[Mb-civic] NYTimes.com: Chirac Will Rescind Labor Law That Caused Wide French Riots

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INTERNATIONAL / EUROPE | April 11, 2006
Chirac Will Rescind Labor Law That Caused Wide French Riots
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
The move was a humiliating defeat for both President Jacques Chirac and his political protégé, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/11/world/europe/11france.html?ex=1145419200&en=a35bcd52f89abe4c&ei=5070&emc=eta1



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