The trial of former Vichy official Maurice Papon was delayed for an additional 10 days. The trial was suspended on Friday after Papon, who allegedly deported 1,560 Jews when he was secretary-general of the Bordeaux region during World War II, was diagnosed with double pneumonia.
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