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US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy while delivering a speech during a ceremony at a World War I memorial in Cannes on November 4, 2011 at the end of the G20 Summit for Heads of State and Government. Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy took part in a ceremony celebrating the friendship between the US and French armies. AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON