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  "id": 4810026,
  "title": "'Devoted servant of the nation': Former French PM Édouard Balladur dies aged 97",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/devoted-servant-of-the-nation-former-french-pm-edouard-balladur-dies",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-01T07:03:21.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260901-devoted-servant-of-the-nation-former-french-pm-edouard-balladur-dies-aged-97"
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  "summary": "Former French prime minister Édouard Balladur died in Paris late Monday at the age of 97, his family said. Born in Turkey, he served as former president Francois Mitterrand's last prime minister from March 1993 to May 1995, carrying out several major privatisations of state companies, and unsuccessfully ran for the top job in 1995.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/former-cda-leader-elco-brinkman-dies-aged-78",
        "published": "2026-08-31T13:53:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Former French PM Balladur dies aged 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/former-french-pm-balladur-dies-aged-97",
        "published": "2026-08-31T21:44:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Former French PM Balladur dies aged 97",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/former-french-pm-balladur-dies-aged-97",
        "published": "2026-09-01T04:05:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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