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French court orders Sipa text agency closed

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PARIS (AP) — A French court on Thursday ordered the liquidation of the text service of the Sipa news agency and placed its photo service in bankruptcy protection.

Sipa announced the decision by the Paris commercial court. It came after Sipa’s owners, Germany-based dapd Media Holding, declared bankruptcy for some of its subsidiaries in Germany in October and stopped financing Sipa’s operations.

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