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...past two years French President FRANCOIS MITTERRAND, 74, has made an unbroken string of political blunders, and now people are beginning to question his ability to understand a rapidly changing international scene. His latest mistake: publicly concluding that Gennadi Yanayev and his co- conspirators were "the men in charge" and calling sanctions "premature." This follows Mitterrand's efforts to broker a peace plan just hours before the deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait, and his vain / attempt to halt German unification...
...position to deal openly with Tehran since April 1990, when its last hostage was freed. Last month Paris agreed to return to Tehran $1 billion worth of Iranian loans frozen at the time of the Shah's overthrow in 1979. To celebrate the renewed friendship, French President Francois Mitterrand accepted an invitation to pay an October visit to Iran...
...about the same as they were 10 years ago, but the proportion of dark-skinned, poor Africans and Arabs in Western Europe is significantly higher now. Even though the overall numbers are not increasing, E.C. governments have decided they have reached the saturation point -- what French President Francois Mitterrand calls "the threshold of tolerance...
Prime Minister Edith Cresson, who has proved herself quick with a cutting quip about foreigners, is emphasizing a tough immigration policy that is certain to reduce the number of North Africans in the country. All those judged illegal immigrants by "French justice," she says, "will be sent back home." Mitterrand agrees. "Enforcement of the law must be strict," he said last month. "Clandestine immigrants must go home...
...eyebrows were raised by an unusual private meeting MIKHAIL GORBACHEV scheduled during the London economic summit. The Soviet leader took time out from importuning Western leaders for economic help to greet his friend SRI CHINMOY, the New Age Indian guru. As French President Francois Mitterrand watched from the side, Gorbachev accepted a book of praise from the spiritual leader, who is based in Queens, N.Y. Gorbachev, who has been known to sprinkle speeches with terminology about his vision for a "new civilization" that obeys "new laws and logic," first met the guru last year on a state visit to Canada...