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When France's stiff antismoking laws took effect in late 1992, people girded for some of the nastiest civil unrest since the storming of the Bastille. Smokers, who represent more than one-third of all Frenchmen over age 12, cried "Egalite! Liberte!" and vowed to puff on. They should have saved their breath for the next cigarette. Despite laws that severely restrict the number of public places where French smokers are allowed to puff their Gauloises, they continue to light up with impunity virtually everywhere. Designated nonsmoking areas in offices and restaurants are routinely ignored, as are curbs in public...
...Working People of China. Liu Nianchun, a labor activist, defiantly applied for formal registration of the unofficial league, claiming 120 founding members. At least one of them, Yuan Hongbing, was arrested. These organizing efforts are still small, but they worry the Chinese leadership because they could ignite major unrest, especially among urban workers. Inflation is running at 23% in the big cities, and the economic reforms that will privatize huge state-owned industries will add to the unemployment rolls. The last thing China's leaders want to face is a newly militant labor movement, even if it is interested primarily...
...leader of the South African homeland of Bophuthatswana dropped a boycott of South Africa's first all race elections scheduled for next month after demonstrators took to the streets. At least 24 people were killed during a week of civil unrest...
...most disheartening to hear leaders in the Arab world express the opinion that Israel is not really interested in peace. Many seem to think that they are the only ones paying for the constant state of unrest in the Middle East...
...killing of seven year-old Gavin Cato in Crown Heights. The crime was a traffic accident; a car driven by a Hasidic Jew spun out of control, running onto the sidewalk and killing Cato, who was Black. Blacks then rioted for three days in Crown Heights. After the unrest had been quelled, Sharpton planned a protest march through Crown Heights, much to the dismay of Mayor David Dinkins, who feared that the demonstration would erupt into another riot. The rally proceeded without incident, primarily because the marchers were outnumbered by police officers. Sharpton made it clear that he would grab...