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Funeral held in Normandy for last Native American soldier to survive D-Day landings
Charles Norman Shay was among first to land on Omaha beach and a recipient of Silver Star and Legion of Honour medals
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Visual: how healthy do French people think they are?
Progress in smoking rates but more than one in five people polled say they feel they drink excessively
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Lost cat reunited with French family after 11 years thanks to identification tattoo
Shelter discovered injured elderly cat had identification tattoo which helped to track down previous owners
230,000 people in France sign cold call petition
Almost 230,000 people signed an online petition demanding a ban on marketing cold calls within three days of it going live.
In France, consumers are assumed to have given consent to cold calling unless they explicitly “opt out”. Consumer watchdog UFC-Que Choisir is calling for a ban on this kind of marketing, which it calls a “plague” and “intrusive”.
The petition can be found at quechoisir.org/action-ufc-que-choisir-demarchage-telephonique-interdisons-le-fleau-n74803
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