• Obama gets caught in the rain in Cannes

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    French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President Barack Obama arrive for a wreath laying ceremony in Cannes on Nov. 4, 2011 at the end of the G20 Summit for Heads of State and Government. Obama and Sarkozy took part in a ceremony celebrating the friendship between the U.S. and French armies.

    Charles Dharapak / AP

    President Barack Obama wipes rain from his face as he and French President Nicolas Sarkozy attend an event honoring the alliance between the United States and France and their efforts in Libya, Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, at Cannes City Hall, after the G20 Summit in Cannes, France.

    Charles Dharapak / AP

    President Barack Obama smiles in the rain.

     

  • France honors seven soldiers killed in Afghanistan

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    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy stands in front the seven flag-draped coffins in the courtyard outside the Invalides church during a military ceremony as France pays tribute to the seven French soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan during a national ceremony at the Invalides in Paris July 19, 2011.

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    France's President Nicolas Sarkozy pays his respect as he stands in the rain in front of a flag-draped coffin during the military ceremony for seven French soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan.

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    Seven flag-draped coffins are seen in the courtyard outside the Invalides church during a military ceremony as France pays tribute to the seven French soldiers killed last week in Afghanistan during a national ceremony at the Invalides in Paris July 19, 2011.

    By Phaedra Singelis, NBC News

    Soldiers continue to die even as international forces pull out of Afghanistan. Five of the soldiers died shortly after Sarkozy's visit to Afghanistan.   Full story.

    Photos from Afghanistan in our slideshow.