1.0 link 47819 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzanne-nossel/sarkoanalysis_b_47819.html While the idea of politically explosive suburbs seems almost oxymoronic to an American, that's not so in France, where it's feared that today's election of Nicolas Sarkozy could ignite violent protests in peri-urban areas inhabited by the country's disadvantaged Muslim population. France's Muslims resent Sarkozy for a series of racially insensitive remarks made during the country's explosive 2005 riots and for unpopular policies he enacted as Interior Minister. Yet once the fervor dies down, it's just possible that Sarkozy's election...

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