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Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou addresses the press after a meeting with the French President at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 10, 2013.

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Paris is the capital city of France. Situated on the banks of the river Seine in north-central France, it is also the capital of the Île-de-France région (also known as "Paris Region"), which encompasses Paris and its suburbs. Paris had an estimated mid-2004 population of 2,144,700. The Paris urban area, extending well beyond the city boundaries, has an estimated population of 9.93 million. The Paris metropolitan area stood at 11.5 million in 1999 and is one of the most populated urban areas in Europe.

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