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-Posted by D.C. Worth, for Barbay (France/US)Lovely here, along the west-coast; but the Atlantic finds Hurricane "Earl" battering its way through a ring of small Isl...

Kansas City StarFrance: Roma Policy ChallengedNew York TimesA United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it called a grow...

Kansas City StarFrance denies UN criticism over Roma's rights abuseXinhuaPARIS, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- France rejected on Friday UN's racism and discrimination watchdog's criticism over its Roma policy, saying human rights are guaranteed in the c...

Kansas City StarUN Urges France to Stop Collective Deportation of RomaVoice of AmericaPhoto: AP A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimin...

Telegraph.co.ukUN warns France over Roma deportationsTelegraph.co.ukFrance has received a stern UN warning to avoid collective deportations of Roma and to refrain from "discriminatory" political speeches against minorities. In the latest interna...

swissinfo.chU.N. rights body rebukes France for mistreating RomaReutersGENEVA, Aug 27 (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights body rebuked France on Friday for its crackdown on Roma and urged the government to try to integrate members of the EU's bi...

swissinfo.chFrance Defends Deportation of Roma Migrants After UN CriticismBusinessWeekAug. 27 (Bloomberg) -- France's government said it respects human rights “scrupulously” in connection with its deportation of Roma immigrants after a United Nations ...

The GuardianRights Panel Criticizes France Over Roma PolicyNew York TimesGENEVA — A United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat...

msnbc.comFrance: 300 Roma Are Sent to Romania Amid RebukesNew York TimesBy AP The archbishop of Paris joined the tide of criticism over France's crackdown on Roma, also known as Gypsies, calling it a “circus,” while the European Union's justice co...

Reuters IndiaFrance: Talks on the RomaNew York TimesWith anger mounting over French deportations of Roma to Romania and Bulgaria, top officials in the Sarkozy government met Wednesday with officials from Romania to coordinate strategies to aid the Roma th...