Word: scrappings
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...pressure and protest from Italy led ruling French conservatives to scrap the Mitterrand amnesty in 2002, thus leaving Petrella and scores of other repented Red Brigades militants in France vulnerable to arrest under outstanding Italian warrants. That's precisely what happened to Petrella in August, 2007 following a routine police road check; she's been in prison ever since...
...lanes repaved, streetlights installed, sewage lines overhauled, roofs repaired, doors painted, windows replaced and rooms that had been haphazardly added onto old homes demolished and rebuilt in a traditional style. Piles of construction debris filled the streets; antique wooden eaves with hand-painted floral patterns were left out as scrap...
Blecher said he expected that Facebook - which he said had been notified before the suit was filed - would comply with Hasbro's order to scrap the app. Scrabulous was still up by late morning P.T.; a spokesman said Facebook would issue a statement shortly...
...After his Sderot trip, Obama is expected to don a yarmulke in Jerusalem on Wednesday night and visit the Western Wall, Judaism's most holy site. Many Jews believe that a prayer written on a scrap of paper and placed in the cracks of the ancient wall will be answered, and Obama is unlikely to resist the opportunity to solicit a celestial bump for his election campaign. This may lead to a predicament for the Almighty, since Senator McCain, made a similar pilgrimage to the Western Wall several months ago. The candidates may not win divine intercession, but both...
...government has made ambitious plans to tackle the problem head-on. French Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot announced that she would scrap France's relatively permissive rules on sales of alcohol to youths. She told the Sunday paper Journal du Dimanche that she would impose a "total prohibition of alcohol sale to minors" by early 2009, and would also ban open bars during celebrations. Open-bar bashes - where participants can drink unlimited quantities of alcohol in exchange for a flat fee - have become, Bachelot says, a "classic element of student parties that encourages binge-drinking." All that underage chugging, Bachelot says...