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Divided leaders recall a world at war

C’EST COMPLIQUÉ Americans were among those who celebrated the World War I armistice in Paris on Nov. 11, 1918. Franco-American feelings at its centennial were decidedly less jubilant.

OVER A RAINY NOVEMBER WEEKEND IN PARIS, dozens of world leaders gathered in the French capital to remember the horrors of World War I, which ended 100 years ago and claimed 16 million lives. But overshadowing the ceremonies was a war of words between U.S. President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

Problems began when Macron outlined plans for a “true

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