For all of us French men and women, and particularly for the people of Normandy, when the President of the United States is standing on this ground, it is particularly significant, because, sadly, there are many young Americans who gave their lives for us, who rest on Normandy soil.

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The priority, both for all Arab states whether they be well endowed with natural resources such as oil, gas, gypsum or even fertile soil is the ability to create opportunity for an already high number of young people ready to enter onto the job market.

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As a precocious 14-year-old on holiday from school in England, young Leacock filmed the life story of a banana, all the way from dry soil to boxed crate, edited the results Russian-style with astonishing brio and sent them to Robert Flaherty, the leading American documentary maker of the day.

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