The captives were named as Philippe Verdon and Serge Lazarevic, in documents seen by AFP.

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The spectacular Verdon Gorge in France was marred at every approach by gigantic electric pylons.

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This paper on corruption, economic freedom, and economic growth by Mushfiq Swaleheen and Dean Stansel, for example, formed part of the foundation for a 2010 paper Lisa Verdon and I wrote on the same subject.

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