Daniel Bernard wrote:
> But then, opening Le Parisien this morning, what do I see? That Sarko
> and Ségo would get 26% each on the first round …

Don’t worry, Ségolène Royal will be the next president of France and a
damn good thing too.

 Turkish general slams Zana statement
An official investigation has been launched against Leyla Zana, who said
during March 21 Newroz celebrations that Kurds saw Barzani, Talabani and
Ocalan as their leaders.

Mar 27, 2007

WASHINGTON – A statement by well known activist Leyla Zana that Kurds saw
two senior Iraqi Kurdish politicians and Adbullah Ocalan as their natural
leaders was an invitation to Kurds in Iraq to interfere in Turkey’s domestic
affairs, a senior Turkish general said late Monday.

General Ergin Saygun, the deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff, said in
an interview with television station NTV that by this statement Zana had
invited Iraqi Kurds to intervene in Turkey and that the state would do what
was necessary to prevent this.

On March 21, during an address to crowds in the south eastern Turkish city
of Diyarbakir to mark Nevruz, the traditional festival to celebrate the
coming of spring, Zana said that Massoud Barzani, the head of the
semi-autonomous Kurdish administration in the north of Iraq; Jelal Talabani,
Iraqi’s President; and Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned chief of the
terrorist group the PKK were seen by Kurds as their leaders.

"I see these as very serious and dangerous statements," Saygun said.

Such a statement made all Turkish citizens look like they were terrorists,
the general said, adding that he believed that citizens would react to the
statement.

He also underlined that Iraq had yet to officially declare the PKK to be a
terrorist organisation.

Earlier Monday, during a meeting of the annual conference of the Turkish
American Council in Washington, General Saygun said that while the PKK was
on the list of terrorist organisations of many countries, the measures taken
against it were weak in practice.

"Some believe that terrorism started with September 11," he said. "It’s not
like that. Terrorism began a long time ago. You may adopt resolutions
against terror, but what matters is the practice."

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70 Iraqis massacred in revenge attacks

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AFP – Mar 28, 2007
http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/070328191756.i0kqevdp.html

70 Iraqis massacred in revenge attacks

MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) – Gunmen massacred 70 men in an overnight rampage in
revenge for bombings that killed 85 people in an ethnically mixed Iraqi
town that US President George W. Bush once hailed as a beacon of hope.

Iraqi army Brigadier General Khorshid Dosti said 70 people were shot
dead in an unprecedented reprisal assault on the town of Tal Afar on
Tuesday, while another 40 remained missing and 30 more were wounded.

"We received 45 bodies of handcuffed and blindfolded men from al-Wahada
neighbourhood overnight. They were killed yesterday just after the
bomb," a hospital doctor had told AFP earlier in the day on condition
of anonymity.

The mass shooting and lethal bombings underscore the raging sectarian
warfare that continues to grip the country, alongside a Sunni
insurgency against the Shiite-led government and its US backers.

The massacre of men, believed all to have been Sunni Arabs, was in
revenge for bomb attacks that killed 85 people and wounded 183 in
Shiite districts of the mixed town on Tuesday.

The town is witnessing its worst violence since Bush in March 2006 held
up the onetime militant stronghold as a model for efforts to create a
stable Iraq.

In the deadliest blast, a suicide bomber tricked soldiers into
believing he was delivering food supplies to a Shiite area where he
detonated his cargo of explosives in a crowd of waiting men and women.

Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Ahmed Salah, a spokesman for the Iraqi army
in the provincial capital of Mosul, confirmed there had been a
"reprisal act."

"A violent incident happened (on Tuesday) and a reprisal act happened
in al-Wahada, which is in the south of the town, just after the
bombings," he said.

"The situation is under control right now and we have started an
investigation into the incident."

The Iraqi army has slapped a strict curfew on the town, deployed
armoured vehicles in the city centre and banned even police from
moving, an official said, also on condition of anonymity.

