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After escape, Afghan director mourns her 'lost country'

PARIS (AP) — As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets. But as an Afghan woman, she also watched the scene through another prism and knew: It was time to flee.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

After escape, Afghan director mourns her 'lost country'

PARIS (AP) — As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets. But as an Afghan woman, she also watched the scene through another prism and knew: It was time to flee.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

After escape, Afghan director mourns her 'lost country'

PARIS (AP) — As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets. But as an Afghan woman, she also watched the scene through another prism and knew: It was time to flee.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

After escape, Afghan director mourns her 'lost country'

PARIS (AP) — As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets. But as an Afghan woman, she also watched the scene through another prism and knew: It was time to flee.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday that were dominated by security issues and a record-low turnout.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday that were dominated by security issues and a record-low turnout.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday that were dominated by security issues and a record-low turnout.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday that were dominated by security issues and a record-low turnout.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Pollsters: French conservatives lead 1st round regional vote

PARIS (AP) — France’s traditional conservative party dominated the first round of regional elections Sunday and Marine Le Pen’s far-right party performed less well than expected, according to polling agency projections.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

France elects regional leaders, preps for presidential vote

PARIS (AP) — Marine Le Pen’s far-right party is riding high on her tough-on-security, stop-immigration message as French voters started choosing regional leaders Sunday in an election that many see as a dress rehearsal for next year’s presidential vote.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

France praises nationality bid by British leader's dad

CALAIS, France (AP) — France's government cast a favorable light Friday on a reported bid by the father of Britain's prime minister to take up French nationality, saying it shows how attached Britons are to the European Union that they're no longer part of.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

France praises nationality bid by British leader's dad

CALAIS, France (AP) — France's government cast a favorable light Friday on a reported bid by the father of Britain's prime minister to take up French nationality, saying it shows how attached Britons are to the European Union that they're no longer part of.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

France praises nationality bid by British leader's dad

CALAIS, France (AP) — France's government cast a favorable light Friday on a reported bid by the father of Britain's prime minister to take up French nationality, saying it shows how attached Britons are to the European Union that they're no longer part of.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Glimmers of hope for world economy, but dangers lurk

PARIS (AP) — Vendors broke out in applause in the flagship Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris as eager shoppers returned for the first time in a month, after yet another virus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Glimmers of hope for world economy, but dangers lurk

PARIS (AP) — Vendors broke out in applause in the flagship Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris as eager shoppers returned for the first time in a month, after yet another virus lockdown.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

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