MOSCOW - A French citizen died from dehydration on Tuesday after attempting to enter the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, RIA Novosti reported.

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"Two French citizens attempted to enter the territory of the cosmodrome. They got off the highway and headed towards some tall buildings in the steppe," the report cited a source at the site as saying.

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On their way, one of the citizens began to feel ill, and eventually died from dehydration, the report added.