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Friday, April 18, 2003
posted by gbarto at 2:39 AM:
So... Rummy thinks we won't find weapons without Irai help (link), the war's winding down (link) and Bechtel's got the contract to start rebuilding Iraq (link). But we know what you're really thinking... You're wondering what, if anything, the French have to say! So here are your French headlines, the top stories on the internet sites for four leading newspapers.Le Monde: Rights of man "negotiated" at UN.
After having given up on condemning Russian repression in Chechnya and the authoritarian regime of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Wednesday, April 16, the Human Rights Commission proved itself forgiving toward Cuba and Fidel Castro's regime, Thursday, April 17. But it found two new targets: White Russia and North Korea, which don't have active supporters among the 53 members of the Commission.In other words, even Le Monde knows that a lot of what the UN does is a pure and simple sham.
Le Figaro: Union Anger Rises Over Retirement Issue.
Libé: Europe wishes to make peace with Bush. Gee, a week ago it sounded like they were ready to burn him in effigy at the just completed Athens summit.
Ouest-France: Retirement: the unions say no - to the latest series of reforms proposed.
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