Thousands Protest French Ban on Scarves
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Thousands of people, many of them women wearing head scarves, marched in France Saturday to protest a law banning the Islamic coverings and other religious apparel in public schools.
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Tens of thousands protest in Rome against a series of austerity measures introduced by Italy's government.
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France vowed Monday to press ahead with a controversial law banning Islamic head scarves in schools, despite demands by militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris revoke the ...
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Thousands of people across Spain took part in rallies called by the right wing opposition on Friday to protest the Socialists government's decision to allow a hunger-striking Basque separatist serve out his jail term under house arrest.
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French critics and defenders of a ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on  Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two  French journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law scrapped.
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The French government Sunday scrambled to develop a response to kidnappers who grabbed two French journalists in Iraq, demanding Paris revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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Thousands of people take part in a demonstration against the Argentine government's human rights policies.
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Dozens of French musicians, intellectuals and politicians are criticizing what they call a "repressive" crackdown against those who download music illegally over the Internet.
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President Jacques Chirac will not repeal a law banning Muslim head scarves in state schools despite the death threat hanging over two French reporters being held hostages in Iraq, the government spokesman said.
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Thousands of teenagers and teachers protest in Paris against an education reform package.
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Millions of French pupils have begun the new school year under controversial legislation banning Muslim headscarves and other religious insignia from state schools.
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STRASBOURG, France  - A Muslim schoolgirl bowed to  France's ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools on Friday  by returning to class and removing her veil to reveal a head  shaved bald in protest.
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French workers are urged to protest in numbers against the government's plans to reform the 35-hour week.
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PARIS - Millions of French students returned to school Thursday as a new law banning Islamic head scarves from classrooms goes into effect amid demands by Islamic radicals holding two French hostages in Iraq that the law be scrapped.    Muslim leaders in France, who had largely opposed the law, urged calm for the return to class...
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Tens of thousands of civil servants demonstrated around France on Thursday to protest job cuts and press for higher salaries in what the government dismissed as a "labor union ritual."
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Several hundred people protest in the Spanish town of Elche against Chinese-owned shoe firms.
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A day after a militant Islamic group holding two French journalists in Iraq demanded that France revoke a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools, the French government vowed on Sunday not to ...