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Paris - France went on red alert across the nation on Tuesday as world leaders prepared to converge on the beaches of Normandy for the weekend's 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. But more than a dozen heads of government and political leaders are expected to attend the commemorative ceremonies on June 6, including Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Paul Martin, U.S. President George W. Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and the monarchs of Norway and the Netherlands. All of them, and thousands of veterans, will mark the day when Allied soldiers waded ashore to begin what would become the end of the Second World War. Baghdad - The new Iraqi government named on Tuesday represents a broad cross-section of the society and has the talent needed to lead the country toward democracy, U.S. President George W. Bush said. Bush repeated his argument that a free and democratic Iraq would be a blow for terrorism, and a beacon for the Middle East. Moscow - A train that rolled into Moscow station on Tuesday carried not only 300 passengers from the Chechen capital of Grozny, but also the Kremlin's claim that the war is over and life is returning to normal. Tuesday's Grozny train Ð the first to make the trek in five years Ð was met with the fanfare of a military band as it arrived.
