Friday, November 04, 2005

Failure to quell rioting creates a crisis for France


Chirac: "If this is the police force of proximity, thank you!"

A badly rattled French Government was yesterday fighting to contain a wave of suburban violence that has pitted police against rioters in run-down neighbourhoods of northern and eastern Paris for seven nights in a row.

More: The Independent

- Cartoon by Plantu for Le Monde (Paris)

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