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Added on the 07/11/2023 12:37:26 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Undelivered letters written to French sailors during an 18th century war between Britain and France have finally been opened and studied -- after more than 250 years gathering dust.
The US West Point military academy finds no apparent contents in a 200-year-old time capsule recently discovered inside the base of a monument at West Point, New York, and believed to have been left by cadets in the 1820s. "The box didn't quite meet expectations," says an expert during the unveiling ceremony, adding that his team will collect a layer of silt from the bottom of the box to see if they can find any remains in it. IMAGES
It appears every leap year, on February 29, since 1980 meaning fans of the "La Bougie du Sapeur" newspaper can finally get their hands on issue No. 11 when it hits the shelves from Thursday. The paper's name, literally 'The Soldier's Candle', is borrowed from a comic book character - a soldier - born in 1896. The soldier was born on February 29 and joined the army on his 'fourth' birthday. This year 200,000 copies of La Bougie Sapeur will go on sale, for 4.80 euros apiece.
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IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Wednesday, January 3: Charlie Hebdo's latest edition looks at how life has changed for the weekly, three years after terrorists gunned down 11 people at its bureau in Paris. In other news, French police are outraged over a filmed attack on a female officer during New Years' Eve. Also, one mayor in France is upending the revered tradition of 'la bise', the two-cheek kiss greeting that she says is a waste of time and not hygienic!
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