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[[Image:Northadelaide.jpg|250px|right|thumb|]]'''North Adelaide''' is the predominately residential [[suburb]] north of the [[River Torrens]] but within the [[Adelaide Parklands]].

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[[Image:Strasbourg torched car.jpg|thumb|A car burns in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] on the night of [[November 5]] as riots spread from the Paris banlieues to other parts of the country. Photo credit: François Schnell.]]

The following is a '''timeline of the [[2005 French civil unrest]]''' that began Thursday, October 27, 2005. Where the source lists events as occuring in a night and following morning, this article lists them on the date of the night, not the following morning. The extent table in the main article does the opposite.

Surveyor-General [[William Light|Colonel William Light]] of the colony of [[South Australia]] completed the survey for the capital city of [[Adelaide]] by [[10 March]] [[1837]]. The survey included 1042 acres (4.2 km²), including 342 acres (1.4 km²) north of the [[River Torrens]]. This surveyed land north of the river became North Adelaide.

<!-- Discuss in Discussion first to justify putting this back. * Wendesday [[October 21]] - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy[http://http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19243562.htm] announced a crackdown on urban violence and black marketeers on Wednesday, ordering specially trained police to tackle 25 tough neighbourhoods across the country. Sarkozy, who has clearly stated his ambition to run for president in 2007, also announced plans to combat violence in football stadiums, including greater use of video surveillance and bans on hooligans caught on film. "This ... is a totally new strategy to push back urban violence and make life possible in a certain number of neighbourhoods where trafficking and the underground economy have infected daily life," Sarkozy said at the launch of his new initiative. "We absolutely have to re-establish a foothold in these neighbourhoods and obtain results," he said. -->

North Adelaide consists of 3 grids of varying dimension to suit the geography. North Adelaide is surrounded by parklands, with public gardens between the grids. The North Adelaide Parklands (the Adelaide Parklands north of the River Torrens) contain gardens, many sports fields (including the Adelaide Oval), a golf course, horse agistment paddocks and some areas sympathetic with the native environment.

===First week===

The largest grid is situated on a hill, and is sometimes referred to as Upper North Adelaide. It has Wellington Square at its centre, and O'Connell street as its main commercial street. O'Connell street is the continuation of King William Road, and links the main street of Adelaide City with Main North Road. A tram used to run up O'Connell Street; there are plans to reinstall a tram service. O'Connell Street has many cafes, restaurants, burger bars, shops and 4 pubs. Tynte Street is another commercial street in the largest grid running between Wellington Square and the east parklands. It contains a primary school, a public library, a civic hall, a post office and a pub.

* '''Thursday, [[October 27]]''' - 1st night of rioting

The smallest grid contains the [[Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide|Women's and Children's Hospital]], the Memorial Hospital, St Peter's Cathedral, St Mark's College, the Cathedral hotel (popular with cricket fans due its proximity to the Adelaide Oval), and the Queen's Head hotel (the oldest Adelaide pub, renovated in 2003).

** Gangs, mostly consisting of hundreds of youths, clashed with police, throwing rocks and [[Molotov cocktail]]s at police forces and firefighters, setting cars on fire, and vandalizing buildings. A shot was reportedly fired at police. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051030/wl_afp/franceriotpolice_051030022906]

** Police fired [[tear gas]] at the rioters. About 27 people were detained. 17 police officers and 3 journalists were wounded. The number of rioters and bystanders injured is not known.[http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/31/news/france.php]<br>

* '''Friday, [[October 28]]''' - 2nd night of rioting

The remaining grid is termed Lower North Adelaide. It is situated nearest the Torrens floodplain. It contains Brougham Place Uniting Church, St Ann's College, and 3 pubs. Melbourne Street, with cafes, restaurants, galleries, shops and a pub is its commercial street.

** Rioters in Clichy-sous-Bois apparently set more than 30 cars alight and made barricades of those cars, along with dustbins, which firefighters worked to clear away.

