France imposing curfews under emergency law as rioting spreads to nearly 300 cities and town

Tuesday, November 8, 2005

PARIS -- France will impose curfews under a state-of-emergency law and call up police reservists to stop rioting that has spread out of Paris' suburbs and into nearly 300 cities and towns across the country, the prime minister said Monday, calling a return to order "our No. 1 responsibility."

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