The style of the revenge killings, with the victims handcuffed and
blindfolded, suggested they were the work of Shiite militias which have
carried out a wave of such attacks against Sunnis in the capital.

The US military said Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had formed a
committee composed of defence and interior ministry officials to
investigate the Tal Afar attacks.

In other violence, 12 people were killed on Wednesday.

Two Iraqi policemen died in attacks on a local government building in
the former rebel stronghold of Fallujah in western Iraq. Truck bombs
loaded with chlorine gas were used, officials said.

A civilian was also wounded in an attack which targeted a joint
Iraqi-US centre.

US First Lieutenant Shawn Mercer told AFP from Fallujah that two
suicide truck bombers exploded chlorine gas near the building.

Insurgents loyal to Al-Qaeda have a strong presence in Al-Anbar
province, which has seen a spate of attacks using chemical bombs,
especially chlorine, against security forces and civilians.

In another car bombing, two people were killed and 20 wounded in
Al-Iman, near the town of Al-Mahawil south of Baghdad. Elsewhere eight
more people were killed.

US officials meanwhile announced the deaths of two more servicemen and
two civilians in Iraq.

One of the civilians, a contractor died on Tuesday after being wounded
by rocket fire near the US embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green
Zone the previous day, US charge d’affaires Daniel Speckhard said.

One of the soldiers was also killed in a separate indirect fire attack
in the Green Zone along with a US civilian, the military said. The
attack left another soldier and two US civilians wounded.

US military spokesman Rear Admiral Mark Fox told reporters that the
attacks on the Green Zone showed "desperation" on the part of
insurgents following the security clampdown in Baghdad.

The latest deaths brought to 3,237 the US military’s losses in Iraq
since the March 2003 invasion.

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Treat Parisians with respect and they will respond accordingly!

http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=4&subID=1293

The myth of the rude Parisians – I’ve not met a single one! Some
assistants in the cheaper shops can be rather brusque, otherwise I’ve
found Parisians helpful and lively. What they love is that you should
engage with them properly and they put up signs to encourage it:
N’Avez Pas Peur is currently everywhere. Another: Le beau est toujours
bizarre (Baudelaire). A man in Passy did an about-turn to escort me to
the door of Balzac’s house a good minute away. One Parisienne went out
of her way to explain the glories on offer in a Greek deli nearby.

Demandez-vous, de nos jours qui sont les véritables racistes ? sont-ce les
Francais "de souche" (eh oui, bien que ce mot de nos jours soit tabou il y a un des Français
de souche, ça signifie des Français qui descendent d’un peuple qui a construit ce pays avec
ses mains et son courage)

ou sont-ce les Français "immigrés" ? (eh oui, il y a bien des Français immigrés, bien que de nos
jours, ce soit devenu tabou)

Il faut avouer qu’une énorme vague de racisme envers les étrangers était dans le coeur des
Francais, de nos jours grâce à la surmédiatisation et le bourrage de crâne intensif subi
par les quelques millions de Français qui s"instruisent" (tele, livre), on a bien encré dans
l’esprit des gens que la france est une terre d’acceuil et que les "étrangers" font partie
intégrante de la france, lesquels, pardon du terme, étaient une minorité durant les guerres,
et que les etrangers ont été récompensé pour leur bravoure.

Dans ce cas, pourquoi les autres étrangers, ceux qui ne sont pas descendants des
combattants de la france auraient-ils le même droit que ceux qui ont donné leurs vie pour elle ?

De nos jours, l’Ilsam est devenu l’une des premières religions de france, comment en quelques années,
cela a-t-il pu arriver ?

(Je ne la denigre pas, mais elle, elle dénigre les autres religions), peut-on accepter une religion
qui prone la violence tout les 10 versets ?

La religion première de la France, le Christianisme, a aussi sa couche, et n’a pas non plus de leçon
à donner, mais la différence entre le Christianisme, et l’Islam, c’est que cette première prone la paix,
la seconde la guerre. Lisez le coran, et vous verrez l’exactitude de mes propos.