** At least 200 riot police and crowds of young rioters clashed in on-and-off, running battles, on the night of the 28th and the early morning of the 29th. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1604595,00.html]

* '''Saturday, [[October 29]]''' - 3rd night of rioting

North Adelaide pubs are heritage listed. There are 11 in total: 6 in Upper North Adelaide, 3 in Lower North Adelaide, and 2 in the Cathedral grid. 4 of the Upper North Adelaide pubs are on O'Connell street: the Caledonian, the Royal Oak, the Oxford and the Archer. The Daniel O'Connell (formerly the North Adelaide hotel) is on Tynte Street, and the Wellington hotel is on Wellington square. The Dover Castle is heritage listed but has been turned into apartments (to the disappointment of former Lincoln College students for whom it was a social hub). Lower North Adelaide contains the Kentish Arms hotel, the Old Lion hotel (also a brewery until recently) and the British hotel (Adelaide's second oldest pub).

** About 500 people took part in a silent march through Clichy-sous-Bois, in memory of the teenagers. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4388536.stm] Representatives of the Muslim community appealed for calm and dignity at the procession. Marchers wore [[t-shirt]]s printed with the message ''mort pour rien'' <!-- sic, the singular--> "dead for nothing". [http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051029/wl_afp/franceriotpolice]

* '''Sunday, [[October 30]]''' - 4th night of rioting

Many residential colleges affiliated with the University of Adelaide are situated in North Adelaide. St Mark's College (Anglican), Aquinas (Catholic), Kathleen Lumley (Postgraduate), St Ann's College, Lincoln College and a Lutheran seminary.

** A tear gas grenade was launched into the [[mosque]] of the Cité des Bousquets, on what for Muslims is the holiest night of the holy month of [[Ramadan]]. Police denied responsibility but acknowledged that it was the same type used by French riot police. Speaking to 170 police officers at Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture in [[Bobigny]] (the local authority overseeing Clichy-sous-Bois), Nicolas Sarkozy said, "I am, of course, available to the Imam of the Clichy mosque to let him have all the details in order to understand how and why a tear gas bomb was sent into this mosque." Eyewitnesses also reported that police called women emerging from the mosque "whores" and other names [http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2005/11/327207.html].

* '''Monday, [[October 31]]''' - 5th night of rioting

==Transport==

** It was reported that the rioting had spread to other parts of [[Seine-Saint-Denis]]. In nearby [[Montfermeil]], the municipal police garage was set on fire.

North Adelaide Hill is well served by road, although in [[peak hour]] these roads, particularly O'Connell Street and Melbourne Street are quite congested.

** Michel Thooris, an official of police trade union Action Police CFTC (who only represents a minority of the police civil servants), described the unrest as a "civil war" and called on the [[French Army]] to intervene. [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1604595,00.html]

* '''Tuesday, [[November 1]]''' - 6th night of rioting

[[North Adelaide railway station]] is located on the [[Gawler Railway Line|Gawler Line]] of the [[Railways in Adelaide|Adelaide rail network]]. The railway station is however on the western edge of North Adelaide with infrequent services and is little used.

** Rioting had spread to nine other suburbs, across which 69 vehicles were torched. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

** A total of 150 [[arson]] attacks on garbage cans, vehicles and buildings were reported. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

** The unrest was particularly intense in [[Sevran]], [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]] and [[Bondy]], all in the [[Seine-Saint-Denis]] region, which is considered to be a "sensitive area of immigration and modest incomes."

** In Sevran, youths set fire to two rooms of a primary school, along with several cars. Three officers were slightly injured. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/11/01/international/i093631S93.DTL]

** In Aulnay-sous-Bois, rioters threw [[Molotov cocktails]] at the [[town hall]] and rocks at the firehouse; police fired [[rubber bullet]]s at advancing rioters. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

** Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy refers to rioters as "scum" [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/01/AR2005110100833.html]

** [[Prime Minister of France| French Prime Minister]] [[Dominique de Villepin]] "met Tuesday with the parents of the three families, promising a full investigation of the deaths and insisting on 'the need to restore calm,' the prime minister's office said." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174227,00.html]

* '''Wednesday, [[November 2]]''' - 7th night of rioting

There are several [[Adelaide Metro]] bus routes that that service the area on their way through to other suburbs. The 182 and 222 follow routes along O'Connell Street, the 253 along Ward Street and Hill Street, the 233/235 along Pennington Terrace and Jeffcot Street and the 204/206/209 along Melbourne Street.

