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Thursday, June 19, 2003
posted by gbarto at 12:51 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde: Retirement: 8th Action Day - scheduled for today. Underneath, we have Suicide Bombing in North of Israel. Two killed including the bomber.
Le Figaro: Battle over payment for strike days. Will the strikers be paid? How much? The unions are starting to wonder and insist the question come before any other negotiations. Whether ordinary people who couldn't get to work get paid is a matter to which they are indifferent unless there are propaganda points to be found.
Libé: For the Law, the Blood Scandal Never Happened. Twenty years after faulty blood handling procedures put AIDS contaminated blood in the blood supply, a court has closed the file.
Ouest-France, surprisingly enough, wins the prize for goofy headline tonight: "For Bac 2003, it's check and math" (the words for "mate" and "math" are homophones in French). Notes Ouest-France, the written part of the science bac (there are different exam formats depending on what you specialized in and what you plan to study in college) is over and the biggest hurdle proved to be not strikes but calculus.
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