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"French interior minister Sarkozy vows tough sentences for bus attackers"
AFP via The Tocqueville Connection ^ | 11/01/2006

Posted on 11/02/2006 1:12:14 AM PST by Republicain

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MARSEILLE, France, Nov 1, 2006 (AFP) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday demanded severe punishments for the perpetrators of an arson attack on a bus that has left a young woman critically burned.

"The people who did this should be brought to account, whatever their age ... Minors between 16 and 18 who repeatedly commit offences should be punished as if they were adults," said Sarkozy, who hopes to become the right-wing's candidate in France's 2007 presidential election.

Five French teenagers have been arrested over the firebombing of the bus in the southern city of Marseille at the weekend. Some have admitted being involved, according to a source close to the inquiry.

The youths, one aged 15 and four aged 17, were being held in police custody in Marseille following their arrest in a dawn raid on Tuesday.

A judge will decide on Thursday whether to place them under investigation, the first stage towards pressing charges.

Sarkozy visited Marseille late on Wednesday to meet the family of the victim, a 26-year-old university student of Senegalese origin, who suffered burns to 60 percent of her body in the attack.

Mama Gelledou was unable to get out of the bus in time after youths doused the vehicle with petrol and set it alight. She is in a Marseille burns clinic in an induced coma with doctors unsure that she will survive."

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"Five minors arrested over french bus attack"
AFP via The Tocqueville Connection ^ | 10/31/2006

Posted on 11/02/2006 12:52:59 AM PST by Republicain

MARSEILLE, France, Oct 31, 2006 (AFP)

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"Hezbollah pushes for veto power in Cabinet"
By Sam F. Ghattas
ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 2, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BEIRUT -- Hezbollah is threatening street protests to force early elections in Lebanon if its demands are not met for a "national unity" Cabinet that would give the Islamic militants and their allies veto power over key decisions.

The bold move reflects the Shi'ite group's push to consolidate the political power it gained after its self-proclaimed victory in its summer war with Israel."