Il faut avouer que de nos jours, se faire passer pour victime du racisme est une bonne opportunité, mais
cela doit être pris en compte, et non toléré. Etre victime de racisme, ne doit pas être une raison employée
à tors et à travers, tout comme l’être…

L’Islam a autant le droit d’exister que toute autre religion, mais en France, celle-ci etant un pays
"libre", toute action portant à nuir, soumettre, ou forcer quelqu’un doit être révoquée!
L’Islam de ce fait ne devrait pas avoir sa place en France. En ce cas, le Christianisme a-t-il aussi sa
place ? La france a été construite sur le Christianisme, un point qui pourrait pencher en sa faveur, mais
c’est aussi en soi une religion qui dicte la manière d’être. Tout comme le boudhisme, tout comme la kabale,
tout comme …
Sauf que dans un pays "libre", les religions qui devraient être acceptées sont les religions qui tendent vers la
liberté, ce qui est le cas du Christianisme. Me dire le contraire en prétendant que les extremistes Islamisques
sont une minorité, d’accord, avez-vous déjà vu des minorités extrêmistes christianistes ?
Des minorités qui soumettent au nom du Christianime en coupant la tête de ceux qu’ils jugent or de toutes logiques
logiques fondamentales infuses ? Logique qu’un seul et unique Dieu ne puisse exister, et que paradoxalement
si autres Dieux il y a, ce ou ces Dieux ne peuvent qu’être qu’inférieurs ?
Oui ! Le Christianisme ou coupé des têtes au nom de sa vertue, mais de nos jours, la France agit-elle encore ainsi ?
Non !

Un pays qui a crée et héberge cette religion et qui est encore en reclu, se trouvant encore à cette ère que la France a
quitté depuis fort longtemps pour l’évolution, ne devrait pas lier sa religion et risquer de contaminer son mode de penser
avec la france.

Bien que ce ne fut par des minorités Islamiques, ce fut tout de même le cas, et ce sont les détails qui font la différence.

Si l’on ne prend pas garde aux détails l’édifice s’éffondrera…

Donc, le racisme non, la soumission, non plus!

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Est-ce mieux professeur ?
J’avous que je pensais que ce n’était en priorité qu’une bande de prépubers qui allaient lire le text.
donc l’orthographe, je n’y est absolument pas attaché d’importance ………………………..
Ceci dit, dans le fond, je m’en fout.

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How come the Muzzies don’t have wisdom then?
Whys is it they terrorize, punish then become pedophiles?
Why can’t they distinguish right from wrong?
Last Question: How come they don’t read, understand or follow the law of
their Quran?

"jamiil" <jalqa…@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:1174665659.348583.190280@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com…

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> Words of Wisdom from Prophet Mohammad
> Fifty hadiths selected by Dr. Shahid Athar

> 1.. "Acquire knowledge, it enables its professor to distinguish right
> from wrong; it lights the way to heaven. It is our friend in the
> desert, our company in solitude and companion when friendless. It
> guides us to happiness, it sustains us in misery, it is an ornament
> amongst friends and an armour against enemies." (widely attributed to
> the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh))

> 2.. "A Muslim who plants a tree or sows a field, from which man, birds
> and animals can eat, is committing an act of charity." (Muslim)

> 3.. "There is a polish for everything that takes away rust; and the
> polish for the heart is the remembrance of Allah." (Bukhari)

> 4.. "What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of human
> beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the
> sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the
> injured." (Bukhari)

> 5.. "The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of
> self." (Bukhari)

> 6.. "If you put your whole trust in Allah, as you ought, He most
> certainly will satisfy your needs, as He satisfies those of the birds.
> They come out hungry in the morning, but return full to their
> nests." (Tirmidhi)

> 7.. "When Allah created his creatures He wrote above His throne:
> ‘Verily, my Compassion overcomes my wrath." (Bukhari & Muslim)

