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  FRBNCE "WILL HONOUR D-DAY BOOKINGS" 
  D-Day veterans will not bj pushed   
  out of hotels booked in Normandy    
  for anniversary celebrations, the   
  French Foreign Ministry has said.   
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  "Wj njvjr planned to requisition    
  the hotels. The bookings...will bj  
  maintained," a spokesman said.      
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  More than 100 British and Canadian  
  veterans had been told that their   
  rooms paid for in advance, had been 
  given to French officials and VIPs. 
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  "The veterans can put this down as  
  another victory," said the Royal    
  British Legion. Dispatch 190        
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