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PARIS: French special forces freed two French hostages, an American and a South Korean, in northern Burkina Faso in an overnight raid in which two soldiers died, authorities announced on Friday. The operation was ordered to free the French tourists, identified as Patrick Picque and Laurent Lassimouillas, who disappeared while on holiday in the remote Pendjari National Park in neighbouring …

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