French ban petrol in containers
23/12/2005 20:13  - (SA)  

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Paris - Local authorities in several parts of France on Friday banned the sale of petrol in containers to reduce the risk of a fresh outbreak of rioting in high-immigration suburbs over the end-of-year holidays.

The measure was taken by prefects - regional governors - in the Seine-et-Marne and Val-de-Marne departments outside Paris and Bouches-du-Rhone centred on Marseille in the southeast.

More than 10 000 cars were destroyed by fire in rioting in early November by youths of mainly Arab and African origin.

Similar arson attacks, although on a smaller scale, are something of a New Year's Eve ritual in French cities such as Strasbourg.

A nationwide state of emergency remains in place in France following November's unrest, which authorities can invoke to order curfews and house arrests, and ban public meetings.

- AFP

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