> 8.. "Allah will not give mercy to anyone, except those who give mercy
> to other creatures." (Abdullah b. Amr: Abu Daud & Tirmidhi)

> 9.. " ‘Son, if you are able, keep your heart from morning till night
> and from night till morning free from malice towards anyone.’ Then the
> Prophet said: ‘O my son! This is one of my laws, and he, who loves my
> laws verily loves me.’ " (Bukhari)

> 10.. "Say what is true, although it may be bitter and displeasing to
> people." (Baihaqi)

> 11.. "Kindness is a mark of faith, and whoever is not kind has no
> faith." (Muslim)

> 12.. "When you see a person who has been given more than you in money
> and beauty, look to those, who have been given less." (Muslim)

> 13.. "If you do not feel ashamed of anything, then you can do whatever
> you like." (Abu-Masud: Bukhari)

> 14.. "O Lord, grant me your love, grant me that I love those who love
> you; grant me, that I might do the deeds that win your love. Make your
> love dearer to me than the love of myself, my family and
> wealth." (Tirmidhi)

> 15.. "It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it
> is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak
> to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better
> than idle words." (Bukhari)

> 16.. "Verily, a man teaching his child manners is better than giving
> one bushel of grain in alms." (Muslim)

> 17.. "Whoever is kind, Allah will be kind to him; therefore be kind to
> man on the earth. He Who is in heaven will show mercy on you."(Abu
> Daud: Tirmidhi)

> 18.. "It is difficult for a man laden with riches to climb the steep
> path, that leads to bliss." (Muslim)

> 19.. "Once a man, who was passing through a road, found a branch of a
> tree with torns obstructing it. The man removed the thorns from the
> way. Allah thanked him and forgave his sins." (Bukhari)

> 20.. "Who are the learned? Those who practice what they
> know." (Bukhari)

> 21.. "Allah has revealed to me, that you must be humble. No one should
> boast over one another, and no one should oppress another." (Iyad b.
> Hinar al-Mujashi: Muslim)

> 22.. "Who is the most favoured of Allah? He, from whom the greatest
> good comes to His creatures." (Bukhari)

> 23.. "A true Muslim is thankful to Allah in prosperity, and resigned
> to His will in adversity." (Muslim)

> 24.. "A Muslim who meets with others and shares their burdens is
> better than one who lives a life of seclusion and
> contemplation." (Muslim)

> 25.. "Serve Allah, as you would if you could see Him; although you
> cannot see Him, He can see you. (Umar: Muslim)

> 26.. "Allah does not look at your appearance or your possessions; but
> He looks at your heart and your deeds." (Abu Huraira: Muslim)

> 27.. "The best richness is the richness of the soul." (at the field
> ofTabuk, Syria, Rajab 9 A.H.: Bukhari)

> 28.. "Keep yourselves far from envy; because it eats up and takes away
> good actions, like a fire eats up and burns wood." (Abu Daud)

> 29.. "Much silence and a good disposition, there are no two things
> better than these." (Bukhari)

> 30.. "Verily, Allah is mild and is fond of mildness, and He gives to
> the mild what He does not give to the harsh." (Muslim)

> 31.. "Whoever loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him." (Bukhari)

> 32.. "Once the Prophet was asked:’Tell us, which action is dearest to
> Allah?’ He answered:’To say your prayer at its proper time.’ Again he
> was asked: ‘What comes next?’ Mohammed said: ‘To show kindness to
> parents.’ ‘Then what?’ he was asked, ‘To strive for the cause of
> Allah!’ " (Ibn Masad: Bukhari)

> 33.. "When two persons are together, two of them must no whisper to
> each other, without letting the third hear; because it would hurt
> him." (Bukhari & Muslim)

> 34.. "Verily, it is one of the respects to Allah to honor an old
> man." (Bukhari)

> 35.. "All Muslims are like a foundation, each strengthening the other;
> in such a way they do support each other." (Abu Musa: Bukhari &
> Muslim)

