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Maurice the rooster scores victory in French court battle

A French court has ruled the rooster can continue his dawn crowing despite complaints from neighbours in the western town of Rochefort.

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A French court ruled on Thursday that a rooster called Maurice could continue his dawn crowing despite complaints from neighbors, in a case the French media has cast as a battle between the old rural way of life and modern values creeping in from the city, reports Reuters.

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