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"I Love Her But...": UK Teen Alex Batty Says He Lied About Escape To Protect Mother
Alex Batty, the British teenager found in France after going missing for six years, recently revealed that he lied about his escape to protect his mother and grandfather from police.
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"Relentless Search": Partner Finds Body Of UK Hiker In French Pyrenees After 8 Months
Esther Dingley's partner Daniel Colegate, who raised the alarm over her whereabouts, found her body on Monday following a "relentless search".
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Bones Found In French Pyrenees Mountains Belong To UK Hiker: Family
Human bones recovered in the French Pyrenees belong to a British hiker who went missing last November, the woman's family said on Friday following a DNA test.
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Bones Found In Pyrenees Mountains Could Be Of British Hiker Missing Since November: Report
Human bones found in the Pyrenees mountains on the border between France and Spain could belong to a British hiker who went missing in November, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday.
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Rare Skull Of Elephant Ancestor Unveiled In France
A French farmer kept quiet for years after stumbling across the skull of an extinct ancestor of the elephant near the Pyrenees mountains, the Natural History Museum of Toulouse has told AFP.
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Avalanche Kills 2 Spanish Skiers In French Pyrenees
An avalanche in the French Pyrenees swept away five Spanish skiers on Saturday, killing two, local authorities said.
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Spain Attacks: The Imam Who 'Ate Up The Brains' Of Youths
In a little Spanish town by the Pyrenees mountains, a Moroccan imam has come under intense scrutiny, accused of creating the terror cell that allegedly launched the twin attacks in Spain.
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Bear Chases Hundreds Of Sheep Off A Cliff In France
More than 200 sheep have fallen to their deaths after apparently being chased down a gorge in the Pyrenees by a brown bear, officials said Monday. Bears were re-introduced along the Franco-Spanish border 20 years ago, and the latest incident in the French region of Couflens follows a spate of bear attacks last year.
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4 French Police Officials Killed In Chopper Crash
Four French police were killed on Friday when their helicopter crashed in the Pyrenees, in one of the deadliest such incidents in recent years.
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Courteous Canines Offer A Cure For Airport Anxiety
Steve Cearley and his dog Shanti made their way down the airport concourse in matching blue plaid vests, prompting travelers to glance up from their computers and cellphones. After two airport employees stopped to fuss over Shanti, an 88-pound Great Pyrenees with long, white fur, Cearley, a full-service dog handler, passed around a lint brush.
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More Than 3,000 Evacuated As French Floods Toll Reaches Five
The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday.
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British Couple Walled Into French Home By 'Neighbours From Hell'
A British couple's dream of a quiet retirement in the sun of southern France turned into a nightmare when their neighbours walled them into their home.
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Two Killed in Separate Base-Jumping Accidents in France
Two people were killed while base jumping in France on Wednesday in separate incidents that both appeared to have been caused by parachute failure.
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17 Hurt in Hi-Speed TGV Train Crash in Southwest France
Seventeen people were hurt, three seriously, in a collision between a high-speed TGV and a regional train near Pau in southwest France on Thursday, authorities said.
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All in a day's work for man at the controls of new Airbus A350
Hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs were riding on it. The world's media and his firm's top bosses were scrutinising his every move. But it was all in a day's work for Peter Chandler, the former RAF pilot in charge of Airbus's newest plane on its first test flight.
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"I Love Her But...": UK Teen Alex Batty Says He Lied About Escape To Protect Mother
Alex Batty, the British teenager found in France after going missing for six years, recently revealed that he lied about his escape to protect his mother and grandfather from police.
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"Relentless Search": Partner Finds Body Of UK Hiker In French Pyrenees After 8 Months
Esther Dingley's partner Daniel Colegate, who raised the alarm over her whereabouts, found her body on Monday following a "relentless search".
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Bones Found In French Pyrenees Mountains Belong To UK Hiker: Family
Human bones recovered in the French Pyrenees belong to a British hiker who went missing last November, the woman's family said on Friday following a DNA test.
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Bones Found In Pyrenees Mountains Could Be Of British Hiker Missing Since November: Report
Human bones found in the Pyrenees mountains on the border between France and Spain could belong to a British hiker who went missing in November, a source close to the investigation said Wednesday.
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Rare Skull Of Elephant Ancestor Unveiled In France
A French farmer kept quiet for years after stumbling across the skull of an extinct ancestor of the elephant near the Pyrenees mountains, the Natural History Museum of Toulouse has told AFP.
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Avalanche Kills 2 Spanish Skiers In French Pyrenees
An avalanche in the French Pyrenees swept away five Spanish skiers on Saturday, killing two, local authorities said.
-
Spain Attacks: The Imam Who 'Ate Up The Brains' Of Youths
In a little Spanish town by the Pyrenees mountains, a Moroccan imam has come under intense scrutiny, accused of creating the terror cell that allegedly launched the twin attacks in Spain.
-
Bear Chases Hundreds Of Sheep Off A Cliff In France
More than 200 sheep have fallen to their deaths after apparently being chased down a gorge in the Pyrenees by a brown bear, officials said Monday. Bears were re-introduced along the Franco-Spanish border 20 years ago, and the latest incident in the French region of Couflens follows a spate of bear attacks last year.
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4 French Police Officials Killed In Chopper Crash
Four French police were killed on Friday when their helicopter crashed in the Pyrenees, in one of the deadliest such incidents in recent years.
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Courteous Canines Offer A Cure For Airport Anxiety
Steve Cearley and his dog Shanti made their way down the airport concourse in matching blue plaid vests, prompting travelers to glance up from their computers and cellphones. After two airport employees stopped to fuss over Shanti, an 88-pound Great Pyrenees with long, white fur, Cearley, a full-service dog handler, passed around a lint brush.
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More Than 3,000 Evacuated As French Floods Toll Reaches Five
The worst flooding in years in southern France has claimed five lives and forced more than 3,000 people to evacuate their homes, officials said Sunday.
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British Couple Walled Into French Home By 'Neighbours From Hell'
A British couple's dream of a quiet retirement in the sun of southern France turned into a nightmare when their neighbours walled them into their home.
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Two Killed in Separate Base-Jumping Accidents in France
Two people were killed while base jumping in France on Wednesday in separate incidents that both appeared to have been caused by parachute failure.
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17 Hurt in Hi-Speed TGV Train Crash in Southwest France
Seventeen people were hurt, three seriously, in a collision between a high-speed TGV and a regional train near Pau in southwest France on Thursday, authorities said.
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All in a day's work for man at the controls of new Airbus A350
Hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs were riding on it. The world's media and his firm's top bosses were scrutinising his every move. But it was all in a day's work for Peter Chandler, the former RAF pilot in charge of Airbus's newest plane on its first test flight.
