Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Fifth night of unrest in Paris suburb

BREITBART.COM - Just The News:

Fifth night of unrest in Paris suburb following deaths of two youths / Nov 01 12:43 AM US/Eastern

"Of the 28,000-plus residents of Clichy-sous-Bois, 50 percent of the population is under 25 and one-quarter of the breadwinners in each household have no job, according to the town's website.

Like many working-class districts on the capital's northern rim, it has a heavy concentration of immigrants including first and second generation Muslims from France's former colonies.

Its 'cities', the French euphemism for subsidized low-income housing developments, are prey to the crime and social trouble fuelled by unemployment rates more than double the national level of around 10 percent. "