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A French medical team is to spend six months analysing the presumed remains of Joan of Arc, who was burned at the age of 19 in 1431, the daily Le Parisien reported Monday."We will use the remains that were recovered from beneath the pyre, essentially bones and skin fragments that have been preserved over generations," said Philippe Charlier, a known specialist in the field of forensic medicine. A complete DNA analysis of the remains will be carried out, he added.The examination is intended mainly to definitively identify the remains. The girl known the world over as "The Maid of Orleans"...