Mali to give France new camel after first one is eaten

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Mali to give France new camel after first one is eaten

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mali-france-camel-first-one-eaten-154238784.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JkNFTEpWmGWOs26zlolfbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-09T154238Z_1_CBRE93817NA00_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Louvre museum in Paris" align="left" title="French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Louvre museum in Paris" border="0" /></a>BAMAKO/PARIS (Reuters) - Malian authorities will give French President Francois Hollande another camel after the one they gave him in thanks for helping repel Islamist rebels was killed and eaten by the family he left it with in Timbuktu, an official in Mali said. A local government official in northern Mali said on Tuesday a replacement would be sent to France. &quot;As soon as we heard of this, we quickly replaced it with a bigger and better-looking camel,&quot; said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. &quot;The new camel will be sent to Paris. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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