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2007-01-02 Europe

Hundreds of cars torched in celebration of New Year

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Car BBQ R Us,
France's New Year celebrations = France's contribution to global warming.

Posted by RD 2007-01-02 02:45|| 2007-01-02 02:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Has the Car-B-Que become part of the festivities there?

Posted by gorb 2007-01-02 03:42|| 2007-01-02 03:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Has the Car-B-Que become part of the festivities there?

It's been since a decade or so.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-01-02 10:36|| 2007-01-02 10:36|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~VANDALS~~ MUSLIMS set fire to about 400 cars overnight and police said they arrested more than 250 ~~people~~ muslims, as violence marred France's New Year celebrations. However, a police spokesman said there were fewer problems than in 2005, when ~~youths~~ muslims 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~~ muslims nationwide by early morning, including two ~~children~~ young muslims aged eight and 10 who set fire to dustbins in the eastern city of Strasbourg. Three ~~children~~ young muslims aged between 10 and 12 were arrested in a Paris suburb after they were caught carrying cans of petrol. In the capital itself, almost 400,000 people welcomed in the New Year on the Champs Elysees and at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, where no serious incidents were reported.

Fixed. Don't the French proofread anything before they publish it?

Posted by mcsegeek1 2007-01-02 14:43|| 2007-01-02 14:43|| Front Page Top

#5 We'll say PARIS/FRANCE for $1000, Dick.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-01-02 23:22|| 2007-01-02 23:22|| Front Page Top

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