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French village offers €2,000 reward for anyone who can decipher mystery stone message

A French village is offering a €2,000 reward to anyone who can decode a mysterious, centuries-old inscription on a rock visible only at low tide.

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French skier lost in 1954 in Italy finally identified

A French skier who went missing more than 60 years ago has finally been identified after details of a probe into his disappearance were posted on social media, Italian police said Sunday.

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A madame with no name: France's mystery woman

In January, a woman calling herself 'Sarah Mastouri' walked into a psychiatric hospital in south-western France. When mystified police discovered that no such person exists, it set off a nationwide hunt that took a surprise turn this week.

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Bullet kills driver after 'freak rebound' off boar

A French motorist has been killed in an apparent freakish accident, after a bullet fired by a hunter ricocheted off a wild boar, before travelling almost 2 km across fields, through the driver's window and eventually striking the driver in the head.