Posted on 11/11/2005 3:53:56 PM PST by blam
French Police Step Up Security After Tips
Friday November 11, 2005 11:01 PM
By ELAINE GANLEY
Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP) - Authorities stepped up security Friday and placed restrictions on some public gatherings after tip-offs from Internet and text messages suggested ``violent actions'' over the weekend in the French capital.
But as France marked Armistice Day commemorating the end of World War I, calls for peace in the restive poor neighborhoods of France rang out, from demonstrators in Paris to religious leaders at a Lyon-area mosque in the southeast.
With a state of emergency in place, several hundred people gathered at the glassy Wall of Peace near the Eiffel Tower to call for an end to the unrest that erupted Oct. 27 and spread across the country.
The demonstration drew elderly Parisians and youths from its poor working-class suburbs along with curious onlookers, all engaging in heated debate over how to stem the violence and tackle the causes.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
the event gathered 200 people ,80 of them journalists.
It was such a flop, the French news just mention the event in a 5 second news item on TV5.
Kristopher.
Zee francophile John Francois Kerry, and his advisor, zee francophile Joseph Wilson, are very concerned.
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