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Tue 12 Dec 2008Press freedom increasingly under threat in France
Fifty journalists declined an invitation to a conference on freedom of expression, writes Lara Marlowein Paris
PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy's government tempted fate by hosting a two-day conference entitled Freedom of Expression: Cornerstone of Democracy to mark its EU presidency and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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