Posted on 11/09/2005 3:14:28 PM PST by ncountylee
PARIS - The French Riviera cities of Nice and Cannes, best known for glitz and film festivals that attract Hollywood stars, were among areas that imposed curfews for minors Wednesday even as rioting abated.
The government toughened its stance against those involved in France's worst civil unrest since its 1968 student riots. Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said local officials have been told to deport the 120 foreigners convicted so far for their roles in the violence.
Although rioting persisted in some places for a 13th night, car burnings fell by nearly half and reports of violence dropped. Nonetheless, looters and vandals defied a state of emergency imposed by the government Tuesday, with attacks on superstores in northern France and a newspaper warehouse and a subway station in the south.
New arson attacks broke out Wednesday evening in the southern city of Toulouse, which was hit earlier this week. Vandals set four cars ablaze and rammed a burning car into a primary school, damaging its entrance, the local government said.
The 12-day state of emergency went into effect at midnight Tuesday. For much of France _ including Paris _ it had no perceptible effect. That such extraordinary measures were needed, however, has fueled national introspection about the country's failure to integrate its African and Muslim minorities _ seen as a key reason behind the rioting.
The decree paved the way for possible curfews in Paris, the surrounding communities, and more than 30 other cities and towns nationwide if officials feel they are needed. By Wednesday evening, only a few municipalities and regions imposed them; Paris had not.
In Nice, Cannes and 19 other towns in the Riviera region known as Alpes-Maritimes, including the resort of Antibes, minors are forbidden from being outdoors between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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Hell of a way to put out a fire.
....Let them eat cake!
Rioting may have slowed but what steps has France taken to catch and punish the perps? To put an end to it, rather than a reprieve or lessening? I still have a sad suspicion that they will somehow ask the US for help. And we'd better be ready with some stipulations.
I've begun to take a different view of this thing these mooslims are doing in France. They are actually serving all of humanity by burning all those piece of crap French cars. The more Renaults and Peugots that no longer exist, the better a place the world will be.
You're right; assimilation is a two-way street. That's why the kind of multiculturalism that insists each ethnic group cling completely to its own identity and not conform in any way to the prevailing culture is a recipe for disaster.
Put the deportees on a ship in Marseilles, sail it two miles out to sea and sink it. When asked about the pig-gravy slick, check the bill of lading and lament the unfortunate accident that put 1,000 muzzies on a ship filled with pork gravy.
Shame to lose all the pig gravy.
Et tu, Frank?
2 mch bthr
Today at lunch I had some delicious slow-roasted pork shoulder slathered in La Maille French Dijon-style mustard. I'm still trying to figure out all the different layers of flavor and irony.
Are you kidding me? They think it's about two kids getting electrocuted, not a 1,400-year campaign to dominate the world.
"Rioting begins to slack off in France."I guess that means the excitement is over.It was all just a big misunderstanding./sarc intended.
Exactly.
It takes some real eyes to realize the real lies of the left.
My thoughts exactly
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