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France's former president Valery Giscard d'Estaing, credited with leading social and technological reform of the country and placing it at the heart of Europe, was laid to rest Saturday in a low-key funeral attended only by family and his close circle. Images of his coffin being taken out of the church to be buried on a private plot belonging to the family, near Authon cemetery. (COMPLETES VIDI8WH9D4_EN) IMAGES
The French National Assembly observed a minute's silence in tribute to the victims of the deadly attack on a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow, claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS). IMAGES
Flags are flown at half-mast at the Elysée Palace in Paris on a day of national mourning in homage to former President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who died on 2 December. IMAGES
French police stand guard outside the home of former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, after he died Wednesday at the age of 94. The former leader's health had deteriorated in recent years and he finally succumbed to the Covid-19 virus, says his family. IMAGES
Images outside ex-French president Giscard d'Estaing's house after he died late Wednesday of Covid-19, according to his family. Giscard led his country from 1974 to 1981 into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path. IMAGES
French MPs hold a minute of silence at the National Assembly in tribute to Admiral Philippe de Gaulle, General de Gaulle's eldest son, who died in Paris at the age of 102. IMAGES
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