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Bastille Day celebrations

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Gulf Weekly Bastille Day celebrations

French Ambassador Malika Berak hosted a reception to mark French National Day at her residence in the Diplomatic Area.

Diplomats, community leaders and businesswomen attended. Bastille Day commemorates the date in 1789 when a group of Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress. Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa deputised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa to attend the ceremony.







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