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France probes Muslim leader for anti-Semitic remarks
Mohamed Latreche, who led a Paris protest last Saturday against a planned ban on Muslim headscarves in state schools, branded Israel a racist country and equated Zionism with apartheid in a speech to the marchers.
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Ten thousand people, mostly Muslim women, marched in protest through Paris on Saturday. Similar demonstrations by Muslim women took place in other cities in Europe and the Middle East. Two thousand people turned out in Stockholm, 2,400 in London, 2,500 in Beirut, 300 in Nablus, about 100 in Washington, D.C. A typical chant: “My scarf, my choice.”
The demonstrators were protesting the French proposal to ban all “conspicuous” religious garb of students in its public schools, including the headscarves of Muslim women and girls, yarmulkes and crosses “of manifestly excessive dimension.” The purpose, French President Jacques Chirac says, is the protection of French secularism.
0 Read MoreFrance eases rift with United States
France is ready to open a new chapter in its strained relations with the United States but without changing any of its foreign policy objectives, government officials say.
A series of official comments and news analyses point to a strong desire to end the sniping that has marred the trans-Atlantic relationship for most of last year.
Left Bank Hotel
Has anyone stayed at the Hotel des Grandes Ecoles near the Pantheon? I’ve read great things and not so great things.
2 Read MoreFrench penpal I need, would you like to be one?
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About the Hotel de la Bretonnerie
Is it primarily a gay hotel?
1 Read MoreCimetière du Montparnasse
The Cimetière du Montparnasse is a famous cemetery in the Montparnasse quarter of Paris, France. It is in the 14ème arrondissement.
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The Cimetière de Passy is a famous cemetery located in 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing, Paris, France.
0 Read MoreLes Halles
Les Halles is an area of Paris, located in the 1er arrondissement. It is named for the large central marketplace, which was demolished in 1971 to be replaced with an underground modern shopping precinct, the Forum des Halles. Special is that the open air center area is below street level, like a pit.
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