** Reports suggest rioters briefly stormed a police station while 78 vehicles were torched.

** One government official claims that live rounds were fired at riot police.

** Two primary schools, a post office, and a shopping centre were damaged and a large car showroom set ablaze.

** Police vans and cars were stoned as gangs turned on police.

** Rioting had spread west-ward to the area of [[Hauts-de-Seine]] where a police station was bombarded with home-made [[Molotov Cocktail|Molotov cocktails]].

** [[Jacques Chirac]], the [[President of France]], made appeals for calm, and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin held an emergency cabinet meeting. De Villepin issued a statement saying "Let's avoid stigmatising areas", an apparent rebuke to his political rival, Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who has called the rioters "scum" (''racaille''). [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4401670.stm] [http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1059355.php/Paris_riots_lay_bare_deeper_problems] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5389430,00.html]. <!-- Globaly, on the thursday night 315 ??? vehicles were torched. -->

** A woman on crutches in her fifties, Joëlle M., was doused with petrol in [[Sevran|Sevran-Beaudotes]] and set on fire as she exited a bus; "She was rescued by the driver (Mohammed Tadjer) and hospitalized with severe burns" [http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051104/D8DLUT50B.html] [http://www.lefigaro.fr/societe/20051105.FIG0004.html]

=== Second week ===

There is provision for bicycles along LeFevere Terrace/Frome Road and Montifiore Road and many of the streets have little traffic and are bicycle friendly.

* '''Thursday, [[November 3]]''' - 8th night of rioting

==External links==

** Traffic was halted on the [[RER]] B suburban commuter line which links Paris to [[Charles de Gaulle airport]] after unions called for a strike.

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** Rioters attacked two trains overnight at the Le Blanc-Mesnil station, forced a conductor from one train and broke windows, the [[SNCF]] rail authority said. A passenger was lightly injured by broken glass. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1277178]

** For the first time the riots spread outside of [[Paris]], spreading to [[Dijon]] with sporadic violence in [[Bouches-du-Rhone]] in the south and [[Rouen]] in the north-west of France.

** In Parliament, de Villepin pledged again to restore order as his government has come under criticism for its failure to prevent the violence.

** Around 1000 [[firemen]] were called to put out a blaze at a carpet factory while twenty-seven buses were set alight.

** 500 cars were torched and arson occurred in [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]], [[Neuilly-sur-Marne]], [[Le Blanc Mesnil]], and [[Yvelines]].[http://www.20minutes.fr/journal/recherche/pop_article.php?ida=63803&mot=Chirac][http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051104/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting][http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4405620.stm][http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1104/p06s02-woeu.html] [http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/societe/20051104.OBS4153.html]. Additionally, 7 were burned in Paris [http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/societe/20051104.FAP3932.html?1733], and others had their windows broken out near the metro station La Chapelle. Nationally, 593 vehicles were torched Thursday.

* '''Friday night, [[November 4]]''' - 9th night of rioting

* [http://www.bpuc.org/ Brougham Place Uniting Church]

** Violence continued in Val d'Oise, Seine-et-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis. Arson and attacks on vehicles occurred in [[Aubervilliers]], [[Sarcelles]], [[Montmagny]] and [[Persan]].

* [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/lincoln/ Lincoln College]

** French police claim incidents Thursday night have diminished in intensity compared to the previous night, with only fifty vehicles set on fire [http://www.ndtv.com/morenews/showmorestory.asp?slug=Uneasy+calm+in+Paris&id=80881]. Prefect Jean-François Cordet said in a statement that "contrary to the previous nights, there were fewer direct clashes with the forces of order."

* [http://www.adelaide.edu.au/St_Anns/ St. Ann's College]

** "Traore's brother, Siyakah Traore, called for protesters to 'calm down and stop ransacking everything.'" [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174533,00.html].

