Among other stocks in focus, shares in French retail giant Carrefour /quotes/comstock/24s!e:ca (FR:CA 32.68, +0.64, +2.00%) rose 2.3%, extending Monday’s strong rally.

其他备受关注的个股包括，法国零售业巨头家乐福公司股价上涨2.3%，延续周一强劲上涨的势头。

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"We surrounded the valley north of Gao, which we believe serves as a logistics base for jihadist groups, and we began to search methodically, " AFP quotes French land forces commander General Bernard Barrera as saying.

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Alice Kaplan, a close student of French intellectual life, quotes an anti-Nazi teacher who, when coaching pupils for the Ecole's entrance exam, wondered if they would put their intelligence and learning to misuse.

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