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French diplomats try to counter riot coverage PARIS, Nov 14 (AFP) - French diplomats have been asked to step up their contacts with the foreign media to counter the harm done to France's image by weeks of front-page coverage of riots in its suburbs, foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Monday. "It is true there is an image problem," Douste-Blazy told Europe 1 radio, saying that "all ambassadors have been asked to be present on the airwaves, in newspapers and on television in their countries." Sensationalist coverage of the violence in some foreign media -- with headlines such as 'France...