French journalists resign

Sunday, 19 December 2004, 22:18

Two hundred seventy journalists from the conservative French daily Le Figaro newspaper have resigned in protest over takeover of its publisher, Socpresse, by the arms dealer Serge Dassault, which they say threatens their newspaper’s independence.

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