* [http://www.stmarkscollege.com.au/ St. Mark's College]

** Violence spread to [[Lille]] and [[Toulouse]] for the first time [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/04112005/5/nouveaux-incidents-dans-les-banlieues-autour-de-paris.html].

* [http://www.stpeters-cathedral.org/ St. Peters Cathedral]

* '''Saturday, [[November 5]]'''

[[Category:Suburbs of Adelaide]]

** Day

*** Police reported the discovery of a bomb making factory for producing gasoline bombs inside of a derelict building in Evry, south of Paris, raising questions on the possibility of planning well in advance of the riots. Six minors have been arrested.

*** Several thousand residents of [[Aulnay-sous-Bois]] joined a march in protest against the riots, initiated by the commune's mayor, Gérard Gaudron.

*** At noon, Prime Minister [[Dominique de Villepin]] met with Nicolas Sarkozy and other cabinet members.

*** [[Yves Bot]], public prosecutor of the city of Paris, on Europe 1 radio described the events as organized violence[http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2005/11/07/4203.shtml], well beyond spontaneously erupting riots. Bot alleged that adolescents in other cities were being incited to commence rioting via the internet, saying that the violence was directed against institutions of the Republic, but he denied it being ethnic in character.

** Night - 10th night of rioting

*** Around France, 897 vehicles were torched and 170 people arrested [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting].

*** An incendiary device was tossed at the wall of a synagogue [[Pierrefitte]] [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051105/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting].

*** Firefighters were attacked while rescuing a sick person in [[Meaux]].

*** Violence continued both within and outside Paris. In [[Grigny]], two schools were set on fire.

*** Another school was set on fire in [[Vigneux-sur-Seine|Vigneux]].

*** A [[nursery school]] was burned in Achères, west of Paris, outraging residents who demanded that the [[French Army]] be deployed or that a citizens [[militia]] be formed[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051105/D8DMKAVGC.html].

*** In [[Torcy]], close to [[Disneyland Paris]], rioters set fire to a police station and a youth center. [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,174670,00.html]

*** Additional attacks occured in [[Avignon]] ([[Vaucluse]]), [[Saint-Dizier]] ([[Haute-Marne]]), [[Soissons]] ([[Aisne]]), [[Nantes]] ([[Loire-Atlantique]]), [[Montauban]] ([[Tarn-et-Garonne]]) and in the north at [[Lille]], [[Roubaix]], [[Tourcoing]], [[Mons-en-Baroeuil]]. Other incidents occured in [[Cannes]], [[Nice]], and [[Toulouse]].[http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-05T122759Z_01_KNE228332_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS.xml&archived=False].

*** In the Normandy city of [[Evreux]], over 50 cars, a shopping center, a post office, and two schools were burned. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051106/ap_on_re_eu/france_rioting]. 253 people were arrested.

* '''Sunday [[November 6]]'''

** Morning

*** Cars torched in central Paris for the first time, in the historic [[IIIe arrondissement|third district]]. There, citizens urged for the [[French Army]] to be deployed.

*** The total number of vehicles torched during the night is estimated at 1,295, the highest number so far. 193 people were arrested. An extra 2,300 police were drafted. [http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-11-06T095801Z_01_KNE228332_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FRANCE-RIOTS.xml].

*** In broad daylight on Sunday, a [[Belgian]] [[RTBF]] news crew was physically assaulted in [[Lille]], injuring a cameraman.

