* 1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2, 000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

* Camarón Day ( French Foreign Legion )

France maintains a small maritime base and a Foreign Legion Detachment ( DLEM ) on Mayotte.

The French forces included Spahis, Chasseurs d ' Afrique, Foreign Legion cavalry and mounted Goumiers.

There are some 2, 600 French troops, which includes a unit of the French Foreign Legion, the 13th Foreign Legion Demi-Brigade, stationed in Djibouti.

In 2002, Djibouti agreed to host a U. S. military presence at Camp Lemonnier, a former French Foreign Legion base outside the capital that now houses approximately 3, 500 American personnel.

A Legion Honor guard | honour guard of the 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment stands at attention as they await the arrival of Lt. Gen. Khalid Bin Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, commander of Joint Forces in Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield.

The French Foreign Legion (, L. E.

The Foreign Legion is today known as an elite military unit whose training focuses not only on traditional military skills but also on its strong esprit de corps.

The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, the King of the French, on 10 March 1831.

The direct reason was that foreigners were forbidden to serve in the French Army after the 1830 July Revolution, so the Foreign Legion was created to allow the government a way around this restriction.

The purpose of the Foreign Legion was to remove disruptive elements from society and put them to use fighting the enemies of France.

The Foreign Legion was primarily used, as part of the Armée d ' Afrique, to protect and expand the French colonial empire during the 19th century, but it also fought in almost all French wars including the Franco-Prussian War and both World Wars.

Historically, the American film industry portrayed the Foreign Legion as, in the words of Neil Tweedie of The Daily Telegraph, having " a reputation as a haven for cut-throats, crooks and sundry fugitives from justice " and also having many men escaping failed romances.

Created to fight " outside mainland France ", the Foreign Legion was stationed in Algeria, where it took part in the pacification and development of the colony, by notably drying the marshes in the region of Algiers.

The Foreign Legion was initially divided into " national battalions " ( Swiss, Poles, Germans ...).

To support Isabella's claim to the Spanish throne against her uncle, the French government decided to send the Foreign Legion to Spain.

The Foreign Legion landed at Tarragona on 17 August with around 4, 000 men who were quickly dubbed Los Argelinos ( the Algerians ) by locals because of their previous posting.

The Foreign Legion was dissolved on 8 December 1838, when it had dropped to only 500 men.

The survivors returned to France, many reenlisting in the new Foreign Legion along with many of their former Carlist enemies.

The most positive element to emerge from the Oslo meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization Foreign Ministers has been the freer, franker, and wider discussions, animated by much better mutual understanding than in past meetings.

Foreign competition has become so severe in certain textiles that Washington is exploring new ways of handling competitive imports.

The Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms defines the term Alford plea as: " A plea under which a defendant may choose to plead guilty, not because of an admission to the crime, but because the prosecutor has sufficient evidence to place a charge and to obtain conviction in court.

The United States Department of State has classified the group as a terrorist group by adding it to the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Since 2001, Bulgaria has managed to attract considerable amounts of Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ).

Although the March 2007 issue of Foreign Policy listed BJU as one of " The World's Most Controversial Religious Sites " because of its past influence on American politics, BJU has seen little political controversy since Stephen Jones became president.

Bevin's initial approach to the USSR as Foreign Secretary has been described by historian Kenneth O. Morgan as " wary and suspicious, but not automatically hostile ".

Lynch has twice won France's César Award for Best Foreign Film, as well as the Palme d ' Or at the Cannes Film Festival and a Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

" The Foreign Ministry action confirms that Doraemon has come to be considered a Japanese cultural icon.

The Britannica has an Editorial Board of Advisors, which includes 12 distinguished scholars: author Nicholas Carr, religion scholar Wendy Doniger, political economist Benjamin M. Friedman, Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Leslie H. Gelb, computer scientist David Gelernter, Physics Nobel laureate Murray Gell-Mann, Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian, philosopher Thomas Nagel, cognitive scientist Donald Norman, musicologist Don Michael Randel, Stewart Sutherland, Baron Sutherland of Houndwood, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch.

Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film four times, again more than any other country in Asia.

Guyana has diplomatic relations with a wide range of nations, and these managed primarily through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a representative office in Hong Kong.

Shortly afterwards, Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa stated that " Libya has decided an immediate ceasefire and an immediate halt to all military operations ".

On 31 October 2007 the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, by a vote of 17 to 4, recommended ratification, and President George W. Bush publicly supported U. S. accession to the Convention ; no date has yet been set for action by the full Senate.

The United States has provided military and defence technical assistance to Kuwait from both Foreign Military Sales ( FMS ) and commercial sources with all transactions made by direct cash sale.

In October 1955 Philby was officially cleared by Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan, who told the House of Commons, " I have no reason to conclude that Mr. Philby has at any time betrayed the interests of his country, or to identify him with the so-called ' Third Man ', if indeed there was one.

Malta has Foreign embassies with:

Mauritius has attracted US $ 10. 98 billion in Foreign direct investment inflows.

Foreign direct investment ( FDI ) has picked up and is estimated to have reached 12 percent of GDP in 2007, compared with 7 percent in 2006.

A former deputy secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has stated that Fraser was ' the principal architect ' in the installation of Robert Mugabe.

" Now Burma has to defend itself if it was bombarded at any international forum ," he said when winding up a debate at committee stage for the Foreign Ministry.

Foreign investor interest along the Pacific Coast has motivated some unscrupulous people to challenge ownership rights in the Departments of Rivas and Chinandega, with the hope of achieving some sort of cash settlement.