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...even if you support the theory, there's the reality of implementing it. And to see that reality, Congo is the place to go. MONUC--the French acronym for the U.N. peacekeeping force of blue helmets and white vehicles in Congo--is the force tasked with getting R2P up and running. MONUC began work in 1999, years before R2P came into effect. But as the U.N.'s idea of peacekeeping evolved from deterrence and cease-fire-monitoring to peace-enforcing, so MONUC grew. It has the most aggressive peacekeeping mandate in U.N. history, one that includes "forcibly implementing" cease-fires...
...understand this is an exceptionally severe crisis, but we don't understand why the government isn't using exceptional responses to it to protect the majority of French workers who are suffering from it," said Adèle, a Paris region school teacher who gave only her first name as she assembled with other protesters at the Bastille. "More than ever, it's time the government thought about the little people - and take action so as many of us as possible keep our jobs, remain productive, and can keep consuming and contribute economically...
...Despite the severity of the downturn - and the size of today's protest - French leaders aren't beating a retreat. Heading into the strikes, Sarkozy sounded a conciliatory tone, assuring French citizens that he understood their problems, but also stressing that France can't "halt its reform movement...
...Thibault and fellow union leaders feel so sure? Because while a majority of French public opinion had backed the wide-ranging conservative reform drive that has been Sarkozy's focus since winning the Presidency in May, 2007, there are now signs that his support is crumbling as the recession sets in. Polls on the eve of the strike showed 69% of people supported or sympathized with Thursday's action...
...noticed. Indeed, state sector employees were joined by an unusually high numbers of private sector workers. Many of the 376 staffers at Paris-based pan-European stock exchange Euronext, for example, struck to denounce job cuts announced despite the company's double-digit growth in 2008. "Before, the French were deeply shocked by the situation, but didn't want to add to it," Denis Muzet, director of the Médiascopie Institute which tracks public opinion, told Le Monde. "But now there's real anger. Banks have announced positive results for 2008 after the state extended over $26 billion...