[The world stays stupid.]
State of Emergency Declared in France:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Internatio...ory?id=1291618
"PARIS Nov 8, 2005 — President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency Tuesday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence. "
US Cutting Diplomatic Ties With Syria:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...type=printable
"Washington -- The United States has cut off nearly all contact with the Syrian government as the Bush administration steps up a campaign to weaken and isolate President Bashar Assad's government, according to U.S. and Syrian officials."
Bush Defends CIA's Secret Prisons:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051107/...h/bush_torture
"PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush on Monday defended U.S. interrogation practices and called the treatment of terrorism suspects lawful. "We do not torture," Bush declared in response to reports of secret CIA prisons overseas."
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