor.

Suspect In Train Attack Known To Authorities In 3 Countries

People wait for a train in the foreground as members of a police forensics team take part in an investigation next to a Thalys train on the platform at Arras train station, northern France on Saturday. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption

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Suspect In Train Attack Known To Authorities In 3 Countries

A 26-year-old Moroccan identified as Ayoub El-Khazzani, has been named by police as the Kalashnikov-wielding man who was subdued by passengers aboard a high-speed train on Saturday.

Saturday

Americans Hailed As Heroes For Subduing Gunman On Train In Belgium

Three men who helped to disarm an attacker on a train from Amsterdam to France, from left to right, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Chris Norman, a British man living in France, pose with medals they received for their bravery at a restaurant in Arras, France. A fourth man, American Spencer Stone, was wounded in the take-down and remains in the hospital. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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Americans Hailed As Heroes For Subduing Gunman On Train In Belgium

An Air Force serviceman, a U.S. National Guardsman and a Sacramento State University student brought down the gunman. One was slashed several times with a box cutter and remains in the hospital.

Thursday

France's Le Pen Forced Out Of Far-Right Party He Founded

French far-right National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen arrives for a news briefing at party headquarters in Nanterre, near Paris, on Thursday. The executive committee decided to expel Le Pen from the party over remarks downplaying the Holocaust. Christian Hartmann/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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France's Le Pen Forced Out Of Far-Right Party He Founded

The longtime head of France's anti-immigration National Front was expelled at the behest of his daughter, the party's current president, following remarks he made downplaying the Holocaust.