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French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault posthumously awards as knight in the order of the Legion d’Honneur French air force lieutenant Damien Boiteux during a funeral service at the Invalides courtyard in Paris, on January 15, 2013. French pilot Damien Boiteux was killed on January 11 during a helicopter raid launched to support Mali ground troops in the battle for the key town of Kona, and to prevent Islamist groups controlling northern Mali from advancing toward the capital Bamako. AFP PHOTO / POOL / JACQUES DEMARTHON