> 36.. "Strive always to excel in virtue and truth." (Bukhari)

> 37.. "You will not enter paradise until you have faith; and you will
> not complete your faith till you love one another." (Muslim)

> 38.. "He, who wishes to enter paradise at the best gate, must please
> his father and mother." (Bukhari & Muslim)

> 39.. "I am leaving two things among you, and if you cling to them
> firmly you will never go astray; one is the Book of Allah and the
> other is my way of life." (Farewell Pilgrimage: Muatta)

> 40.. "Allah is One and likes Unity." (Muslim)

> 41.. "The best of alms is that, which the right hand gives and the
> left hand knows not of." (Bukhari)

> 42.. "The perfect Muslim is not a perfect Muslim, who eats till he is
> full and leaves his neighbors hungry." (Ibn Abbas: Baihaqi)

> 43.. "He is not of us who is not affectionate to the little ones, and
> does not respect the old; and he is not of us, who does not order
> which is lawful, and prohibits that which is unlawful." (Ibn Abbas:
> Tirmidhi)

> 44.. "No man is a true believer unless he desires for his brother
> that, what he desires for himself." (Abu Hamza Anas: Bukhari & Muslim)

> 45.. "To strive for the cause of Allah from daybreak to noon and
> sunset is better than the goods and enjoyment of the whole worldly
> life." (Bukhari)

> 46.. "Be not like the hypocrite who, when he talks, tells lies; when
> he gives a promise, he breaks it; and when he is trusted, he proves
> dishonest." (Bukhari & Muslim)

> 47.. "The proof of a Muslim’s sincerity is, that he pays no heed to
> that, which is not his business." (Abu Hureira: Tirmidhi)

> 48.. "Do you know what is better than charity and fasting and prayer?
> It is keeping peace and good relations between people, as quarrels and
> bad feelings destroy mankind." (Muslims & Bukhari)

> 49.. "Conduct yourself in this world, as if you are here to stay
> forever; prepare for eternity as if you have to die
> tomorrow." (Bukhari)

> 50.. "The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who
> takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his
> way." (Tirmidhi)

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Iran’s president cancels UN appearance

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[After accusations that the US was delaying Ahmadinejad's visa, and
US denials, Iran's president has decided to hell with it and will not
be coming to the UN himself. -NYTr]

AP via Yahoo – Mar 23, 2007
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070323/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear

Iran’s president cancels U.N. appearance

By ALEXANDRA OLSON
Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad canceled a trip to
New York to address the U.N. Security Council before it votes on whether to
impose further sanctions against his country for refusing to stop enriching
uranium, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday.

The decision came as diplomats from the five veto-wielding members of the
Security Council — the U.S., Britain, France, China and Russia — and
Germany held a flurry of last-minute negotiations in New York on a draft
resolution seeking to pressure Iran to comply.

The six powers want a vote on the resolution by Saturday, but diplomats
said that could be delayed by efforts to reach consensus to give the
sanctions more weight.

The sanctions, agreed on last week by the six powers, would ban Iranian
arms exports and freeze the assets of 28 additional individuals and
organizations involved in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. About a
third of those are linked to the Revolutionary Guard, an elite military
corps.

Ahmadinejad said earlier this month that he wanted to take his case for
pursuing nuclear power to the Security Council himself. Earlier Friday, a
council diplomat said the Iranian president would arrive in New York at 1
a.m. Saturday, just hours before the council is expected to meet.

But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Ali Hosseini told Iranian
state television later in the day that the trip had been scrapped because
of "America’s obstruction in issuing visas" to the Iranian delegation that
was to travel to New York.

Hosseini said that instead of Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr
Mottaki will attend the Security Council meeting and "explain Iran’s
position regarding its nuclear activities."

"Due to open failure by the United States to issue visas for members of the
Iranian delegation accompanying President Ahmadinejad and the air crew,
American authorities have effectively prevented President Ahmadinejad from
attending the U.N. security council meeting," Hosseini said.

