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Admittedly, the hostesses are always drawn with four pins, ready to fly away towards other skies, as if the heavy concrete blocks which block their planes on the track should suddenly disappear. Admittedly, the stewards always have this tanned dye - heritage of their last flight, hardly a week ago - which, the first time that one crosses them in the medium of the demonstrations, almost prevents from believing them threatened. Admittedly, Halima, at the bottom of the room, always raises its broad smile and affirms, as the majority of its colleagues who have worked on the ground "to always believe in it" and "to have seen others of them for twenty-two years in the company" . But Eric, the top of his 2 meters, types to him gently on the shoulder: "Listening, it is better that you think that it is finished, now. Like that, in one week, if there is a miracle, you will have a good surprise ".

Several million people took part Saturday in demonstrations against the war in Iraq, mainly in Europe where true great floods of people broke in the streets of certain countries to say not to the president George W Bush and to its ally Tony Blair. In at least three European countries, the mobilization beat all the records and gave place to human gatherings among most significant of the post-war period.




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• the WORLD | 15.02.03 | 13h12
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the United Nations refuses in the United States a full power for the war
• the WORLD | 15.02.03 | 13h06
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Washington counts its allies with UNO before entering in war
• the WORLD | 14.02.03 | 12h59
the Iraqis admit that their missiles Al-Samoud show prohibited characteristics
• the WORLD | 14.02.03 | 12h59
George Bush: "America will act with the largest army of the world"
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Mr. Annan underlines the vulnerability of the population
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Exil or coup d'etat: the idea returns in force to avoid the war
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Of the American commandos operate in north and the south of Iraq
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Pro and anti-war prepare with a decisive battle with UNO
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Not less than three million people took part in Rome with a walk against the war in Iraq, affirmed the organizers. 650 000 people were massed Saturday at the end of the day in front of the basilica Saint Jean of Lateran, term of walk for the peace organized in Rome, but of very many participants could not reach the place, according to the prefecture of police force.