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...FRANCE Blast from the Past When Didier Schuller fled into exile in 1995, he was under investigation for his role in a kickback scheme allegedly set up by President Jacques Chirac's RPR party. So Schuller's sudden return last week must have been a shock for Chirac, who is set to run for re-election. Schuller says he wants to "set the record straight," but the RPR suspects a Socialist plot. Either way, it was bad timing for Chirac; polls show him losing his lead over likely Socialist candidate Lionel Jospin, who has played up his "Mr. Clean" image...
...national team of 18-year-olds were European champs. France's national team was also quarter-finalists in the under-20 World Championships last year, losing to eventual champion Argentina. Many of the junior players are already on the wish-lists of top European clubs. Didier Deschamps, who captained the all-conquering senior squad until his retirement last year, says, "What should be scaring other nations is that our development system is producing younger generations just as good" as Zidane and company...
...churns out plenty of world-class coaches. The World Cup will serve as a showcase for the country's managerial surplus, with Frenchmen at the helm of four of the 32 squads bound for Asia. "It's a great tribute to the French development system," says former French star Didier Deschamps, who last year ended his playing career to become head coach of Monaco. "Since national teams can't recruit French players, they recruit French coaches...
...reading to French kids. But the French grudge against things foreign still exists, and Rowling may not get the full attention she deserves. That's a shame, as only Harry has the power to overcome the resistance of kids to reading. The French just won't admit it. NICOLAS DIDIER Grenoble, France...
...French Canadian village of St.-Casimir exploded into flames. Inside the burning house were five people, all disciples of the Order of the Solar Temple. Since 1994, 74 members of that group have gone to their death in Canada, Switzerland and France. In St.-Casimir the dead were Didier Queze, 39, a baker, his wife Chantale Goupillot, 41, her mother and two others of the faithful. At the last minute the Queze children, teenagers named Tom, Fanie and Julien, opted out. After taking sedatives offered by the adults, they closeted themselves in a garden shed to await their parents' death...