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  "id": 868313,
  "title": "France welcomes Mali's pardon of intelligence agent serving 20-year jail term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/france-welcomes-malis-pardon-of-intelligence-agent-serving-20-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:20:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2026/08/14/france-welcomes-mali-s-pardon-of-intelligence-agent-serving-20-year-jail-term_6756504_124.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Yann Vézilier, who had been stationed at the French embassy in Bamako, was arrested a year ago on charges of being a spy and undermining state security.",
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      {
        "outlet": "RFI English",
        "title": "Mali junta pardons French agent jailed for 'undermining state security'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/mali-junta-pardons-french-agent-jailed-for-undermining-state-security",
        "published": "2026-08-14T08:25:16.000Z"
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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."
}