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  • A wilted nation (France)

    09/05/2003 7:44:47 AM PDT · by knighthawk · 2 replies · 95+ views
    National Post ^ | September 05 2003
    France's government buried more than 60 unclaimed bodies Wednesday in a section of Paris's Thiais cemetery historically reserved for paupers. Hundreds more fill France's morgues, awaiting relatives too busy holidaying to arrange for earlier burials. The dead are but a small fraction of the estimated 11,000 people, mostly elderly, who died during France's searing summer heat wave. The country's leaders, including President Jacques Chirac -- who was himself vacationing in Canada during the worst days of the crisis -- are now looking for ways the country may atone for its collective neglect and ensure the tragedy is never repeated. So...