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...This might well have been more directed at Israel than Turkey," says the diplomat. - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut Peace Dividend FRANCE The National Liberation Front of Corsica-Combatants Union - the island's main separatist rebel group - unexpectedly announced a unilateral cease-fire. Other groups trying to form a joint list of nationalist candidates for regional elections in March had called for an end to violence. Dissolving Democracy SERBIA-MONTENEGRO The beleaguered government of Serbia, weakened by infighting and allegations of corruption, dissolved its parliament and called elections for December, a year early. The third attempt in just over...
...move toward treating very young children, under the age of 1," says Dr. Pedro Alonso, head of the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona and director of Saude Manhiça's research clinic. Early results should be available in 18 months. - By Maryann Bird Referendum Rejected CORSICA In a surprise result, Corsicans narrowly rejected a Paris-sponsored referendum proposing administrative reform and greater autonomy for the island. Only 16 days before the referendum, opinion polls had the yes camp ahead by 6%. "Corsicans realized this was a doctrine of decentralization being applied to Corsica, not a studied plan...
...Mainstream unions have been further radicalized by what they call government collusion with marginal labor groups on reform. "This government's inability to negotiate is compounded by a talent for fanning protests at the worst moments imaginable," notes Jean-Claude Graziani, secretary-general of the CGT union in Upper Corsica. "It managed to lose a Corsican vote that should have been an easy win, and picked the opening of summer festivals to provoke arts workers." Unions promise renewed national strikes in September. For now, protests continue to disrupt, shut down and perhaps even bankrupt festivals. "This is a terrible waste...
Just days before Ferrara’s escape, another suspected murderer, Joseph Menconni, broke out of prison in Borgo, Corsica. His accomplices forced their way into the prison with a fake bazooka that scared the guards. Like Ferrara, this was also Menconni’s second time breaking out of prison, which, combined with the fact that the fake-bazooka tactic is so reminiscent of Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run, makes it understandable that the French government is embarrassed. It’s hard for a country to project an image as an enforcer...
According to police reports, a CPD officer first became suspicious of Abouazza on the night of May 30—less than a week before Commencement—after routinely running through a computer the license plate number of a Chevy Corsica driven by Abouazza...