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November 09, 2005
Update on Riots in France
France has declared a state of emergency and put in place a curfew yesterday in an attempt to stop riots. The state-of-emergency law was written during France's war with Algeria and was last used in 1984 by former President Francois Mitterrand in New Caledonia.
Reports show that violence has gone down but there's still a lot of work to do... For those of you who speak French, you can watch today's France 2 news for free here (click on JT for video).
Here are reports in English from newspapers and websites:
Posted by insideoutmag at November 9, 2005 09:40 AM
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