Woman ticketed in France for wearing face veil

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By ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press Angela Charlton, Associated Press – 1 hr 50 mins ago

PARIS – A woman has been ticketed in a suburban Paris shopping center for wearing a face veil, in the first reported sanction under a new ban on the garments, police said Tuesday.

Another woman in another Paris suburb was stopped for wearing a veil, but was let go with a warning.

The inconsistent response illustrates the challenge for towns with a large Muslim community in enforcing a law that some view as Islamophobic.

Though such veils are very rare in France, many of the country’s at least 5 million Muslims see the ban as a stigma. Islam is France’s second-largest religion after Catholicism.

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Gaddafi’s son says talks of his father leaving power “ridiculous”

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PARIS, April 11 (Xinhua) — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi‘s son Saif al-Islam said Monday they were ready to talk but rumors of his father stepping down were “ridiculous.”

It is time to inject “new blood” into the country’s leadership as Libyan leader Gaddafi is too old to control everything, but “the talk of (Gaddafi) leaving power, that’s truly ridiculous,” Gaddafi’s most prominent son, presumed to be Gaddafi’s successor, said in an interview with French TV network BFM on Monday night.

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