Mohammad Mir Ali Mohammadi, press secretary of Iran’s mission at the U.N.,
told The Associated Press that the U.S. did not deliver a visa to the U.S.
Embassy in Bern, Switzerland, in time for Ahmadinejad to pick it up before
flying to New York for the Saturday session.

He said Russia and China were trying to postpone the session until Monday
and if the session was put off Ahamdinejad would decide whether to come.

Tom Casey, a State Department spokesman, said in Washington that 39 visas
had been issued for Ahmadinejad and other Iranian officials and their
passports had been returned to Iranian diplomats in Bern by Friday morning.
He said another 36 passports with visas were ready later in the day.

The U.S. says Iran’s nuclear efforts are cover for a weapons program, but
Tehran insists it only wants electricity.

In December, the Security Council voted unanimously to impose limited
sanctions on Iran, ordering all countries to stop supplying Iran with
materials and technology that could contribute to its nuclear and missile
programs and to freeze assets of 10 key Iranian companies and 12
individuals related to those programs. Iran responded by expanding its
enrichment program.

Several non-permanent members of the Security Council have resisted the
draft resolution, agreed upon last week by the five council powers and
Germany.

In an effort to overcome their concerns, Russia proposed a compromise Friday
over a proposal by Indonesia and Qatar calling for the Middle East to be
free of weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them.
Including such an appeal could have implications for Israel, a U.S. ally
widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, though it has never officially
acknowledged it.

The Russian proposal would include a recognition that "a solution to the
Iranian nuclear issue would contribute global non-proliferation efforts,
including those in the Middle East."

France and Britain approved of the wording, while the United States was
considering it, said Axel Crau, a spokesman for France’s U.N. mission.

"It’s definitely a key point and probably the key to unanimity," Crau said.

He said the resolution’s co-sponsors — France, Germany and Britain —
still wanted to call a vote Saturday but may delay it to seek consensus.
"For the sake of unanimity we are willing to make some efforts because
unanimity has a value," he said.

Alejandro Wolff, the acting U.S. Ambassador to the
United Nations, said the nuclear debate should not be affected by the Iranian seizure of
15 British sailors and marines in the Persian Gulf Friday.

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Ahmadinejad cancels U.N. Security Council visit

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CNN – Mar 24, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/23/iran.nuclear/index.html?ere…

Ahmadinejad cancels U.N. Security Council visit

UNITED NATIONS (CNN) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has
canceled a planned visit to the United Nations, and Tehran’s U.N.
ambassador, Javad Zarif, on Friday blamed a delay in U.S. visas being
issued to the crew of his airplane.

Ahmadinejad wanted to speak to the U.N. Security Council before a vote,
scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Saturday, on sanctions against Iran.

Iran, which contends the proposed sanctions are politically motivated,
says it will still try to get high-level representation to the U.N. —
most likely the foreign minister.

The planned vote comes after the U.N.’s atomic energy watchdog agency
said last month it could not verify that Iran’s uranium enrichment
program was strictly for peaceful purposes, as Iran has said. Western
nations, including the United States, contend Iran is using the program
to develop nuclear weapons.

The five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany agreed
on a resolution to expand sanctions on Iran and presented it to the
council last week, but several nations said they wanted to amend it.

Alejandro Wolfe, the acting U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said
Thursday that some amendments were agreed to, but he offered no details
about those.

"We embraced amendments that were consistent with the philosophy of
this resolution … and those that would enhance its clarity and
enhance its value," he said.

Also Thursday, Dumisani Kumalo, the U.N. ambassador from South Africa,
which holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month,
said he felt steamrollered into a Saturday vote on the resolution.

"I feel like I was misled," he said, adding that he had been led to
believe that he would have more time to consider the resolution.

But French Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere rebutted Kumalo’s
comments, saying discussions have gone on for some time.

"And we have the whole day tomorrow to discuss it," he said.

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