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Sunday, May 04, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:14 AM:
Above the fold in France, here are your French news headlines:Le Monde: Colin Powell Demands Damascus's Cooperation. Specifically in terms of not supporting terrorist groups and in sending in the Lebanese army to crush anti-peace forces (i.e. Hezbollah) in southern Lebanon.
Le Figaro: Rumsfeld Remakes Mid-East Map. He's pulling soldiers out of Saudi, rearranging troop deployments and generally giving the impression that with Iraq done, our military posture in the Middle East will be much changed.
Libération: The State wants to restore its role on highways. Basically, there's a fight between Finance (Bercy) and Transportation over road privatization, means of paying for roads, etc.
Ouest-France: Le bilan contrasté du Président : 52% d'opinions positives pour Chirac qui, cependant, déçoit les Français... / The contradictory assessment of the President : 52% have positive opinions about Chirac who, nonetheless, is disappointing to the French...
Seems they're happy with his action on the war, but other than crime, they're concerned about his lack of domestic agenda. This is the French President we're talking about here.
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