French journalists' bodies repatriated from Mali
The French president Francois Hollande was among those present at Charles de Gaulle airport to receive the bodies of Ghislaine Dupont and Claude Verlon
The bodies of two French journalists who were shot dead in northern Mali have been repatriated to Paris.
Radio France Internationale's Ghislaine Dupont, 57, and Claude Verlon, 58, were kidnapped and killed on Saturday after interviewing a local leader in Kidal.
French President Francois Hollande was among those present at Charles de Gaulle airport to receive the bodies.
His Mali counterpart, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, has vowed "to do everything to find the culprits".
The bodies of the two journalists were flown to the capital of Mali, Bamako on Sunday night.
There, dozens of Malian reporters and colleagues from Radio France Internationale (RFI) marched through the capital's streets in a silent tribute to Dupont and Verlon.
The Air France plane carrying their coffins arrived at Charles de Gaulle airport at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT).
They were received by the victims' families, RFI colleagues, the French president and the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius.
Mr Fabius has described the deaths as "cold and calculated assassinations".
Mali's president met members of the RFI management in Bamako on Monday.
"We will do everything to find the culprits," he told them. He said Mali had opened a criminal investigation into the killings and that French investigators were "expected here to work hand-in-hand with their Malian counterparts".
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