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Bodies of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan land at Paris

The plane carrying the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week landed Wednesday at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, an AFP correspondent said.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon was waiting as the French air force Airbus came to a halt, with members of the dead soldiers' families also at the airport alongside a large police presence.

     

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