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Our Paris correspondent, Angelique Chrisafis, reports: Francois Hollande, at his first official press conference last night, argued that the French demonstrations "were not questioning our politics, but rather supporting it".

Arab leaders were criticized for attending the French demonstration while not working to protect freedom of expression in their countries.

In Germany the news unleashed an outbreak of anti-French demonstrations.

1961 Riots Leave 86 Dead Muslims of Algeria today [July 5] backed a rebel quest for power in anti-French demonstrations that left at least 80 dead and 266 wounded.

The bill is unlikely to become law, but it still sparked a wave of anti-French demonstrations and vows that France would somehow be made to "pay" for its misdeeds.

The already volatile situation worsened when French peacekeeping troops were accidentally killed in one of the Ivoirian bombing raids, prompting retaliatory bombing by France that in turn resulted in anti-French demonstrations and the looting and burning of French businesses, schools, and residences.

[C9.] Demonstrators Continue to Protest French Labor Law Waves of demonstrations, strikes and violence struck France again as Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, weakened but defiant, refused to bend to the demand that the government scrap a disputed youth labor law.

PARIS — The French strikes and demonstrations over a proposed increase in the retirement age have lasted for weeks and attracted wide sympathy in a society whose work force is less than 10 percent unionized.

Food the French Way Cooking demonstrations with tastings will be given by the French Institute Alliance Fran?se at an off-site location on Oct. 25 (seafood variations) and Nov. 8 (tagines).

PAGE A7 MAY '68 STILL DIVIDES THE FRENCH The student demonstrations of May 1968 were a watershed in French life, a holy moment of liberation for many, when youth coalesced, the workers listened and the semi-royal French government of de Gaulle took fright.

In the face of a worsening economy, and polls that show 70percentt of the French think new demonstrations would end in violence, a presidential choice in favor of the lesser risk of greater deficit spending may soon have the look of pure wisdom.