*** A [[Korean]] female journalist from [[KBS]] TV was knocked unconscious with repeated punches and kicks to her face and head in [[Aubervilliers]] [http://english.kbs.co.kr/news/newsview_sub.php?menu=1&key=2005110709]

*** As of Sunday morning, tenth night, the total number of people arrested since [[October 27]] surpassed 800, and the total number of vehicles set on fire is estimated to be around 3,500. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3226,36-707066@51-704172,0.html] [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=aQWVkcTQYxgo&refer=germany]

** Night - 11th night of rioting

*** Rioters fired [[buckshot|large-caliber]] ammunition from pistols and hunting rifles in the southern Parisian suburb of [[Grigny]], injuring 34 policemen, three of them seriously. [http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6727FE6C-C8E3-491A-B272-A902E3F3F500.htm][http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/international/europe/07france.html?ei=5094&en=5e569e209f289296&hp=&ex=1131339600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print] Two of them are reported to have been hit in the head. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FRANCE_RIOTING?SITE=CAANG&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&SECTION=HOME] [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0,36-707134,0.html] The shots ended at 8:30 pm; according to a journaliste of ''[[Le Monde]]'' and several social workers, this might be related to the beginning of the [[soccer]] match [[PSG]]-[[AS Monaco]] (''[[France Inter]]'', Nov. 7)

*** For the first time, [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[church]]es have been attacked with [[Molotov cocktail]]s in [[Liévin]] and [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]] in [[Pas-de-Calais]] and [[Sète]] in [[Hérault]].

*** 1408 vehicles have been torched during the night (982 vehicles were burned outside Paris), and 395 people were arrested. [http://www.standaard.be/Kanaal/Index.aspx?kanaalid=62&artikelId=DMF07112005_003] A Polish tourbus parked in [[Alfortville]] waiting to return a group of vacationers to [[Poland]] was one of the vehicles that were destroyed. [http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/1190950,12,item.html]

***In the first incident outside France, five cars were torched in [[Saint-Gilles, Belgium|Saint-Gillis]], [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]].[http://www.hln.be/hln/cch/det/art_138112.html]

***German police suspects that the torching of five vehicles in Berlin may potentially be connected to the rioting in Paris suburbs. [http://de.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-11-07T100158Z_01_MAI736114_RTRDEOC_0_DEUTSCHLAND-KRIMINALITAET-AUTOS.xml]. Similar incidents have been registered in [[Bremen (city)|Bremen]].

* '''Monday [[November 7]]'''

** Day

*** A 61-year-old man, [[Jean-Jacques Le Chenadec]], a former [[Renault]] employee, died in the hospital because of the injuries sustained after being beaten when he went to check on a garbage can fire in the suburb of Stains. He succumbed to his injuries, becoming the first death caused by the riots.[http://www.nu.nl/news/621550/20/Eerste_dode_door_rellen_in_Franse_buitenwijken.html] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4413250.stm] [http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-riots7nov07,0,2240109.story?coll=la-home-headlines] According to a witness, Jean-Jacques was 'deliberately assasinated'.

*** Rioter Moussa Diallo is quoted as saying: "This is just the beginning. It's not going to end until there are two policemen dead." [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/international/europe/07france.html?th&emc=th]

*** Eric Raoult, mayor of [[Raincy]], which is one of the cities hit by the riots, has imposed a [[curfew]] on people younger than 15-years-old from 1 am to dawn [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=161770722&p=y6y77y4z8].

*** [[France 3]] has decided to stop revealing the toll of the riots and the number of cars torched in order to not inflame the situation. [http://info.france2.fr/violences-banlieues/15475641-fr.php]

*** Three French blog participants have been arrested for provoking the violence. [http://fr.news.yahoo.com/07112005/290/trois-arrestations-pour-incitation-a-l-emeute-sur-blog.html]

*** Jewish religious leaders in France report they have been advised by the government not to discuss their fears publicly in order to avoid further anti-Semitic attacks.[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3165579,00.html]

*** The [[Union of French Islamic Organizations]] (UOIF) issued a [[fatwa]] condemning the violence [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/11/06/france.riots.fatwa.reut/index.html]

*** De Villepin on the [[TF1]] television channel announced the deployment of 18,000 police, supported by a 1,500 strong reserve. [http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=257451&rel_no=1&back_url=][http://www.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/acteurs/interventions_premier_ministre_9/dans_les_medias_497/intervention_premier_ministre_journal_54327.html].

