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Tuesday, September 16, 2003
posted by gbarto at 3:29 AM:
French news headlines:Le Monde's lead certainly doesn't sound like what the government was hoping to hear: Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Foggy Fiscal Message. Things are a little confused, what with his announcement of a cut in income tax last week followed by the decision to raise a half-dozen user fees and taxes on fuel, etc.
Le Figaro: is down.
Libération: Hmm. And this doesn't sound good for the internationalists. Cancun: The World Trade Disorganization.
Ouest-France: At Cancun, the North Scores Off the South. North and South are what used to be called the First and Third World. The last time I checked, the English code was "Developed" vs. "Developing" nations, but it's probably changed in the interim. I suspect that even as you are reading, a university professor somewhere is thinking about trying to get it changed to "Evil Destroyers" and "Noble, oppressed peoples."
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