French president remembers war dead on Nov 11
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French President Francois Hollande, centre, stands with the unidentified children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, during the Armistice Day ceremony, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. President Francois Hollande reviewed troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision last year to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool)
French President Francois Hollande, centre, stands with the unidentified children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, during the Armistice Day ceremony, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. President Francois Hollande reviewed troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision last year to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool)
French President Francois Hollande, center right, and French Prime Minister Jean Marc Ayrault, center left, leave the Arc de Triomphe after the Armistice Day ceremonies in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. President Francois Hollande reviewed troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision last year to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool)
French President Francois Hollande, centre lights a flame, with the unidentified children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, during the Armistice Day ceremony, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. President Francois Hollande reviewed troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision last year to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool)
French President Francois Hollande, centret, accompanied by unidentified children of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, lay a wreath, during the Armistice Day ceremony, in Paris, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. President Francois Hollande reviewed troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laid a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead. Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war. Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision last year to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, Pool)
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron carries a wreath during the service of remembrance at the Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012. The annual service is a memorial to remember the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
PARIS (AP) ? President Francois Hollande is reviewing troops around Paris' iconic Arc de Triomphe and laying a wreath on the tomb of the unknown solider beneath the arch to commemorate France's war dead.
Nov. 11 marks the signing of the truce that ended the fighting in World War I and had previously been reserved for remembering the more than 1 million French soldiers killed in that war.
Hollande was accompanied Sunday by the children of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan ? a nod to the country's decision to commemorate all of its war dead on Armistice Day.
Later in the day, Hollande paid homage to students who defied a German order not to commemorate the Armistice in 1940, when northern France was under occupation.
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