** Night - 12th night of rioting

*** Police said that violence in Seine-Saint-Denis was still simmering, but the situation was calmer than in the previous nights, with three times fewer calls to the fire services, but violence continued in the province. [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/11/08/afx2323455.html]

*** In [[Toulouse]], some 50 rioters stopped and torched a bus and ordered the driver to get out, hurling firebombs and other objects as police arrived [http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2005/11/07/ap/headlines/d8dnrhk8a.txt]

*** Two schools were torched in [[Lille|Lille Sud]] and in [[Bruay-sur-Escaut]] near the city of [[Valenciennes]]. A gymnasium was burned in [[Villepinte]].

*** Additional violence and vandalism in eastern France in [[Alsace]], [[Lorraine]] and [[Franche-Comté]]. Violence in [[Toulouse]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Moselle]], and [[Doubs]].[http://today.reuters.fr/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-11-07T222825Z_01_CHE769341_RTRIDST_0_OFRTP-FRANCE-BANLIEUES-TOULOUSE-20051107.XML]

*** 1173 vehicles have been burned. [http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-706693,36-707655@51-704172,0.html]

*** Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced that, starting on Wednesday, "wherever it is necessary, prefects will be able to impose a curfew". No army intervention is being planned [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1289530].

* '''Tuesday [[November 8]]'''

** Day

***The Belgian TV-station [[VTM]] reports that a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a schools bicycle parking during class hours, and that their reporters had been attacked on the scene.

***President [[Jacques Chirac]] declares a [[state of emergency]] following an emergency session of his cabinet, and the re-activation of a [[1955]] law enacted during the [[Algerian War of Independence|Algerian war]], allowing local authorities to impose curfews, beginning on Tuesday, 12 PM, with an initial 12-day limit.

** Night - 13th night of rioting

***Protestant church in [[Meulan]] attacked. [http://trans.voila.fr/voila?systran_lp=fr_en&systran_f=1131462231&systran_id=Voila-fr&systran_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.france-echos.com%2Factualite.php%3Fcle%3D7610]

***Youths threw firebombs at police and set cars ablaze in suburb of [[Toulouse]]. Dozens of youths set fire to at least 10 cars and threw objects at police. [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08333103.htm]

*** As of midnight [[Central European Time]], the [[France|French Republic]] is placed under a [[State of Emergency]]. The cities of [[Orléans]] and [[Amiens]] imposed curfews on minors below 16 years of age.

*** More than 500 cars had been torched by 0400 (0300GMT), police said. Around 200 people were arrested. Police said the levels of violence across the country were lower than the previous night. The suburbs of Paris were relatively calm, with few isolated cases of arson, and a dozen arrests. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4419770.stm]

*** Public transport in [[Lyons]] was shut down after a Molotov cocktail hit a train station.

*** In [[Bordeaux]], a Molotov cocktail hit a gas-powered bus.

* '''Wednesday [[November 9]]'''

** Day

*** French businesses are worried that the cost of the past 13 nights of rioting that has swept the country could go beyond clean-up to hurt investment and consumer confidence going into the all-important winter shopping season. Concerns about the violence helped push the [[euro]] to two-year lows against the [[US dollar]] as companies postpone investment in some of the affected areas, potential tourists watch neighborhoods burn on television and the stakes increase the longer the riots continue.[http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8DP4A101.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_up&chan=db]

*** [[Daniel Feurtet]], the [[communist]] mayor of the riot-hit [[Blanc-Mesnil]] district, threatened to quit. "If the prefect decides to impose a curfew in one of our areas, I'll hand in my resignation right away," he told [[Le Monde]] newspaper, referring to the regional government officials empowered to impose curfews.[http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=uri:2005-11-09T184759Z_01_RID944016_RTRUKOC_0_US-FRANCE-RIOTS-1.xml&pageNumber=1&summit=]

*** Interior minister [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] has ordered the expulsion of all foreigners convicted of taking part in the riots that have swept France for 13 nights. He told parliament 120 foreigners had been found guilty of involvement and would be deported without delay.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4422422.stm]

** Night - 14th night of rioting

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[[Category:Riots|Paris suburb riots, 2005]]

[[Category:Seine-Saint-Denis]]