On 2 Jan 2007 05:16:03 -0800, "ILoveSanta" <ilovesanta@lycos.com>
typed:
>Youths set fire to about 400 cars overnight and police said they
>arrested more than 250 people, as violence marred France's New Year
>celebrations.
>
>However, a police spokesman said there were fewer problems than in
>2005, when youths attacked trains in the Paris region and southeast of
>the country.
>
>25,000 police were on duty throughout the country during the night,
>including 4500 in Paris, where the authorities banned fireworks and
>firecrackers.
>
>Police said that they had arrested 258 people nationwide by early
>morning, including two children aged eight and 10 who set fire to
>dustbins in the eastern city of Strasbourg.
>
>Three children aged between 10 and 12 were arrested in a Paris suburb
>after they were caught carrying cans of petrol.
>
>
http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,22884,21000221-5005940,00.html
and now for a message expected and second from our resident dorks:-
"ah yes, but it's much worserer in the uk because of irak, guy fawkes,
george bush and coming as britain won't join the euro...."
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