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French billionaire politician Olivier Dassault dies in helicopter crash

Conservative billionaire politician Olivier dassault was killed Sunday in a helicopter crash, French President Emmanuel Macron he said on Twitter. Dassault, 69, was the eldest son of French billionaire industrialist Serge Dassault, whose group builds the Rafale warplanes and owns the newspaper Le Figaro. “Olivier Dassault loved France. Captain of …

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Iran executes opposition figure Ruhollah Zam who fueled 2017 protests

Ruhollah Zam was charged with “corruption on earth” and sentenced to death in June. (AFP) Tehran: Iran on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was involved in anti-government protests, state television said. The station said “counterrevolutionary” Zam was hanged the …

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French refuelers in flight could boost the Air Force

The Defense Ministry is considering a French proposal to acquire six government-to-government Airbus 330 Multi-Function Transport Tanker (MRTT) aircraft to expand the strike capability of the Indian Air Force (IAF) by purchasing the last aircraft in flight. refuelers. The IAF now operates seven Russian IL-76 M refuelers with Pakistan acquiring …

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