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...freight trains using the Chunnel - Calais remains a magnet for clandestine aliens and the human traffickers exploiting their desire to reach the U.K. (where obtaining refugee status is easier and brings more in aid payments). Britain has long demanded that Paris take action to prevent migrants from congregating on French shores with the aim of illegally sneaking across the Channel. (See the top 10 news stories...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Calais, Illegal Migrants Driven Underground | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

Last September, when French authorities sent riot police to raze "the Jungle," a makeshift camp near Calais, they made sure plenty of international media were on hand. By closing the camp and dispersing its population of clandestine aliens who were awaiting a chance to sneak across the Channel to Britain, the authorities aimed to provide clear proof of France's determination to battle illegal immigration. But less than three months later - with TV cameras gone - humanitarian workers are struggling to deal with problems that have actually been exacerbated by the raid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Calais, Illegal Migrants Driven Underground | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

...overcome the refusal of Calais authorities but also promised that the unit would provide just health, medical and sanitary services to women, children and ailing men among the 300 illegals currently estimated to be in the area - and run it only during the day. (See pictures of the French cracking down on migrants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Calais, Illegal Migrants Driven Underground | 12/15/2009 | See Source »

...back on smoking; you either quit or you don't," says Brown, who now snacks incessantly on avocados, sardines and almonds, having given up almost everything bad for him. "I decided there were foods I was just not going to have. I've probably had three tons of French fries in my life. I don't need any more French fries." (See video: "How to Lose Weight Like A Real Loser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrity Chefs Show How to Lose Weight | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

...months of seizing power in a Christmas coup after the death of President Lansana Conte. He himself admitted as much after a massacre on Sept. 28, in which troops slaughtered some 160 opposition demonstrators in the national stadium. "Even the head of state cannot control this movement," he told French radio station RFI the day after. (See pictures of death and life in Sierra Leone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Leader Is Shot, and Guinea Again Faces Chaos | 12/14/2009 | See Source »

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