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Smoking and the 35-hour week You don't need to deduct minutes lost to go to the bathroom. Why not? One reason is it's a necessary activity. And because of that, companies are obliged to accommodate it by providing bathroom facilities on site, and virtually no employer (that I know of)...

Muslim Violence Increasing in France October 06, 2006 09:07 AM EST http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/[/url] main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/10/05/wmuslims05.xml

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/10/03/ap3063454.html France is rather knowledgeable in this area. I hope talks continue and a diplomatic solution can be found.

http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=33465 WTF is going on? How bad can things be in France that they have more riots every other month? Yes, I know it's not literally every other month, but it's often. Too often.

And one wonders why israel is being so mean and keeping up the Naval blockade? Sep. 7, 2006 17:30 | Updated Sep. 9, 2006 2:37 France: Int'l fleet won't employ force http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1154526027721&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Second drug test came back positive, not surprisingly. I think they should run two separate TdF's. One where each day's top ten finishers are tested, as well as random other cyclists. Cheaters immediately disqualified. The second, which could maybe be called The Juiced Tour de France...

Sigh. Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, (Part of Britain, although they're nearer to France) is running short of water. Senator Freddie Cohen has drafted legislation to restrict extraction of groundwater and to meter domestic supplies. Sensible. Enter Mr Langlois, water diviner, who says...

This thought occured to me while watching CBS Sunday Morning today. They had a story about the riots occuring in France this past week. I fast forwarded through it, because I really, truly don't care. When they first started a week or two ago, I started to read the story in the WSJ (or NY...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4627862.stm :eek: :boggled: :eye-poppi :jaw-dropp :covereyes :shocked: :wide-eyed :yikes: :what:

French president Jacques Chirac today gave a speech about France's malaise. Jimmy Carter did that, too. He didn't actually use the word malaise in his speech, but then again he's not French and it's a French word. 18 months later came the inauguration of Ronald Reagan and morning in America...

I really don't get what is going on, enlightenment is called for. Could it have to do with this? Unelected officials that "know best"?

Abolition of Pentecost Holiday Causing Ructions in France Considering that France has banned overtly religious symbolism from it's schools, why has it retained an overtly religious public holiday? Why has it got rid of it in the name of economic, rather than constitutional, reform? Anybody...

French President Jacques Chirac said Monday he believed the EU would soon reach agreement with Japan over the site of a proposed experimental nuclear fusion reactor. Progress on the $13 billion international project known as ITER (Latin for "the way") has stalled as Japan and the EU vie to host...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3989127.stm

I used to think the characterization of France as being appeasers quick to surrender as probably being unfair to them. Today I'm not so sure. I visited the doctors office and found an old issue of Time Magazine. In it was a tiny article about a terrorist group called “AZF” which had planted...

Dear Friends, you have to know that France is home now of many terrorists that have escaped from the justice of their nations. One example? In the 70's, Italy was blooded by the terrorist group 'Red Brigades'. This organization has even killed our former Prime Minister, the Christian Democrat...

After to have visited Germany and Italy where he received a warm welcome by Schröder and Berlusconi, the new President ad interim of Iraq Mr Ghazi al Yawar was 'invited' do not put his feet in France! The new Iraqi President had to adress the European Parliament in Strasbourg but the French...

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1645425E-F343-4603-8383-6D7E4ACDDEB4.htm I think that non-Jews French people will be more than happy with the migration of Jews to Israel :), but -thank God- it looks like French Jews are (Wise People) so that they prefer to stay in their country instead...

Is it finally time to cut the ties between the US and France? Obviously, the hatred has grown to enormous levels culminating with the d-day commemoration. How long can the two nations pretend friendship on the surface? Am I being ridiculous? Maybe, but it seems that many citizens in both nations...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/06/wfran06.xml

Yet another European country is seeing the Socialist Party make major gains. French voters slap Chirac in elections As I recall, Chirac was tremendously unpopular, but his resistance to Bush gave him renewed life. Looks like that has run out now. Apparently the big issue was the cost of...

we live in dark times.

Does anyone know about a political or business relationship between Iran and France? Was this a left wing terrorist bust? Does anyone find it ironic that Iran wants those detainees extradited, while refusing to extradite Al Queda detainees they have...

France is sending troops to the Congo. They admit that they will not be effective. Then why do it? http://www.guardian.co.uk/congo/story/0,12292,974060,00.html "A brief patrol by the French troops yesterday made the mission's modest ambitions apparent. Four jeeps packed with infantrymen drove...

Now I do not know much about diplomacy, but if ( and that is a big if) France wants to normalize relations with the US, I do not think that is the way to do it- particularly with this administration, which values loyalto so. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/15/bush.france/index.html A...

Very interesting article today in the Boston Globe. If you wonder why France is behind the curve in being a leader in Science this article may be of interest. I doubt if the link below will last more than a few days. "French seek to mend rift over Iraq with science French eye research ties to...