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  • Youths set passenger bus alight in Paris

    10/22/2006 9:04:39 PM PDT · by Eurotwit · 77 replies · 1,840+ views
    The Age ^ | October 23, 2006 - 9:49AM | The Age
    A band of up to 30 youths forced passengers out of a bus in a southern Paris suburb in broad daylight, set it on fire and then stoned firefighters who came to the rescue, a police official said. Police cordoned off the neighbourhood in Grigny, in the Essonne region, after the attack, which came five days before France marks the one-year anniversary of the start of three weeks of fiery riots by poor suburban youths. District police chief Jean-Francois Papineau called Sunday's bus attack "deliberate". He said the vehicle was forced to stop at a road block at about 2...
  • Zidane sent off in extra time of World Cup final for headbutt

    07/09/2006 3:34:19 PM PDT · by SkyPilot · 167 replies · 5,322+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 9 July 06 | JEROME PUGMIRE
    BERLIN (AP) -- Zinedine Zidane cut short his dazzling World Cup and closed his career with an ugly head butt -- and a loss. The France captain was given a red card for slamming the crown of his bald head into the center of Italy defender Marco Materazzi's chest after the two exchanged words while walking down the field in extra time. The game was tied 1-1 when Zidane was sent off, head bowed, in the 110th minute Sunday. Without their sharpshooting captain, France couldn't unlock Italy's defense and went on to lose in a shootout, 5-3. Zidane's strike was...