Lower House Votes to Extend Special Powers
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From Times Wire Reports
France’s National Assembly voted to extend a state of emergency for three months, after the government said the extra powers were still needed to end the country’s worst civil unrest in four decades.
The measure goes next to the Senate, expected to approve it.
The emergency powers allow regional officials to impose curfews and permit police searches without a warrant and other measures to stop unrest.
The government also moved to deport 10 foreigners convicted during the 19 days of violence in troubled poor neighborhoods.
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