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- Wide popular interest, deep political tensions dominate French presidential election
  Posted by Sandyenglish
  The French presidential election is dominated by a deep contradiction. Broad layers of the population reject the current state of society and are looking for a progressive alternative. The past ten years have witnessed a series of strikes and mass protests, often lasting for weeks and involving hundreds of thousands if not millions of people.
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- Romney's Bizarre Hatred of France
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  "Enmity toward France, where Romney did his Mormon mission during college, is a recurring theme of the document. The European Union, it says at one point, wants to 'drag America down to Europe's standards,' adding: 'That's where Hillary and Dems would take us. Hillary = France.' The plan even envisions 'First, not France' bumper stickers."
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- Flying Solo _ Orato.com
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  It's sometimes said a vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. This was exactly the kind of motivation that prompted travel writer Tamar Kevonian to take her first “solo” vacation in Europe.
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- French police arrest three as hundreds try to destroy GM crops
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  French police arrested three people after hundreds of protesters including anti-globalisation icon Jose Bove tried to destroy a field in the Lot-et-Garonne area of southwest France of genetically-modified maize. Bove, a leading figure within the anti-globalisation movement who in the past has been imprisoned for similar actions, said the crops were indeed genetically modified. "We covered more than 400 hectares (990 acres) across the whole of the southwest to determine whether they were GM. Here, we were able to verify it," he said.
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- France pledges 1,600 more troops for Lebanon
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  President Jacques Chirac said France decided to dispatch many more troops after winning U.N. assurances that the troops would be able to defend themselves fully if they came under attack and could use force to protect civilians. "Two thousand French troops will thus be placed under the United Nations in Lebanon. France is ready, if the United Nations wishes, to continue commanding this force," Chirac said in a televised address.
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- U.S., France OK U.N. Mideast Truce Pact
  Posted by Billbar from Forbes
  Well, it's great that we and the French can agree, but how about the warring factions?
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- French iTunes Law Approved in Final Vote - Computing -
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  French lawmakers gave final approval Friday to government-backed legislation that could force Apple to make the iPod music player and iTunes online store compatible with rivals\\' offerings.
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okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

. . .thanks for the link. . .

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7:10 am 7/06/08
okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

. . .ah, so. . .but exactly what are the facts?

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7:04 am 7/06/08
asesino comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

The facts don’t lie:

The Real Operation to “Rescue” Ingrid Betancourt and US Mercenaries

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6:10 am 7/06/08
okami comments on:
Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

If Betancourt’s assertions are true, then the United States is once again responsible (at least in part) for the setting up of false ‘heroic rescues’ and similar phenomena.
We should not forget that intitial reports from Iraq claimed that Kurdish forces captured Saddam Hussein, who then turned him over to Coalition forces.
Neither should we forget the Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch affairs.

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12:13 am 7/06/08
Billbar comments on:
France pledges 1,600 more troops for Lebanon
Chirac was obviously challenged by Italy's offer to command the troops. Whatever works!
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8:04 am 8/25/06

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