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France confirms death of kidnapped woman

<p><span style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;">Marie Dedieu, 66, </span>a handicapped Frenchwoman who was kidnapped from her beachfront Kenyan home and taken to neighbouring Somalia has died, the French government confirmed on Wednesday.</span></p>