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...fact, there has been one case of cancer - in a French bulldog named Leon - according to a 2006 study in Veterinary Pathology. But it remains unclear whether the cancer was caused by a microchip or as the result of an injection, or who the maker of the chip was. The dog's tumor was removed in 2004, and a later examination found no recurrence. It seems that no one notified the FDA about Leon, but his case doesn't appear to worry the agency, as evident from a statement it issued when the AP brought Leon's story to light...
...French Resistance did not encourage the participation of women--which is all the more a tribute to the determination of Andrée De Jongh. As a twentysomething Belgian nurse, she helped found the Comet Line, a route subsequently used by 400 Allied soldiers (118 of whom she personally accompanied) to escape the Nazis. "It was our job," she said. De Jongh was arrested in 1943, survived a German camp and later worked in a leper hospital in Ethiopia...
...French President Nicolas Sarkozy has repeatedly used the politically provocative term "rupture" to characterize the sweeping reforms he hopes will force a break with France's socio-economic past. On Thursday, Sarkozy will be getting his first major taste of opposition to his quest to create such a breach: massive public sector strikes that will not only shape the future of Sarkozy's entire reformist drive - but perhaps his entire presidency as well...
...Opinion polls taken ahead of Thursday's strikes vary considerably, though together they roughly average a near 50% split between approval and condemnation. However, director of the French Revue of Political Science, Jean-Luc Parodi, notes public support of the strikers is already far below the 70% level expressed in 1995, and at least 10 points lower than those registered in 2003 - and they could fall further. The difference, he says, is context...
...perhaps just as significantly, Parodi continues, French public opinion that has long tended to back virtually any labor movement by default - often to the amazement of foreign observers - now appears to agree with Sarkozy's view that the time has come for change. "Strikes and opposition to reform has been something of a rite in French society, and there's a feeling today that this reoccurring ritual is now both outdated and counter-productive," Parodi explains. "There's a very strong feeling this time around that enough is enough - it's time to face reality and move ahead...