150 Protest French Nuclear Test Plans on Bastille Day
<i> Reuters</i>
NEW YORK — About 150 people protested outside the French Consulate in New York Friday against French President Jacques Chirac’s decision to resume nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
Choosing the French holiday Bastille Day as the day to protest, the crowd waved French flags and loaves of French bread. One protester’s placard read, “Baguettes, Not Bombs.â€
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