Saturday August 9, 2003, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada

North Hatley, Quebec, President Chirac's 2003 vacation destination

French President Jacques Chirac and wife Bernadette vacationing here in quiet North Hatley, 200km south east of Montreal, along the side of lake Massawippi.

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Saturday August 9, 2003, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada

North Hatley, Quebec, President Chirac's 2003 vacation destination

French President Jacques Chirac and wife Bernadette vacationing here in quiet North Hatley, 200km south east of Montreal, along the side of lake Massawippi.

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Saturday August 9, 2003, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada

North Hatley, Quebec, President Chirac's 2003 vacation destination

French President Jacques Chirac and wife Bernadette vacationing here in quiet North Hatley, 200km south east of Montreal, along the side of lake Massawippi.

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Saturday August 9, 2003, North Hatley, Quebec, Canada

North Hatley, Quebec, President Chirac's 2003 vacation destination

Quebec license plate, with French motto meaning "I remember".

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Saturday December 21, 2002, Eastern Townships, Quebec, Canada

Compound of Raelian movement associated with first human clone

Here lies Raelian compound,125km SE of Montreal in quiet Eastern Townships. News that an international fringe religion based in Quebec is about to make human cloning debate across the country, the Raelian movement has said that a baby girl, a genetic duplicate of her mother was born on december 26, 2002 in an undisclosed location. The baby was calle Eve. The group, which believes that space aliens created everything on Earth in a lab 25,000 years ago, founded a company called Clonaid in 1977. The company's website says its ''main goal is to give life to the first humain clone.''

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Sunday January 19, 2003, Montreal, Canada

Rael and followers hold meeting in Montreal

Dr Brigitte Boisselier (L) and Claude Vorlhorn (R), known as RAEL are in Montreal for the Raelian movements meditation gathering.

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April 1986, Luanda, Angola

UNITA rebel leader Joseph Savimbi

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French Navy Cadets on board the French aircraft carrier Clemanceau

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Wednesday April 24, 2002, Lancaster, Ontario, Canada

SGT. MARC LEGER'S FUNERAL IN LANCASTER ONTARIO CANADA

The casket of Sgt. Marc Leger, is back in his home town of Lancaster Ontario,were hundreds of people turned out the say,very emotional farewell to their hero, one of the four Canadian soldiers killed when a U.S. fighter jet bombed their unit in Afghanistan. Mandatory

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Tuesday January 28, 2003, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Protest Against Participation in Iraqi War

More then 25.000 Canadians attended rallies today against the idea of an American-led attack on Iraq.

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Paris, France

Iranian foregin Minister, Ali Akbar Valyati

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Wiesbaden, Germany

Anti war demonstrations outside US Airforce base

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Montreal, Canada

Hasidic Jews, outside Montreal Synagogue.

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Montreal, Canada

A Jewish woman celebrates the 55th anniversery of Israeli Independence

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Mowhawk Worrior in Oka Quebec.

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Montreal

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Friday May 23, 2003, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

French Prime Minister in Quebec City

French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin takes a picture on his way to the National Assembly for a Franco-Quebec alliance, where he received the Order of Quebec Medal.

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Oliver Stone

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British actor Roger Moore

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Scottish actor,Sir Sean Connery, playing golf.

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Italian opera singer, Luciano Pavorotti

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Latin Pop singer, Enrique Iglesias.

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Montreal, Canada

Dalai Lama during a press conference

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Cusco, Peru

Street scene

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Machu Pichu, Peru

The town and the mountains

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Jeddah,Saudi Arabia.Traditional Saudi Dance.

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Amazonia, Brazil

Amazon goldmine

Gold mine, in the northwest region of the Amazon.

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Marathon Key, Florida, USA

Marathon key, Florida

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Raffi Kirdi

Raffi Kirdi was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Throughout his career, he has undergone numerous life-altering experiences. He is a self-taught photographer with an endless passion for photojournalism. Devotedly acquainted with his profession, Raffi has a keen eye for photography.

Since 1980, Raffi is based in Montreal Canada. His international experience spans over 18-year stretch, covering expertise in news, documentary, travel and special projects. He is proficiently fluent, both spoken and written, in 7 languages, has traveled extensively throughout the world, has worked for various picture agencies. His work is published in international magazines and newspapers around the world.

Raffi Kirdi is currently represented by Polaris Images in New York.

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