"In theory, the Clemenceau can leave, " said Joel Alquezar, lawyer for the French state.

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No sooner had the legal proceedings regarding the Clemenceau ended than the global financial crisis began.

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Near it, the figure of Clemenceau (1879-80) is outlined in black and smudged in places.

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After a French court reached a similar decision, the Clemenceau returned to France.

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Cabot Lodge and French president George Clemenceau suggested that the US limit its objectives to guaranteeing the peace of Europe.

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The Clemenceau took part in the 1991 Gulf War, but was replaced in 1997 by the new nuclear-powered carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.

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But greens are split: Greenpeace, a big environmental pressure group which opposed sending the Clemenceau to India, supports scrapping the ship in Hartlepool instead.

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"We may not be able to stop it from leaving, but the Clemenceau won't necessarily make it all the way to India, " said a spokesman.

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That environmental risk explains why the Clemenceau has come to Britain.

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Wilson, who had more formal education than any previous U.S. president, failed to understand how determined British Prime Minister David Lloyd-George and French Premier Georges Clemenceau were to avenge their grievances against Germany.

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In 1929, French statesman Georges Clemenceau died.

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