France fights ads for wine as sales sag and jobs loom
Paris hard pressed winemakers with 300 000 jobs rely on a Senate vote next month to allow more wine advertising on billboards radio magazines and other media. Doctors groups oppose arguing it would worsen alcoholism while alcohol rivals gain market share as domestic demand falls and overseas brands rise. Alain Rigaud warns that if wine cannot be exported French drink more at home. lawmakers counter that marketing is needed to compete with beer and spirits. The National Wine Office notes the average French person over 14 drinks a quarter bottle daily, down from a half bottle in 1961.
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Leopards Kill Ten Near Bombay Park Edge
Leopards straying from Sanjay Gandhi National Park near Bombay have killed ten people this month, with six deaths outside the park. Officials trap leopards, plan a low voltage fence, and intend releasing 500 wild boar and 40 deer as prey. ailing security measures amid rising range. A separate U N helicopter crash in Sierra Leone kills 24 peacekeepers and others aboard, including Pakistani personnel and a Ghanaian volunteer, with no explanation yet.
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Powell urges Sudan to subdue militias over Darfur crisis
Secretary of State Colin Powell appealed to Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir to rein in militias blamed for a horrific humanitarian crisis in western Sudan. The uprooting of more than 1 million people was cited as proof. Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail countered there is no famine or disease, pledging to ease access and disarm government backed Arab militias attacking Darfur’s black population.
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Kidnappers free relatives of Colombian politician as talks strain
Suspected right wing gunmen freed seven relatives and friends of former senator Jose Eduardo Gnecco on Tuesday while the politician remains in captivity. Officials said the group seized Gnecco his wife three children a niece and two children s friends Sunday on a highway near the Caribbean coast. No group has claimed the abduction and Uribe s office named two warlords Rodrigo Tovar and Hernan Giraldo as responsible but they will be excluded from peace talks.
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