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- ↑ Blum, Michael (December 18, 2008). "Paris gives Schalit honorary citizenship". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved June 7, 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Ceïbe, Cathy (November 13, 2006). "USA Sues Paris: From Death Row, Mumia Stirs Up More Controversy". L'Humanité . Patrick Bolland (trans.). Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Paris opens door to exiled writer Taslima Nasreen" The Telegraph (London), 4 January 2009
- ↑ Heneghan, Tom (January 9, 2015). "Paris makes Charlie Hebdo 'honorary citizen', support pours in". Reuters . Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ↑ Sentsov becomes honorary citizen of Paris, Interfax-Ukraine (24 September 2018)
- ↑ Gilbert, Martin (6 April 2015). Winston S. Churchill: Road to Victory, 1941–1945. ISBN 9780795344664.
- ↑ Nikolaeva, Maya (March 2, 2020). "Paris makes former Brazil president Lula an honorary citizen". Reuters . Retrieved March 2, 2020.
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