Restrained reaction to WikiLeaks from French ministers, says Le Monde editor
Sylvie Kauffmann, news chief editor for Le Monde, the first French language newspaper to publish the WikiLeaks cables.
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FRANCE: Sarkozy hails ‘unity’ of new government team
A crowd of journalists and photographers gathered on Wednesday morning in the gardens of the Elysee presidential palace. Indoors, the new government cabinet led by Francois Fillon, the third cabinet under the French prime minister, met for its first official meeting and later posed for the traditional family portrait.
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France May Ban the Burqa
According to a French government spokesman, France will study the small, but growing, trend to wear the burqa (or niqāb), with a view to banning the Islamic garment from being worn in public.
Speaking on France-2 television, Luc Chatel said that the government would look to set up a parliamentary commission that could propose legislation aimed at barring Muslem women from wearing the burqa and other fully covering gowns outside the home.
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