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Sunday, October 31, 2010

French carrier returns to sea after repairs

Charles de GaulleFrance's only aircraft carrier returned to sea Saturday after repairs that forced it to return to port only a day after it set off to fight piracy in the Indian Ocean and support NATO's Afghan mission, the navy said Saturday.

The nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle had turned back to its home port of Toulon on October 13 after a malfunction of a safety valve caused an electrical fault.

The navy said at the time it would take "several weeks" to replace the valve.

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