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An elderly Romanian Roma man smokes after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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European Commissioner Vice President and Commissioner for Justice Viviane Reding speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Reding threatened France with legal action over the mass expulsions of Roma. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body has declared, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
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Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday, setting up a showdown with the government of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. In recent weeks, French authorities have dismantled over 100 illegal camps and deported more than 1,000 Roma, mainly back to Romania, in a crackdown that has drawn international condemnation. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Romanian Roma women look at journalists after they and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma man carries a large bag, after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma woman sits by luggage, after she and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A Romanian Roma man holds a large bag next to a taxi after he and more than 200 others arrived on two special flights from France, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. France's deportations of Gypsies are "a disgrace" and probably break EU law, the European Union's executive body declared Tuesday in a stinging rebuke that set up a showdown with French President Nicolas Sarkozy's conservative government. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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A police officer watches Roma also known as Gypsies, arrive at Marseille airport, southern France, before being expelled from France, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Japan born British actress Olivia de Havilland, left, with British born actress Jacqueline Bisset, after being awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honor by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, at the Elysee Palace, Thursday, Sept. 9 2010 in Paris. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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Romanian Gypsy leader Iulian Radulescu on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader following the expulsion of hundreds of Gypsies from France. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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France's Karim Benzema eyes the ball during a training session ahead of their Euro 2012 Group D qualifying soccer match against Bosnia at Olympic Kosevo stadium in Sarajevo, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Workers march with flares during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. More than 200 street demonstrations were scheduled throughout France during the one-day movement. Civil aviation authorities asked airlines to cut a quarter of flights at Paris' airports, only two out of five fast trains are scheduled to run, and traffic was slowed on Paris' subway and suburban transport lines . (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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** FILE ** Protesters march in Marseille, France, on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010, to demonstrate against plans by President Nicolas Sarkozy's government to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. The banner reads: "Fighting Together. For what we got, our future, our pension." (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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U.S. actress America Ferrera poses for photographers during a photocall for the film "The Dry Land" at the 36th American Film Festival, in Deauville, Normandy, France, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
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Estelle Soury from St. Jullien L'Ars, France, watches her son, Quentin, take his first steps ever in a biofeedback lab at the Miami Jewish Home and Hospital in Miami. Therapists Maria Verela and Nedgyne Cheremond look on. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this video grab provided by the Basque separatist group ETA to the newspaper website Gara.net on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, three masked ETA members declare a cease-fire in their efforts to establish an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southwestern France. (AP Photo/Gara.net)
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Zinedine Zidane waves with his shoes after his visit to France soccer team players during their training session in Clairefontaine, southwest of Paris Wednesday, Sept 1, 2010 ahead of their opening Euro 2012 qualifiers.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Roma women gesture before being expelled from France at Charles de Gaulle Airport northeast of Paris on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
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French plain clothes police officer checks the papers of a Romanian gypsy woman at squatters' camp in Aix-en- Provence, southern France, Thursday, Aug.19, 2010. France started to fly out Gypsies as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country.(AP Photo/Patrick Gherdoussi)
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Two French plain clothes police officers walk through a Gypsy squatters' camp in Aix-en- Provence, southern France, Thursday, Aug.19, 2010. France started to fly out Gypsies as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country.(AP Photo/Patrick Gherdoussi)
