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Monday, June 16, 2003
posted by gbarto at 3:20 AM:
The TurkeySister tells me the French news of the day is counter-demonstrations against the strikers in France, with a CNN scroll indicating 15,000 turned out against the transport workers in Paris. So here come the French news headlines:Le Monde is leading with the Middle East: A Break in Bombings In Negotiation, with Hamas taken the suggestions of an Egyptian cleric for approaching Israel under consideration. Le Monde also running AFP's outrage of the day, a Danish Theme Park Sells Pornographic Suckers to Children. I'll let you guess what they're shaped like.
Le Figaro: Retirement: The Majority Wants to Avoid Getting Bogged Down. The bill's been at the Assembly awhile but they've yet to consider the first thing about it.
Libé: Who wants a skin in the Alègre affair? You can read that "skin" as "hide" if it suits you better. Whatever your read, the gendarme who was on the case has been ordered off parts of it.
Ouest-France: Minimal Service, Maximum Caution. The thought is to have a minimum level of public service in case of strikes, but the government is being careful what it says it means by such a promise (first made by Chirac and picked up by Raffarin).
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