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There was always a bit of a nod and wink in France's punishment of its most famous contemporary saboteur. After all, while sheep farmer Jose Bove's ransacking of a McDonald's outlet in the Montpellier town of Millau two years ago was simple hooliganism in the eyes of the law, it was nonetheless overwhelmingly popular in a nation that mans the barricades at the first sign of U.S. cultural encroachment. Even Prime Minister Lionel Jospin termed Bove's Quixotic crusade "just...
...like his trial, will provide another occasion for grandstanding against the effects of globalization on the French palate, and on food cultivation more widely. The only difference is that this time, Bove's following is considerably larger, and more global. Because at least among globalization's legions of discontents, Jose Bove has made himself a brand every bit as recognizable as Ronald McDonald. And even if he fails to stop the McDonald's juggernaut, that may one day help him move a lot of product among America's Roquefort-munching classes...
DIED. MARIA JOSE CHARLOTTE HENRIETTA GABRIELLA, 94, Italy's last Queen before the nation became a republic in 1946; in Geneva. As a member of the Savoy dynasty, she ruled alongside her husband, King Umberto II, for a total of 27 days following the abdication of his father, Vittorio Emanuele. After a public referendum vetoed the monarchy--and rejected the facist regime of Benito Mussolini--the couple fled into exile. Gabriella never returned, but her demise may prove to be the catalyst needed to lift a lifetime ban on the male Savoy heirs...
...Reported by Rachele Kanigel/San Jose and Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles
...violent offenders. The severity of the punishment varies from state to state. (There is no federal "three strikes" law.) "Various states have their own manifestation of three strikes - the essence of which is to put heavy weight on prior convictions, particularly prior convictions of a certain character," says San Jose criminal defense attorney Jerome Mullins...