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Former socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, aged 88, underwent a serious operation that went well and has returned home for recovery, according to a statement passed to AFP by his entourage.
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Jean-Hugues Colonna, former socialist deputy from Alpes-Maritimes and father of Yvan Colonna, died on January 14 at age 91. He had always maintained his belief in his son's innocence, convicted for the 1998 assassination of prefect Claude Erignac. Having withdrawn to Cargèse in Corse-du-Sud, he had an active political career under François Mitterrand.