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"She said &amp;quot;Oui!&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAmar&amp;apos;e Stoudemire, New York Knicks captain, proposed to the mother of his three children, Alexis Welch, in Paris on Saturday.\r\nAfter the couple spent the day taking a private tour of Paris, the six-time NBA All-Star popped the question outside their penthouse Le Meurice Hotel Belle Etoile Royal Suit overlooking the Eiffel Tower.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I have been planning my proposal for a while and overlooking the entire Paris skyline seemed like a perfect place.&amp;#xA0;I am so happy she said yes and now we can continue to build our life together as husband and wife,&amp;quot; Stoudemire, 29, said in a statement to Us Weekly from Paris.\r\nWelch&amp;apos;s engagement ring was designed by Stoudemire with Los Angeles-based celebrity jeweler Shayan Afshar.\r\n\r\nThe couple met in 2002 and plan to say &amp;quot;I do&amp;quot; in 2013."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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