She bathed them and read them bedtime stories and rushed over at 7 a.m. to French-braid their hair before school.

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"I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart, " Sarkozy said.

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A. in Communications and French from Notre Dame College of Ohio and a M.

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More surprising was the decision to rely on the Le Monde advertising team, M Publicite, to monetize the French Huffington Post, a move that is probably more diplomatic than realistic.

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Libyan Saqr al-Qarifi, whose house is adjacent to the French embassy, said the explosion woke him up around 7 a.m.

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The shots, fired from multiple guns, started just before 2 p.m. in the Seventh Ward, north of the French Quarter, said Garry Flot, a public-information officer with the New Orleans Police Department.

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"I'm still very much French even though I've been in the U.S. for a while, " said Sophie Roux, 28, who has worked in finance in New York since 2006.

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