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The Trial of Maurice Papon

The French minister tried for colluding with the Nazis, the USSR's version of 007 and when French wine was beaten by California's grapes.

The French minister tried for colluding with the Nazis, the USSR's version of James Bond, the beginning of China's economic boom, plus the first time Americans were told they were too fat - but that their wine was better than France's.

PHOTO: Maurice Papon in October 1997, shortly after his trial for war crimes opened. (Credit: Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty Images)

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