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French approve contentious bill

DIVISIVE A mass protest was anticipated in Paris yesterday after the French parliament approved a new immigration law proposed by presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy

AFP , PARIS

Prefects -- state-appointed governors -- have been told to examine individual cases and grant temporary residence permits to families in accordance with certain criteria.

But campaigning groups have condemned Sarkozy's concessions as window-dressing.

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