And French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said he had no proof of either man's death.
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France's military aim in Mali is its "total reconquest", French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has said.
And on Sunday French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian described the hostage-taking as an "act of war".
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Despite the French defence minister's comments, no one can be sure what will be sold in future.
The French defence ministry said the 32-year-old soldier was killed between Zaouaten and Boughessa near the border with Algeria.
The French defence ministry named the dead soldier as Cpl Cedric Charenton, 26.
Western leaders condemned the attack with French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian describing it as an "act of war".
"We are on the verge of becoming a second-rank power on the world stage, " laments French defence analyst Bruno Carre.
"The A400M is an emblematic programme which Europe could not abandon, " Herve Morin, the French defence minister, told a news conference.
French Defence Minister Herve Morin said on Saturday that officials "cannot rule out" that Mr Lemacon was killed by French fire.
French troops guarding the Central African Republic capital Bangui's international airport have accidentally killed two Indian citizens, the French defence ministry said.
Carter's expertly-timed pass sent Sale's new recruit through the French defence once again and he flew over after swapping passes with Jerry Collins.
On Monday French troops guarding Bangui's international airport accidentally killed two Indian citizens and wounded a number of Cameroonians, the French defence ministry said.
French defence military officials said about 800 soldiers had been deployed in Mali, with a further 1, 700 expected to arrive in the coming days.
This in turn helped to produce last year's Anglo-French defence agreement.
Jennings finally broke the deadlock on 20 minutes when he dummied his way through the right-hand side of the French defence and stretched to touch down.
The French Defence Ministry have acknowledged that one of its mirage jets in Chad fired warning shots towards rebels advancing on N'Djamena from the east on Wednesday.
The goal stunned the home side and shortly afterwards Eni Aluko had a great chance to seal victory but shot over with the French defence in disarray.
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But advocates of European self-sufficiency, such as the French defence analyst Nicole Gnesotto, say the campaign against Serbia has brought home some hard truths about the continent's defence.
Sinfield added the goal and England went in front five minutes later when a cross-field move stretched the French defence and Gleeson took Pryce's pass for his first try.
Scottish tries are rare - only two were scored in the three autumn Tests - and they did not look like breaching the French defence for most of the second half.
But as Herve Morin this week becomes the first French defence minister to visit Vietnam since Dien Bien Phu, the country's foreign and defence ministries have rejected Gen Bigeard's last request.
The first transatlantic coupling could be an alliance of Thomson, a partly privatised French defence-electronics group, and Raytheon, America's fourth-biggest defence firm, with which it already collaborates on air-traffic-control and other systems.
But French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet, speaking on French radio, conceded that ousting Col Gaddafi would be "certainly" beyond the scope of the existing UN resolution, and could require a new Security Council vote.
Lord Guthrie also hailed the recent Anglo-French defence agreement the UK and France as "sensible" but warned the savings that would be made would not be "anything like as much as people think they will be".
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said four Rafale fighter jets, flying from their base in France, had attacked and destroyed rebel training camps and logistics depots in Gao, which acted as back-up bases for terrorist groups.
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Gignac fired wide a minute later at the other end but the Irish were gaining in confidence and Keith Andrews went close with a curling effort from the edge of the box as the French defence stood off.
Carelessness in the French defence gave the Irish a late chance to equalise, but Lloris spread himself to deny Whelan as the Republic's hopes of qualification were left hanging by a thread going into Wednesday's second leg in Paris.
In the 64th minute, Marquez chipped a ball forward from midfield, Eric Abidal played the Manchester United-bound striker onside and with the French defence static and begging for offside, Hernandez was able to advance onwards, skip round Lloris and slot into the vacated goal.
The French Chief of Defence Staff, Adm Edouard Guillaud, told French radio that he believed Mr Allex was already dead and accused al-Shabab of "media manipulation".
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