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French Emperor Napoleon's final victory at the Battle of Ligny is reenacted in Belgium, ahead of the Battle of Waterloo's 200th anniversary. Roselle Chen reports.
Brussels, May 5 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 was the beginning of the decline of the emperor, whose figure was practically erased from the European continent before his name became a legend.On Wednesday, the city that saw him fall hosts an exhibition that commemorates his decline and subsequent rise as a myth on the same day as the 200th anniversary of his death.At the foot of the monument to the Battle of Waterloo, the centre of the memorial exhibits more than a hundred objects owned by the emperor and that span the last 6 years of his life.FOOTAGE OF THE MEMORIAL.SOUNDBITES OF ANTOINE CHARPAGNE, MANAGER OF THE CULTURAL MEMORIAL.
Paris, May 5 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Christophe Petit-Tesson) Prince Jean-Christophe Napoleon attended on Wednesday a tribute ceremony for the bicentennial of Napoleon's death in Paris.FOOTAGE OF THE EVENT AND THE LAYING OF FLOWERS ON THE TOMB OF NAPOLEON, WHICH HAS BEEN ATTENDED BY JEAN CHRISTOPHE NAPOLEON, HIS DESCENDANT, AND HIS WIFE.
Paris, Mar 31 (EFE).- Restoration works on Napoleon's tomb are about to end at Les Invalides in Paris ahead of the 200th anniversary of his death, which will be marked on May 5. FOOTAGE OF THE RESTORATION WORKS.SOUNDBITES OF CÉLINE WONG, RESTORER:"It is a unique occasion and also an honor because you can make old works even more eternal." "Respecting the place and trying to achieve the result that had been achieved before. In fact, it is like a deduction within a police investigation. It is not difficult itself, (...) You have to be thorough, there are stages you have to respect, we can't rush things."
Kolkata, Sep 5 (EFE/EPA).- The Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata held Sunday a prayer service to mark the 22nd anniversary of Mother Teresa's death.Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on Aug 26 1910 in Skopje, Macedonia. She began her missionary work with the poor in Kolkata in 1948, and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. Mother Teresa was canonized as a saint by Pope Francis in 2016. (Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY)SHOT LIST: NUNS TAKE PART IN A PRAYER SERVICE IN HONOR OF MOTHER TERESA IN THE MOTHER HOUSE IN KOLKATA, INDIA.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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