Sarkozy calls for tolerance but also cautions Muslims about France’s identity
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 9th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Sarkozy calls for tolerance but also cautions Muslims about France’s identity
PARIS — Faced with swelling unease over the place of Muslim immigrants in France, President Nicolas Sarkozy called Tuesday for tolerance among native French people but warned that arriving Muslims must embrace Europe’s historical values and avoid “ostentation or provocation” in the practice of…
TSA accidentally reveals airport security secrets
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Progress made on public-option alternatives, but abortion amendment expected to fail
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McChrystal offers assurances in Afghanistan war testimony
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Busy Congress likely to defer action on Obama job proposals
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