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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (42532)	5/5/2002 5:57:28 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

France turned its back on the far-right views of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the National Front leader, as the electorate turned out in force to deliver a crushing victory to incumbent Jaques Chirac in the second round of the presidential elections. Mr Chirac's second term as France's head of state was sealed after electors gave him close to 82 per cent of the vote. Mr Chirac said he "saluted France" for his victory.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (42532)	5/7/2002 3:16:15 AM
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<The 26-year-old girl will still be stoned to death for “adultery” if the sentence passed against her this month by a civil court in the NWFP under Zia-ul-Haq’s Hudood Ordinances is carried out. On Thursday, the same day that General Musharraf addressed the nation to make his tall claims, human-rights activists protesting the ruling against Zafran Bibi outside his office were baton-charged by the police, the same police which did nothing against the crime of public display of weapons by his exuberant supporters. > The President has asked the record of this case for a complete judicial review and her sentenced has been suspended..