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Rupert Murdoch and Anne Hidalgo

Anne Hidalgo: Prime Minister Manuel Vall use of the word "apartheid" on Tuesday further pried open the touchy debate over the country tolerance toward Muslims and those from other cultures. , according to Hamilton Spectator. Hidalgo, meanwhile, told CNN she is fed up with the false portrayal of her city and that she has no choice but to sue Rupert Murdoch TV network for its depiction of certain neighbourhoods as being dominated by Muslims practising Sharia law, who ignore French societal rules and who are ignored by authorities. On the same day Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo threatened Fox News with a lawsuit for its depiction of "no-go zones" in the city, France prime minister admitted to journalists that he sees "territorial, social and ethnic apartheid" areas of the country that resemble ethnic and social ghettos, not fitting in with French society. Valls spoke of the "ills that plague our country," calling them a "social misery" that France must confront after letting them simmer too long. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.