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PARIS (AP) - Rioters in the southern city of Toulouse set fire to an empty bus Monday evening, then pelted police with firebombs and rocks, an official said. A 61-year-old man died of wounds sustained in the spreading violence, the first fatality in 12 days of civil unrest that has shocked the country. The rioters stopped the bus and ordered the driver to get out, then set the vehicle afire, said Francis Soutric, chief of staff at the regional prefecture in Toulouse. No passengers were inside. Clashes broke out when riot police arrived on the scene and officers responded with tear gas, he said. The new violence came after rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns. As urban unrest was reported in neighboring Belgium and Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm. One riot-hit town in suburban Paris said it was preparing to enforce a curfew.

All I can say to that is - WHAT ARE FRENCH WAITING FOR?, fall of Bastile Part 2? Islamic revolution? Now, we all know French like to wave white flags and hide behind their poodles - but now, as the entire world is in the war against Islamic extremism - is just not the time for that; btw, liberals, France IS NOT in Afghanistan OR Iraq ... So what should be done? SIMPLE New Orleans riots only lasted 2 days, because governor of Louisiana had given "shoot to kill" orders against all looters and rioters to all police and military in the area - and after about half a dozen of them were killed, the rest suddenly lost their "appetite for destruction" - I think France need to show some resolve FOR ONCE, and put an end to this promptly.