French President Jacques Chirac yesterday pleaded for an end to an increasing wave of racist attacks in France, which he says are "sullying" the country.
Mr Chirac called for urgent action to end what he described as "[the] despicable and odious acts of hatred soiling our nation".
"Discrimination, anti-semitism, racism - all sorts of racism are spreading insidiously," Mr Chirac said.
Vowing to do "all I can to stop them", he said that those who committed these crimes will ...
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