If only to start the year on the right foot, you might chuckle a bit with
this one below!
Happy New Year
Guy
French marchers say 'non' to 2007
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Demonstrators took French restiveness to extremes yesterday. Hundreds of
protesters in France have rung in the New Year by holding a light-hearted
march against it. Parodying the French readiness to say "non", the
demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: "No to
2007" and "Now is better!"
The marchers called on governments and the UN to stop time's "mad race" and
declare a moratorium on the future. The protest was held in the rain and
organisers joked that even the weather was against the New Year.
The tension mounted as the minutes ticked away towards midnight - but the
arrival of 2007 did nothing to dampen their enthusiasm.The protesters began
to chant: "No to 2008!" They vowed to stage a similar protest on 31 December
2007 on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6222153.stm
